Assistant Financial Manager - Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Assistant Financial Manager - Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Department: Department of Veterans Affairs

Location(s): Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Salary Range: $116038 - $150852 Per Year

Job Summary: The primary purpose of the position is to assist the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in everyday management responsibilities in close relationship with the Facility Director, staff, and operating officials from the various Services of the Medical Center. Acts for the CFO in resolving most internal matters within the Service, keeping the CFO advised daily on such actions.

Major Duties:

• Major duties include but not limited to: Serves as a full assistant to the Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Functions in an acting capacity in the absence of the CFO, technically responsible for the full range of fiscal activities. Recognize problem areas or issues for the VA Healthcare System and Community Based Out-patient clinics with regards to all service activities acting on self-initiative. Performs under broad policies established by local management, Facility Director, Controller, and the Administrator. Priority is to ensure the budget is balanced. Supervises the Supervisory Budget Analyst. Assists the CFO by advising of current historical data necessary for formulating the annual budget program to the Associate Medical Center Director. Assists in assembling, preparing, and justifying the station's annual budget plan. Responsible for auditing the cost records in the various operating areas where responsibility for budget control has been vested. Directly supervises the Chief Accountant and requires experience in professional accounting and a mature and extensive grasp of the integrated accounting system. Works with the accounting section and ensures a comprehensive accounting system, including asset, liability, expense, income, budgetary and capital accounts. Direct supervision of the following departments: Administrative Officer, Management Assistant, Financial Auditor, Agent Cashiers, Payroll Supervisor, Chief of Accounting, Chief of Budget, and Travel Coordinator. Recruits and hires subordinate staff members in line with merit staffing procedures and equal employment opportunity guidelines. Reviews completed work of the staff and provides feedback to encourage top performance to enhance an atmosphere of team. Is responsible for equal opportunity for all employees supervised, ensuring fair and equitable practices in the selection of employees for training, promotions, awards and recognition, and for other career development opportunities. Is responsible for the on-the-job safety and health of all employees supervised. Initiates efforts conforming to established local and Service wide safety programs. Identifies and corrects job safety and health hazards. Initiates corrective measures for violations of OSHA standards and directs periodic inspections of the workplace. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Ad-hoc: This position may be authorized for telework. Ad-hoc telework occurs on an occasional, non-routine basis (i.e. inclement weather or to complete short-term special assignments or accommodate special circumstances even though the arrangement may occur continuously for a limited/specific period of time. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Assistant Financial Manager - Assistant Chief Financial Officer/PD235280 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized. Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized The VA Midwest Health Care Network advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

Qualifications: To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 05/11/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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. Basic Requirement for the Assistant Financial Manager - Assistant Chief Financial Officer: Degree: accounting and/or auditing; 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. This education must've been leading to or earned in a Bachelor's Degree program. Combination of Education and Experience: At least 4 years of experience in accounting/auditing, or an equivalent combination of accounting/auditing experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. Background must include one of the following: Twenty-four (24) semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED); A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor, obtained through written examination. (COPY OF CERTIFICATE REQUIRED); 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. (TRANSCRIPT OR PROOF REQUIRED) In addition to meeting the basic requirement above, you must also meet the following specialized experience to qualify at the GS-13 grade level: Specialized Experience: You must have one (1) year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience applying the concepts, principles, practices, laws, regulations of budgeting and/or financing; and financial and budgetary relationships between subordinate and most senior levels of financial management and budgeting within the employing entity and/or between the organization and programs of other Federal, State, and local governments, private industry, and large public organizations; experience applying the policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of a functional area such as financial oversight, budget formulation, and/or budget execution; Demonstration of the implementation of the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) methodology model and how it is applied within the organization; Analytical skills and ability to utilize various computer software applications that are used in the analysis of data. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accounting Operations Budget Administration Financial Management Internal Controls 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. Preferred Experience: Experience assisting a Health Care System (HCS) Chief Financial Officer (CFO) with budgeting/accounting, travel, audit requirements, and day-to-day fiscal operations. Ability to provide clear, accurate financial advice to support planning, policy development, and budget decision-making. Experience working with service lines/sections to identify priorities, assess mission impacts, and support resource-aligned decisions. Skill in ensuring compliant accounting and fiscal practices consistent with local, VISN, and national directives. Experience performing Resource Management and Decision Support functions, including financial analysis, forecasting, and preparing recommendations for senior leadership. 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: You will be asked to participate in a pre-employment examination or evaluation as part of the pre-employment process for this position. Questions about physical demands or environmental factors may be addressed at the time of evaluation or examination. The work is principally sedentary. Work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Work Environment/Conditions: Works in an adequately lit, heated, and ventilated office setting. 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/.

How to Apply: All applicants are encouraged to apply online. To apply for this position, you must complete the questionnaire and submit the documentation specified in the Required Documents section below. The complete application package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (ET) on 05/11/2026 to receive consideration. To preview the questionnaire click https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12940091. To begin, click Apply Online to create a USA JOBS account or log in to your existing account. Follow the prompts to select your USA JOBS resume and/or other supporting documents and complete the occupational questionnaire. Click Submit My Answers to submit your application package. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. Beginning September 27, 2025, Federal agencies will only accept resumes up to two pages in length to comply with the Merit Hiring Plan. Resumes longer than two pages will result in ineligibility for further consideration for the position. USAJOBS will not allow you to upload or build resumes longer than two pages, and you will need to update the resumes in your profile before applying for a job. Resumes should include information relevant to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies of the position to which you are applying. VA is unable to make assumptions about qualifications if not clearly listed. Resumes must be legible so they can be reviewed for eligibility, minimum qualifications and other position requirements listed in the job announcement. Your resume must be 5MB or less. We recommend saving and uploading your resume as a PDF to maintain formatting and number of pages. We also accept GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, TXT, PDF, ODT or Word (DOC or DOCX). We do not accept PDF portfolio files. We recommend using a sans-serif font size like Lato, if available. Other widely available options are Calibri, Helvetica, Arial, Verdana, Open San Source Sans Pro, Roboto or Noro Sans. Make your page margins 0.5 inches. Consider using 14-point size font for titles and 10-point for the main text in your resume. The resume builder can help you create a resume using these recommendations and uses the information in your USAJOBS profile to help you get started. Helpful Hints for Creating a Two-Page Resume: Prioritize most relevant and recent experience Use concise, results focused language Align language from the job announcement Focus on demonstrating skills and competencies Remove outdated or unrelated experience Use the USAJOBS resume builder Additional guidance on this new requirement and resume building tools can be found at: https://help.usajobs.gov/faq/application/documents/resume/page-limit https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/merit-hiring-plan-resources/applicant-guidance-on-the-two-page-resume-limit/ The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified: applicants must possess experience that exceeds the minimum qualifications of the position including all selective factors, and who are proficient in most of the required competencies of the job. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. During the application process you may have an option to opt-in to make your resume available to hiring managers in the agency who have similar positions. Opting in does not impact your application for this announcement, nor does it guarantee further consideration for additional positions.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-11