Executive Director Financial Policy, Oversight and Training duty location is either Washington, DC or location negotiable upon selection; however, the selectee must work at least 50% of the time from a Department of Veterans Affairs' owned or leased facility. This position is not remote.

Duties

Executive Director Financial Policy, Oversight and Trainingduty location is either Washington, DC or location negotiable upon selection; however, the selectee must work at least 50% of the time from a Department of Veterans Affairs' owned or leased facility. This position is not remote. The Executive Director Financial Policy, Oversight and Training is the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO) principal advisor on the development and review of financial directives, policies and regulations and verifies financial policy compliance through financial quality assurance reviews and provides training and guidance in response to field inquiries on financial policy. The Executive Director is the primary communicator with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) medical centers. The Executive Director, Financial Policy, Oversight and Training is organizationally aligned to the VHA Office of Finance. The responsibilities include, but not limited to: Provides technical advice and expertise relating to operational review and oversight of financial policies and procedures, sharing information and data with program officers and with the VHA CFO as well as other high-level officials to keep them informed on issues affecting VHA operations. Interprets Federal and VA regulations, laws, directives and standards as they relate to determining impact on financial systems within VA. Oversees the performance of surveys and reviews at the request of high-level Department officials or field management. Establishes and maintains internal controls over special program operations that are consistent with Office of Management and Budget, Government Accountability Office and VA guidelines ensuring that controls are monitored and effective in preventing fraud, waste and abuse. Reviews, analyzes, and evaluates current procedures, policies, plans, and guidelines to more effectively support special program operations, to develop oversight models and make recommendations to the CFO based on these analyses. Collaborates with the Financial Management and Accounting Office to define expectations to provide consistent oversight for Special Projects related to the annual financial statement audit and other internal/external reviews. Collaborates with executive level leadership to establish, maintain and constantly improve financial policies and to conduct training to standardize implementation of financial policies nationally.

Requirements

• US citizenship is required.
• One year probationary period required for initial SES appointment.
• Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service.
• Incumbents of this position will be subject to a background investigation commensurate with the risk and sensitivity level of the position.
• Successful completion of drug screening required.
• Public Financial Disclosure Report (SF-278) is required within 30 days of appointment.
• May be subject to reassignment geographically or organizationally.
• VA structures its SES positions into pay bands. This is a pay band 3 position and the salary range is $150,160 to $207,500. Exceptions to the cap of the range may be considered in certain circumstances.

Qualifications

To meet the minimum qualifications, applicants must possess the following technical and executive core qualifications. These qualifications would typically be gained through progressively responsible management or executive level assignments such as director of a regional office, medical facility or program manager. An individual's total experience, education and volunteer work experience must demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. 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; religious; 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. MANDATORY EXECUTIVE CORE QUALIFICATIONS (ECQs): All applicants must submit a written narrative response to each of the following ECQs and include your name on each page. Your narrative must address each ECQ separately and demonstrate the underlying competencies in the narrative. Examples should be clear, concise, and emphasize your level of responsibilities; the scope and complexity of the programs, activities, or services you managed; program accomplishments; policy initiatives undertaken; level of contacts; the sensitivity and criticality of the issues you addressed; and the results of your actions. You should use action oriented leadership words to describe your experience and accomplishments and quantify your experience wherever possible to demonstrate your accomplishments (e.g., number of employees supervised; size of budget managed; amount of money saved, etc.). Applicants should use the Challenge, Context, Action and Results (CCAR) model below when responding to each ECQ: Challenge. Describe a specific problem or goal. Context. Describe the individuals and groups you worked with, and/or the environment in which you worked, to address a particular challenge (e.g., clients, co-workers, members of Congress, shrinking budget, low morale, etc). Action. Discuss the specific actions you took to address a challenge. Result. Give specific examples of measures/outcomes that had some impact on the organization. These accomplishments demonstrate the quality and effectiveness of your leadership skills. Your narrative response should not exceed 10 pages, be typed in 12 point font with one-inch margins. It is recommended that you include 2 recent (not older than 10 years) examples per ECQ and draft your ECQs in a Word document before uploading into the system to ensure these guidelines are met. Information that exceeds these guidelines will not be reviewed. Detailed information on each ECQ, the underlying and fundamental competencies, sample narratives and a tips sheet for writing effective ECQs are available in the "Guide To Senior Executive Service Qualifications" GUIDE (opm.gov) at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/senior-executive-service/executive-core-qualifications/. 1. Leading Change: The ability to bring about strategic change, both within and outside the organization, to meet organizational goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to establish an organizational vision and to implement it in a continuously changing environment. (Underlying Competencies: Creativity and Innovation, External Awareness, Flexibility, Resilience, Strategic Thinking, and Vision) 2. Leading People: The ability to lead people toward meeting the organization's vision, mission, and goals. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to provide an inclusive workplace that fosters the development of others, facilitates cooperation and teamwork, and supports constructive resolution of conflicts. (Underlying Competencies: Conflict Management, Leveraging Diversity, Developing Others and Team Building) 3. Results Driven: The ability to meet organizational goals and customer expectations. Inherent to this ECQ is the ability to make decisions that produce high-quality results by applying technical knowledge, analyzing problems, and calculating risks. (Underlying Competencies: Accountability, Customer Service, Decisiveness, Entrepreneurship, Problem Solving and Technical Credibility) 4. Business Acumen: The ability to manage human, financial and information resources strategically. (Underlying Competencies: Financial Management, Human Capital Management and Technology Management) 5. Building Coalitions: The ability to build coalitions internally and with other Federal agencies, state and local governments, nonprofit and private sector organizations, foreign governments, or international organizations to achieve common goals. (Underlying Competencies: Partnering, Political Savvy and Influencing/Negotiation) TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION (TQ)s: In addition, all applicants must submit a written narrative response to the following specific TQ(s). Please label and include your name on each page. Please give examples and explain how often you used your skills, the complexity of the knowledge possessed, the level of people you interacted with, the sensitivity of the issues you handled managing a large public or private sector organization that administers complex, rules-based benefits or services, etc. It is recommended that you draft your TQ(s) in a word document and then upload into the system. Your narrative response should not exceed 2 pages. TQ1: Demonstrated leadership experience in the development of financial policies, directives and regulations to train and verify financial policy compliance for a large, decentralized department OR demonstrated operational leadership experience in a variety of financial policy oversight and training functions.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Contacts

• Address Veterans Health Administration- CSEMO S134 810 Vermont Ave. NW Washington, DC 20420 US
• Name: Dione Moore
• Email: [email protected]