Financial Manager (Chief Financial Officer)

Veterans Health Administration • West Palm Beach, FL

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Financial Manager serves as the Chief Financial Officer and Chief of Fiscal Service for the West Palm Beach VA Healthcare System in West Palm Beach, Florida. The role is the facility’s primary financial expert and is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated system of financial services and management controls that support facility operations and executive decision-making.

The position has full responsibility and authority for formulating, reviewing, and executing financial plans for the medical center. Financial services include budget, general ledger, funds, payment, receipt and collection, payroll, DSS, VERA, travel, and audit functions. The CFO ensures financial transactions comply with requirements of OMB, the General Accounting Office, the Treasury, and VHA directives and regulations. The role maintains, tracks, and reconciles budgets, accounts, programs, and activities, and provides analytical reporting and statistical information to executive leadership.

The Financial Manager provides timely financial advice for program planning, policy development, and decision-making, and participates in short- and long-term planning across the healthcare system. The role oversees daily Fiscal Service operations, ensures agency policies and priorities are followed, and supervises staff through setting performance standards, evaluating performance, and providing counsel and guidance.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must be registered with Selective Service.
• Must be able to pass a background/security investigation and complete online onboarding and acceptable identification requirements.
• Must participate in the seasonal influenza vaccination program as a condition of employment.
• Must serve a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period, as applicable.
• For current or former federal employees subject to time-in-grade requirements: 52 weeks at GS-13 for the GS-14 position, documented by an SF-50.
• Meet the accounting Individual Occupational Requirement through an accounting degree; a related degree with 24 semester hours in accounting; or an accepted combination of accounting experience, education, and training meeting the stated criteria.
• Have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-13, including experience with VA accounting and financial systems, interpreting financial reports and data, VA hospital fiscal budget procedures, payroll transaction impacts, quality assurance reviews, financial projections, and oversight of accounting operations.
• Demonstrate leadership, organizational awareness, decision-making, and financial management competencies.

Nice To Haves

• Veterans Affairs or other federal experience.

Responsibilities

• Formulate, review, and execute financial plans for medical center operations.
• Establish and administer an integrated system of financial staff services and management controls.
• Oversee budget management, general ledger management, funds management, payment management, receipt and collection management, payroll management, DSS, VERA, the travel program, and audit.
• Ensure financial transactions comply with OMB, General Accounting Office, Treasury, and VHA requirements, directives, and regulations.
• Maintain, track, and reconcile budgets, accounting, programs, and activities, and prepare analytical reports and statistical data for executive leadership.
• Provide timely financial advice to support effective decisions and adequate program planning.
• Participate in management sessions and short- and long-term planning, contributing financial advice to planning, policy formulation, and decision-making.
• Oversee daily Fiscal Service operations and ensure agency policies and priorities are followed.
• Develop position descriptions and performance standards, evaluate employee performance, and counsel employees whose performance is unsatisfactory or below standards.
• Provide employees with advice, counsel, and instruction on work and administrative matters.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package.
• Potential credit for prior work or military service toward annual leave accrual, subject to prior request and approval.
• Recruitment or relocation incentive may be authorized for highly qualified candidates, subject to management review, funding, and approval.
• Permanent Change of Station assistance may be authorized for highly qualified candidates, subject to management review, funding, and approval.

What This Job Offers

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