Deputy Financial Manager - Deputy Chief Financial Officer

Summary

The Deputy Financial Manager - Deputy Chief Financial Officer (CFO) provides advice concerning financial management serving as a technical expert for resource matters for eight health care systems over a 5-state area in the upper Midwestern United States with an approximate budget of $3 billion.
*Closing date extended to 9/28/2026

Duties

Time-Limited: This position is for a temporary promotion, not to exceed 1 year. You may be returned at any time to the position from which you were temporarily promoted, or to a different position of equivalent grade or pay.
Major duties include but are not limited to:

• Assist the VISN CFO with the planning, direction, coordination, operation, and internal evaluation of financial activities.
• Provide technical support for the formulation, advice, execution, and analysis of VISN 23's financial/budget plan.
• Ensure compliance with VACO policies concerning appropriate use of funds.
• Oversee the appropriateness of expenditures, collection of funds, and the fiscal integrity of all cost accounting financial records.
• Assess and trend financial performance and cost effectiveness through the assimilation of budgetary and accounting data systems.
• In the absence of the CFO, provides coverage on all accounting, cost accounting, and travel issues.
• Identify policies and procedures that require change or improvement, provide analysis, and initiate recommendations to achieve desired result.
• Perform complex analytical studies, financial analyses, program planning, and outcomes evaluations.
• Ensure resources are accounted for correctly and accurately.
• Serve as a technical expert to senior level officials to advise on financial systems.
• Summarize highly complex financial and workload information and present summarized information, isolating trends, and recommended actions to Medical Center and VISN management.
• Develop new methods and techniques of budgeting for the forecasting of long-range funding needs (e.g., 3 to 5 years or more into the future).
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Supervisory probationary period may be required
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/28/2026.
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.
Basic Requirement:
A. Degree: Bachelor's degree (or higher) in 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. OR,
B. 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 semester hours of business law; or
• 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.

• 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. Qualifying specialized experience includes: coordinating financial programs; providing leadership and making management decisions; ensuring compliance with financial policies and regulations; analyzing financial data to identify trends and/or cost effectiveness; ensuring resources are accounted for and utilized effectively/efficiently; and serving as an advisor and technical expert for resource matters.

• Conflict Management
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Manages Resources
• Partnering
• Planning and Evaluating

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/.

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.
If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.
Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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