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Job opening: Deputy Financial Manager

Salary: $116 510 - 151 467 per year
City: Leeds
Published at: Oct 18 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
This Deputy Financial Manager position is within the Finance services at the VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System, located in Leeds, MA. This position is full time at 40 hours per week.

Duties

Duties include, but are not limited to: Provides leadership and financial services to a large complex healthcare system. Responsible for fund maintenance of programs, appropriateness of expenditures, collection of funds, and ensuring the fiscal integrity of all financial records at the medical facility. Effective financial management is necessary to support the fundamental mission of the medical facility which is to provide acute care, outpatient care, and long-term care for Veterans through general health/medical programs, various medical specialty services, and allied health services. Works jointly and in conjunction with the CFO in formulation, development, preparation, and execution of the annual budget plans and in administering the medical center's financial management program and special purpose fund program which contributes 50 percent of the position's time. In significantly challenging situations, the incumbent makes the necessary determination as to the accounting, statistical, or fiscal/administrative procedures and techniques that will be employed to meet customer expectations. Administers an accounting system designed to track, reconcile, and report on agency administered programs and/or appropriations for which the agency has legislative oversight responsibility. Assisting the CFO in carrying out the duties and responsibilities for all the technical processes of budget formulation, development, review and execution, which entails planning, coordinating, monitoring, and controlling expenditures. Coordinating studies and analyzes operations of systems on a continuous basis and coordinates special analytical reports, charts, and graphs for management. Works with the CFO on interpretation of program objectives and developing procedures to attain these objectives, resolving Fiscal Service operating challenges, making decisions on cases which require interpretation of laws, regulation, administrative rules, and organizational policy, with decisions having a material effect upon the planning, coordination, directing, and controlling of departmental objectives. Performs duties associated with examining financial books, records, etc., to provide recommendations to improve productivity, cost-effectiveness, and quality of work processes. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Authorized. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: 038550 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Required. This is a supervisory position. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. Selectee will be required to complete additional forms to proceed with employment process. Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action). The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted). In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/22/2024. 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. 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.This position has a Selective Factor which are knowledge, skills, abilities, or special qualifications that are in addition to the minimum requirements in a qualification standard, but are determined to be essential to perform the duties and responsibilities of a particular position. Applicants who do not meet a selective factor are ineligible for further consideration. The Selective Placement Factor is experience in the Federal Government Service that includes budgeting/financing, accounting, budgetary and fiscal administrative procedures, project management, statistical and analytical processes and utilization of Microsoft Dynamic, Microsoft Office Suite and Internet databases. The candidate must meet this Selective Factor in order to be referred for this vacancy. 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 performing the normal duties of an Assistant Chief Financial Officer or CFO, providing leadership, coordination, and hands-on processing for daily quality management of fiscal services provided and continuously reviews and improves the Fiscal Service Quality Management program review process. This specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. AND Education: 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;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. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: AccountingBudget AdministrationFinancial Analysis 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 primarily sedentary in nature, although some slight physical effort 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

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/.

Contacts

  • Address Northampton VA Medical Center 421 North Main Street Leeds, MA 01053 US
  • Name: William Bernard
  • Phone: 203 932-5711 X8234
  • Email: [email protected]

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