Supervisory Financial Program Administrator

Full Job Description

The incumbent serves as the Director for Corporate Travel and Charge Card Service (CTCCS) within the Financial Services Center (FSC), Office of Management (OM), Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), responsible for planning, directing, and overseeing enterprise travel and charge card financial programs.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/31/2026.

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-15 position, you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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.

See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Leading large-scale financial programs across multiple organizational units, including ensuring compliance with policies, regulations, and internal controls; Interpreting financial policies or regulations and providing program guidance or recommendations to leadership; and Supervising staff through subordinate supervisors, including setting performance expectations, evaluating performance, and ensuring organizational objectives are achieved.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and Management Financial Management Leadership Planning and Evaluating 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: Work is normally performed in an office setting. Incumbent occasionally carries books and papers weighing up to 10 pounds to and from meetings away from work site.

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

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be qualified for this vacancy, you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and meet the well-qualified criteria below: Experience leading enterprise-level financial programs with responsibility for strategic planning, program direction, or oversight affecting a large organization or agency.

Experience interpreting and applying complex financial policies or regulations and providing program guidance or recommendations to senior leadership.

Experience overseeing financial program operations to ensure compliance with policies, regulations, and internal controls across multiple organizational units or program areas.

Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Local Commuting Area: The local commuting area for this position is defined as a radius of 50 miles from Washington, DC and Austin, TX.

This includes all locations that fall within a 50-mile driving distance from 810 Vermont Ave NW, Washington, DC 20420 and 8000 Metropolis Drive, Bldg B, Austin, TX 78744. Major Duties:

Directs enterprise financial programs for the VA, including travel, charge card, and related financial operations, ensuring effective program execution and compliance with applicable policies and regulations Provides strategic leadership and oversight of financial program operations, including financial planning, reporting, internal controls, and program performance evaluation Serves as a senior advisor to leadership on financial program policies, regulations, and operational issues, providing guidance and recommendations to support program effectiveness and compliance Develops, interprets, and implements financial policies, procedures, and program operations to ensure consistent program administration across the organization Exercises supervisory authority through subordinate supervisors responsible for program operations, including establishing priorities and evaluating program performance Work Schedule: Mon - Fri 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Available with supervisory approval.

Telework: Ad hoc telework (situational telework) available as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: PD151880 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Applicants selected for this position may be required to serve a one-year supervisory probationary period.

Failure to successfully complete the supervisory probationary period will result in the employee being reassigned to a position in the agency of no lower grade and pay than the one the employee left to accept the supervisory or managerial position.