The Fiscal Service is seeking a Supervisory Financial Management Specialist to serve as Assistant Chief, Fiscal Service at the VA Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. This is a temporary promotion opportunity (not to exceed one year). The selectee may be permanently promoted without further competition, or returned to a position for which qualified at the former grade level upon termination of the temporary services in the higher grade, whether or not the expected period is completed.

Duties

The Supervisory Financial Management Specialist serves as the Assistant Chief, Fiscal Service. In that role the incumbent directs and coordinates resource allocation, quantitative analyses and operational analyses. The incumbent will be responsible for direct supervision of subordinate staff including GS-11/12 Financial Managements Specialists and a GS-7 Voucher Examiner. As the supervisor the incumbent will be responsible for all related administrative and personnel management functions such as observing and evaluating employee performance, reviewing and approving or disapproving leave requests, and initiating performance improvement plans or disciplinary actions when warranted. Other duties include, but are not limited to: Provides analytical support of all facility fund control points, which have a combined total budget in excess of $430 million dollars annually. Reviews, analyzes, evaluates, and makes decisions on facility-wide budget issues and the cost effectiveness of operations. Independently conducts cost-effectiveness studies of each service line as needed. Prepares and/or reviews commitments, obligations, accruals, and expenditures in various operating systems, ensuring information is recorded accurately and in a timely manner with appropriate supporting documentation. Analyzes and projects the effects of budgetary actions on VHA programs and operations. Provides advice to senior staff, including risk and mitigation strategies. Work Schedule: Full-time, Monday through Friday, 7:30am to 4:00pm Compressed/Flexible: Not available. Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on an ad-hoc basis. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Financial Management Specialist (TEMP TO PERM)/PD092590 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/02/2023. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. 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-12) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience that demonstrates leadership/ability to direct and/or supervise others in the completion of tasks; leading efforts that pertain to the planning, programming, formulating, presenting, and justifying of accounting records, budgetary reports, and other financial related data; operating and monitoring facility-level audit and compliance processes; developing operating policies and procedures and advising senior managers on the budget and execution process; analyzing financial data for the purpose of preparing detailed reports to support/justify an annual budget. NOTE: Your description of your work experience(s) in your resume must demonstrate that you possess the specialized experience required for the position or you will not be referred for consideration. PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: The ideal candidate for this position will have leadership/supervisory experience and 3 years of VHA budget experience that required use of VHA finance databases (FMS, IFCAP, etc.) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Budget AdministrationComplianceControl of FundsFinancial ManagementLeadership Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through N ational 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 in nature and requires no specific physical abilities. Some walking and carrying of light items may be required. 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/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Contacts

• Address Birmingham VA Medical Center 700 South 19th Street Birmingham, AL 35233 US
• Name: June Borsari
• Phone: 508-944-6804
• Email: [email protected]