The Financial Administrative Specialist is assigned to the San Diego Regional Benefits Office, Support Services Division (SSD). The division implements VA accounting policy, performs financial management system and general ledger operations, prepares financial statements, and other financial reports. Notably, the division audits and adjusts Veteran benefit payments, provides employee payroll and travel support, and performs budget analysis and development.

Duties

The Major Duties of the Financial Administrative Specialist (FAS) are not limited to: Examines, certifies and audit vouchers submitted for payment, while assessing compliance with applicable laws, regulations, policies and procedures. Establishes and maintains internal controls systems with a special emphasis on the operational areas identified as having a high risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Ability to communicate either by phone or correspondence with veterans, fiduciary, other offices with inquiry results. Prepares fiscal, administrative, and other statistical reports as deemed appropriate and/or as required and serves on such other projects as directed. Responds to inquiries from Congressional Offices, Regional Counsel and Office of Inspector General. Must have a thorough understanding of the various benefit programs and the payment procedures and regulations applicable to each program administered by the Department. Independently performs reviews for accuracy and consistency of data such as audits, debts and reimbursement. Ensures that recurring reports are accurately complied and completed on time. Provides technical advice to all Regional Office employees on complex and unusual benefit award adjustments, special payment issues, and accounts receivable actions on the applicable computer applications. Ability to use specific VA computer applications, in additions to Microsoft Excel, Word and other electronic database applications. Performs accounting reviews and payment function checks for discrepancies and advises management with proposes plans to prevent future unassociated funds situations. Provides administration support to management staff for personnel management, budget administration, procurement and other financial related activities. Serve as subject matter expert in all areas of the Financial Operations section. Oversee the work of the Financial Administrative Specialist and ensures appropriate separations of duties are in place and the financial integrity of the regional office is maintain and upheld. Develops procedures and coordinates activities across functional lines with other divisions, Regional Offices, service organization, and with other government departments or agencies. Establishes and maintains internal controls systems with a special emphasis on the operational areas identified as having operational areas identified as having a high risk of fraud, waste, and abuse. Responsible for planning, organizing, assigning and reviewing the work performed within the Operations area. Must be well versed in all facets of the financial and general operating procedures for the Regional Office, which requires substantial technical and managerial expertise Serves as a Certifying Official authorizing all financial transactions, adjustments, and Collections. Ability to conduct the most detailed audits and analysis. Skilled in completing oral and written presentations that are clear, concise and logical. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: 7:00 am - 3:30 pm Monday through Friday Telework: Available Virtual: This is not a virtual position Remote: This is not a remote position Position Description/PD#: 37540A, 37539A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required Bargaining Unit Position: Yes

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• You may be required to serve a probationary period
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Local Commuting Area Requirement: This vacancy is open ONLY to status candidates in the local, San Diego, California commuting area. Veterans who are eligible under the Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) and current permanent VBA employees holding this grade or higher need not to live in the local commuting area to be considered. If you are a current VBA employee requesting a reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS-07 or GS-09 (or higher) and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-09. And, Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are/were federal employees and have held a GS grade at any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements. If you are applying for this position as a non-competitive candidate as a Schedule-A, or 30% or More Disabled Veteran, this requirement does not apply to you. You must provide a copy of your most recent SF-50, "Notification of Personnel Action" showing that you are in the competitive service and the highest grade or promotion potential held. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess (1) year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates (1) year time-in-grade. General Adjustment and Award SF-50's cannot be used for time-in-grade verification purposes. To meet the Time-In-Grade requirement for this position, you must: For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. Specialized Experience: One (1) year of Specialized Experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. Specialized experience is defined as: To qualify for GS-07: Applicant must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-05 grade level in the Federal or State Service. This experience can also be garnered as a civilian working for a private company. Specialized experience is defined as reviewing vouchers submitted for payment on behalf of the office and researching a variety of financial data, reports, or resources. To qualify for the GS-09: Applicant must have one (1) year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the Federal or State Service. This experience can also be garnered as a civilian working for a private company. Specialized experience is defined as using accounting and auditing policies, procedures, and principles sufficient to identify financial problems, discrepancies, overpayments, underpayments, or erroneous data and using computer applications to work with accounts payable and receivables. OR, Education: For GS-07, you must have at least 1 full year of graduate level education, or have earned superior academic achievement in your bachelor's degree. For GS-09, you must have master's or equivalent graduate degree, or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree (including LL.B. or J.D. if related). OR, Combination of Education/Specialized Experience: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond undergraduate (for GS-05), and graduate (for GS-06 and GS-07).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. 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/.

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: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address San Diego VA Regional Benefit Office 8810 Rio San Diego Drive San Diego, CA 92108 US
• Name: Jerry Roby
• Email: [email protected]