Financial Manager

Full Job Description

The position is in the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Care System of the Ozarks (VHSO), Fiscal Service in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

As the medical center's financial expert, the Financial Manager is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated system of financial staff services which contribute to effective management control over facility operations.

These services include accounting, budgeting, and managerial costs accounting. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/19/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 level in the Federal service, that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) needed to successfully perform the duties of the position and that is typically in or related to this position to be filled.

Specialized Experience includes experience with financial analysis of complex, interrelated, and multi-faceted issues, managing all aspects of a large health care fiscal program such as analyzing current budget projections, developing, and directing fiscal management programs, conducting proposals, and providing advice to management on facility planning.

Note: This experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hours worked per week.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Reasoning Budget Administration Creative Thinking Financial Management Systems Thinking Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light items such as papers and books.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

Major duties and responsibilities will include: Develops proposals concerning alternative methods, sources, and timing of financing for programs and/or devising and applying criteria for evaluating the progress and cost effectiveness of accomplishing program plans, goals and objectives.

Interpret and apply ambiguous and conflicting program guidelines, policies and regulations which require detail analysis, interpretation and resolution.

Select and use many different and unrelated analytical techniques and methods in determining funding requirements and/or executing multi-year budget plans for agency programs with varying needs, goals, objectives, work processes and timetables.

Develop a responsive system of reporting general management and financial data and provide the necessary financial analysis and interpretations to maintain efficiency and economy.

Establish goals, timetables, milestones, and other criteria against which the relative costs and benefits of program achievements can be measured.

Extensive expertise in Federal statutes, VA regulations, Comptroller decisions, and regulations of the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget.

Communicate with other agency management officials, key officials at the VISN and VACO level, as well as other Federal agencies, contractors as needed.

Plans, reviews, and analyzes all programs to include supplies, facilities, and services to provide an effective system of financial control throughout the HCS.

Responsible for a complete accounting program which includes those identifiable with professional accounting and financial management functions (including planning, adapting or revising these systems; analyzing and evaluating current and past performance; and interpreting effects of transactions to meet the needs of executive leadership.

Assure that financial transactions are compatible with the requirements of OMB and the Department of the Treasury and those records and statements accurately reflect a full description of station operations.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 7:30am to 4:00pm (Subject to change based on the needs of the Agency) Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Financial Manager/PD03053-O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized