Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Summary

This is a virtual position. It is not a remote role. The selected candidate must live within 50 miles of a VA Medical Center - VA facility - or VA-leased space - and will report for duty at their nearest VHA location. Duty Location of Phoenix VA Medical Center is preferred. Highly qualified applicants may be considered for a virtual duty location.

A final virtual job offer requires meeting the 50-mile residency requirement and obtaining approval to work at a VA facility.

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 10/02/2026. 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:
*** Applicants MUST meet the Basic Requirement along with the Specialized experience to qualify for the this position.***

• Degree:
  You must have a degree 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
• These 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of business law
• (The term   accounting   means   accounting and/or auditing   in this standard
• Similarly -   accountant   should be interpreted - generally - as   accountant and/or auditor.
  OR
  - Combination of
  
  Education and Experience:
  
  You must have at least 4 years of experience in accounting - or equivalent combination of accounting experience - college-level education - and training that provided professional accounting knowledge
• Your background must also include one of the following:
  Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing (up to 6 hours may be in business law)
• OR A Certified Public Accountant (CPA) or Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) certificate obtained through written examination
• OR Completion of degree requirements that included substantial accounting or auditing coursework (at least 15 semester hours) - AND ALL OF THE BELOW: a) Professional experience at the full-performance level in accounting - auditing - or a related field
• b) A determination from a panel of at least two higher-level accountants/auditors that your knowledge is equivalent in breadth - depth - currency - and advancement to the full degree requirement
• c) Your education - training - and experience meet all other specified requirements except the literal 24-hour accounting rule
• 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:
  Managing and supervising personnel - accounting - payroll and audit experience
• Expert experience with accounting principles - procedures - and policies in order to manage - provide advice - and make sound judgements regarding assets - liabilities - fund balances - expenses - and revenues
• skill in analyzing - interpreting - and applying complex legislation - regulatory decisions to develop budgetary plans - policies - and guidance and to make adjustments to the budget
• providing managerial oversight to a full range of fiscal activities
• developing accounting policies and standards covering operations
• utilizing in-depth knowledge of financial management systems - including administering an accounting system
• serving as an expert authority on the maintenance and reconciliation of integrated accounts
• and skill in applying investigative and/or root cause analysis techniques in support of accurate and…