Chief Financial Officer (CFO)-RELOCATION INCENTIVE

Veterans Health Administration • Fayetteville, NC

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center Finance Service in Fayetteville, North Carolina. As the medical center’s financial expert, the CFO establishes and maintains an integrated system of financial staff services that supports effective management control over facility operations. The position reports to the Associate Director and may serve as Acting Associate Director for Operations in that person’s absence.

The CFO advises on financial management, develops local budget instructions and policies, reviews and evaluates budget estimates and business proposals, negotiates with operating officials at the Medical Center and VISN 6 Network Office, and consolidates recommendations for senior medical center leadership and the Resource Management Committee. The CFO prepares the budget document and ensures the budget system is used to evaluate program performance and effectiveness. The role also recommends policy changes through VISN and VA Central Office and maintains an internal Financial Quality Assurance Management (FQAM) review program.

The position oversees accounting, payroll, voucher audit, agent cashier, travel, patient funds, and general post fund functions. It supervises assigned staff, including second-level supervision of accounting and budget staff; monitors performance; guides and mentors employees; and conducts personnel management actions and fiscal-service recruitment activities.

The work schedule is Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework may be authorized ad hoc at the supervisor’s discretion. This is not a virtual position. The work is primarily sedentary, with occasional walking, standing, bending, and carrying light items. A pre-placement physical examination is not required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• For current Federal employees and qualifying former Federal employees, meet the GS-14 time-in-grade requirement of 52 weeks at GS-13; supporting SF-50 documentation is required.
• Experience with Veterans Health Administration (VHA) fiscal regulations and the federal capital outlay process is required as a selective placement factor.
• Meet the accounting individual occupational requirement through an accounting degree, or a related degree with 24 semester hours in accounting (up to 6 hours may be business law); or through the specified combination of accounting experience, education, and training, including the applicable coursework, certification, or education-and-experience alternative.
• Have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least GS-13, such as establishing financial staff systems, recommending policy changes, maintaining FQAM, setting work priorities, directing special studies, providing financial advice, facilitating decision-making, and supporting program planning.
• Submit transcripts if relying on education to meet qualification requirements.
• Complete the application, questionnaire, online assessment, and required Supervisory Situational Judgment Test.
• Meet applicable background/security, onboarding, identification, and seasonal influenza vaccination requirements.
• Serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain an integrated system of financial staff services to support management control and evaluation of station operations.
• Develop local budget instructions and policies for operating officials preparing budget estimates and business proposals.
• Review and evaluate budget estimates, negotiate with Medical Center and VISN 6 Network Office officials, and consolidate recommendations for medical center leadership and the Resource Management Committee.
• Prepare the budget document and ensure the budget system is used to evaluate program performance and effectiveness.
• Recommend policy changes through VISN and VA Central Office to improve standardized systems.
• Maintain an internal Financial Quality Assurance Management (FQAM) review program, including auditing code control records maintained by other divisions and services.
• Oversee accounting, payroll, voucher audit, agent cashier, travel, patient funds, and general post fund functions.
• Serve as Acting Associate Director for Operations in the Associate Director’s absence.
• Supervise assigned staff, including second-level supervision of accounting and budget staff.
• Monitor staff performance, provide day-to-day guidance, mentor junior- and entry-level fiscal employees, and conduct personnel-management actions such as performance reviews and performance metric issuance.
• Manage fiscal-service recruitment actions and related Management Support System (MSS) entries and inquiries, including recruitment, step adjustments, retirements/removals, and permanent change of station actions.
• When needed, research, draft, and submit information for Resource Management Committee requests supporting departmental human-resource actions.

Benefits

• Federal employee benefits package; specific benefit details depend on position type and eligibility.
• Newly appointed Federal employees may request consideration for annual leave service credit based on job-related non-federal experience or active-duty uniformed military service; approval is not guaranteed.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior