Summary The incumbent of this position serves as the Assistant Chief of the Fiscal Office VA Medical Center Boise. The Boise VAMC has five Community Based Outpatient Clinics (CBOCs) for Primary Care and Mental Health Services, Research Center, Center of Excellence, Office of Academic Affiliation, Audiology, Eye Clinic, Sleep Lab, other specialty care clinics, both a National Telehealth and Regional Telehealth Hub and a state of the art Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory. Responsibilities Major duties include, but are not limited to: Serves as the full operating assistant to the facility Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and serves as a financial advisor to the Medical Center Director, Associate Director, Chief of Staff, and Chief of Nurse Executive in the absence of the CFO. Works in conjunction with the CFO and Budget Officer in forecasting, formulation, development, preparation, and execution of the annual budget plans and in administering the medical center's financial management program. Works with the CFO on interpretation of program objectives and developing procedures to attain these objectives, resolving Fiscal Service operating challenges, making decisions on cases which require interpretation of regulation, administrative rules, and organizational policy, with decisions having a material effect upon the planning, coordination, directing, and controlling of departmental objectives. Responsible for maintaining an automated and fully integrated system of financial staff services, which contributes to the effective management and control of medical center operations in such areas as accounting, general ledger accounting, cost accounting, fund management auditing, accounts receivable, budgeting, travel, payroll, VERA, financial analysis, purchased care management, and reporting. Responsible for assisting the CFO in carrying out the duties and responsibilities for all the technical processes of budget formulation, development, review, and execution, which entails planning, coordinating, monitoring, and controlling expenditures. Interprets fiscal regulations and discusses any budget conditions contrary or out of line with the fiscal plan, composing letters and correspondence to VACO/VISN concerning budget and fiscal matters. Coordinates studies and analyzes operations of systems on a continuous basis and coordinates special analytical reports, charts, and graphs for management, such as reports on status of medical center funds and other indicated statistical reports used as guides in the management decision making process. Responsible for reviewing, analyzing, training, service support for data collection and reporting, and communication of data to services in various formats. Collaborates with the CFO establishing organizational structure and guidelines, performance standards, work review, and reporting requirements, defining the line of authority and supervisory controls essential to carry out the mission of the Fiscal Service. Recommends selection, evaluation, initiation of promotion, adverse, and other personnel actions for the members of the service. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30am - 4:00pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Assistant Finance Officer/PD606050 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized 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 You may be required to serve a probationary period Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See "Additional Information" below for details. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements and specialized experience within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 09/30/2024. 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 within 30 days of 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. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year 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: Thorough knowledge of accounting, cost accounting (MCAS), budgetary, auditing, Vera, Payroll, and fiscal financial and administrative procedures to provide complex financial management decision support to an organization; Monitoring detailed budget forecasts and assessing cost effectiveness in meeting program financial and budgetary goals; Adjusting long-range budget forecasts and monitoring their execution for assigned programs, Recommending ways to improve the utilization of funds; Reviews and analyzes automated financial and performance data for accuracy, trends, and process variation; Experience using Microsoft Office Suite and/or other Internet databases necessary to access, retrieve, process, interpret and analyze complex automated information and the ability to reduce complex data to clear communications, written summaries, graphical presentations, reports, and recommendations. NOTE: Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month & year starting and ending dates AND hours worked per week. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Financial Analysis Performance Management Project Management Quality Management 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. 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: Work is primarily sedentary, with walking visit to various customer locations throughout the facility. No effort or ability is required. 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/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. Pursuant to VHA Directive 1193.01, VHA health care personnel (HCP) are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to such accommodations as required by law (i.e., medical, religious or pregnancy). VHA HCPs do not include remote workers who only infrequently enter VHA locations. If selected, you will be required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and submit documentation of proof of vaccination before your start date. The agency will provide additional information regarding what information or documentation will be needed and how you can request a legally required accommodation from this requirement using the reasonable accommodation process. 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.