Truman VA Medical Center is committed to Diversity and Inclusion. Together, we strive to create and maintain a working and learning environment that promotes professional growth and teamwork. We offer an inclusive, equitable, and welcoming environment where we celebrate our individual differences and unite as a team toward a common goal of providing outstanding service to our Nation's Veterans. ******************This is a temporary promotion opportunity, not to exceed 90 days*******************

Duties

Fiscal Service work units includes: Accounting, Budget, Payroll, Agent Cashier (Fiscal) Section, Travel Section, Specialty Revenue Section and Managerial Cost Accounting, covering management of financial, manpower, and internal control programs through coordination and correlation of the functions into an effective and broad system, as an integral part of the financial control of a complex healthcare organization. The incumbent coordinates plans and policies with VACO within the framework of legislative, VA and VACO requirements. Duties include, but are not limited to: Incumbent provides leadership, direction and coordination of financial management, budgetary/accounting management, internal controls, manpower management, and management analysis programs for a large health care system. Incumbent utilizes accounting and funds control systems to maintain proper financial balance and to ensure that management obtains maximum benefit from financial resources without sacrificing efficiency or violating rules or regulations. Direct Accounting, Budget, Payroll, Agent Cashier, Travel, MCA departments. Provide written and oral outreach to internal/external stakeholders. Provides top management, as well as all secondary levels of management, with staff advice and assistance in comptroller, manpower, and internal controls matters. Direct and advise on accounting and financial management systems. Develop short and long term budgets. Consults with management and advises subordinate activities on major program activities, objectives and goals, priorities, identification of needs, resolution of problem areas, and other matters to assure optimum management of the health care system resources within the framework of legislative, VA and VACO requirements, policies, procedures and guidance. Workload analysis, budget formulation, development and execution management, financial and accounting policy, accounting; management analysis, program review and analysis, manpower and workforce structure management and execution of management control programs. Reviews and analyzes all facility operational programs to include supplies, facilities and services. Provides an effective system of financial control throughout the health care system. Operates in an environment characterized by the presence, in a significant and substantial degree, of both short and long-range instability due to funding fluctuations and changing program priorities which require frequent and extensive revisions of financial and manpower plans and operations. Assures consistency in the interpretation and application of financial management regulations and procedures throughout the Truman VA. Incumbent provides top management with advice, assistance, and necessary coordination with respect to controversial, inconsistent, or conflicting requirements. Conducts and monitors studies designed to achieve the most effective and economical staffing and utilization of resources. Evaluates the financial, manpower and financial systems programs through analysis of program reports, inspection reports, etc. Identifies program strengths and weaknesses, determines causes of deficiencies and resolves problems in coordination with activities concerned. Incumbent advises the Associate Director of significant findings or problems of an overall health care system nature, particularly as they relate to the financial position of the health care system. Incumbent advises the Executive Leadership (i.e. Director, Deputy Director, Associate Directors, Chief of Staff/DCOS, Associate Director Patient Care Services/Deputy ADPCS) on important financial matters; evaluates the financial policies, plans, programs, operations and methods of communication to assure that management decisions include appropriate consideration of their impact on financial resources. Incumbent provides ongoing reports to management to ensure financial accountability across the health care system. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Financial Manager/PD050410 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/04/2024. 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-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. 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-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: Managed and coordinated resource management functions and programs within specific timeframes and within guidance received in consonance with program objectives; assisted in the development of broad policies and procedures pertaining to the overall programs and activities having organization-wide implications; responsible for managing the acquisition and utilization of funds; developed and defended budget and program requirements and negotiated with high-level officials for adequate resources for programs; responsible for ensuring that resources required by supported programs are managed within the framework of the departments planning, programming, budgeting and execution policies, processes and systems. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Administration and ManagementFinancial ManagementLead or SuperviseLeadership 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 but may require periods of walking, standing, bending, and light lifting. 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.

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 Harry S Truman Memorial Veterans Hospital 800 Hospital Drive Columbia, MO 65201 US
• Name: Joan Gerke
• Phone: 573-639-4112
• Email: [email protected]