Financial Manager (Chief Financial Officer)

Summary

The position is located within Veterans Health Administration in West Palm Beach, FL. This position is the primary financial expert (CFO) for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System as the Chief of Fiscal Service who is responsible for establishing and maintaining a complex integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to effective management control over facility operations. Services include but not limited to accounting, budgeting, collection oversight, and cost analysis.

Duties

• The Financial Manager has full responsibility and authority for the formulation, review, and execution of financial plans for the operation of the medical center. The CFO must be capable of establishing and administering an integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to efficient and effective management controls over the facility's operations and require complex analysts of essential statistical data that facilitates decision making by executive leadership. The financial staff services include budget management, general ledger management, funds management (agent cashier), payment management, receipt/collection management (MCCF, Non-MCCF, and Donated GPF), payroll management, DSS, VERA, travel program, and audit. The CFO is responsible for supervision and control of financial functions and must be able to assure that financial transactions are in accordance with requirements of 0MB, the General Accounting Office, the Treasury and VHA directives and regulations. This position has high level authority and is responsible for maintaining , tracking, reconciling budgeting, accounting, various programs and activities; and analytical reporting of managerial financing and essential statistical data for executive leadership. Systems are in place to ensure the integrity of financial information that assists top management in the planning and decision making process while facilitating optimum use of all resources to support the mission of the VA/VHA and WPB VAMC vision and financial direction. Additional Duties Include But Not Limited To: Providing timely financial advice to enable effective decisions and to provide for adequate program planning. Attends formal and informal management sessions for the purpose of contributing financial advice that is pertinent to all stages of planning, policy formulation and decision- making. Actively participates in both short and long term planning activities, and in this capacity influences decisions and actions that involve a broad scope of programs and overall policies and procedures of the healthcare system. Capable of establishing and administering an integrated system of financial staff services, which contribute to efficient and effective management controls over the facility's operations. Oversees the daily operation of the fiscal service ensures that agency policies and priorities are being followed; develops position descriptions and performance standards. evaluates work performance and counsels employees whose performance is not meeting standards or is unsatisfactory. Gives advice, counsel, and instruction to employees on both work and administrative matters. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Financial Manager (Chief Financial Officer)/PD026530 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Recruitment/Relocation Incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates upon review and approval by management, available funding, and in accordance. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): May be authorized for highly qualified candidates upon review and approval by management, available funding, and in accordance.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/05/2026. 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. Individual Occupational Requirements (IOR) Basic Requirements: Degree: accounting; or a degree in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration that included or was supplemented by 24 semester hours in accounting. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law. (The term "accounting" means "accounting and/or auditing" in this standard. Similarly, "accountant" should be interpreted, generally, as "accountant and/or auditor.") OR Combination of education and experience: at least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following: Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law; or A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination; or Completion of the requirements for a degree that included substantial course work in accounting or auditing, e.g., 15 semester hours, but that does not fully satisfy the 24-semester-hour requirement of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (b) a panel of at least two higher level professional accountants or auditors has determined that the applicant has demonstrated a good knowledge of accounting and of related and underlying fields that equals in breadth, depth, currency, and level of advancement that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements. Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Utilizing VA Accounting Systems related to Veterans Health Information System Technology Architecture (VISTA), the automated Financial Management System (FMS), VHA Support Services Center (VSSC), 4Cast, PAID, Pyramid, Microsoft Office products (Access, Excel, PowerPoint), share points, etc.; Interpreting reports and other financial data for program review and analysis; Using advanced knowledge of budgetary procedures within Fiscal Service in a VA hospital environment, as well as other related duties; Preparing recommendations for program managers and committees, assessing the impact of payr…

Education

A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education. Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.