Financial Manager

Full Job Description

The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), VA Medical Center (VAMC), Fiscal Service in Durham, North Carolina.

This position functions as the full Assistant Chief Financial Manager, Fiscal Service and shares fully in the duties, responsibilities, and authorities of the Chief Financial Manager of Fiscal Service.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

EXPERIENCE: A specific length of training and experience is not required, but you must show evidence of training or experience of sufficient scope and quality of your ability to do the work of this position.

Evidence which demonstrates you possess the knowledge, skills, and ability to perform the duties of this position must be supported by detailed descriptions of such on your resume.

Applicants will be rated in accordance with the OPM Federal Wage System Qualification Standards.

SCREEN-OUT ELEMENT: Your qualifications will first be evaluated against the prescribed screen out element, which usually appears as question 1 in the on-line questionnaire.

Those applicants who appear to possess at least the minimal acceptable qualification requirement are considered for further rating; those who do not are rated ineligible and are eliminated.

The potential eligibles are then rated against the remainder of the Job Elements: Administration and Management Budget Administration Communication Decision Making Financial Management Internal Controls Principles of Accounting Principles of Finance 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.

Major Duties:

The incumbent, in conjunction with the Chief Financial Officer serves as the pre-eminent financial advisor at the Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, NC.

Incumbent is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated system of financial staff services contributing to effective management control over and evaluation of station operations.

Incumbent is responsible for developing local budget instructions and policies for use by operating officials in preparing their budget estimates and business proposals.

After reviewing and evaluating these estimates and negotiating with operation officials within the Medical Center and at the VISN 6 Network Office, incumbent consolidates the results as his/her recommendation to the Medical Center Director and/or the Resource Management Committee.

This position is responsible for maintaining an expert level of knowledge in concepts, practices, laws, regulations, and principles of budgeting Durham Medical Center, various VISN and VA Central Office programs and services for budgeting three main congressional appropriations passed into law.

These three main appropriations are tracked, budgeted, and maintained in great detail, which can be quire complicated when keeping the required program account separate for reporting and budgeting.

Incumbent has an expert knowledge of the financial and budgetary relationships that exist between Hampton VAMC, and the budget an programs of VISN 6 and Central Office and the VERA funding model for both General Purpose funding, but also VA Specific Purpose programs.

The incumbent has expert skills in preparing narrative estimates and projections in the appropriate format by analyzing, interpreting, applying complex understanding of legislation, regulations, budgetary formation, policies, and guidance when preparing budget submissions.

Incumbent recommends policy changes to both VISN and VA Central Office to effect improvements in standardized systems.

Incumbent must be in a position to assure management that fiscal transactions are compatible with requirements of the Office of Management and Budget, General Accounting Office and the Treasury Department, and that records and statements accurately reflect a full disclosure of the financial aspects of stations operations.

Work Schedule: 8:00am - 4:30pm - Monday - Friday Telework: AD HOC Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD# Financial Manager PD068690 Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized