Supervisory Accountant

Summary

The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN
6), at the VISN 6 Centralized Finance Office located in Roanoke, Virginia. The role serves as a Supervisory Accountant providing direction and oversight for a variety of accounting, payroll, and auditing functions within the Centralized Finance Service (CFS) for VISN 6.

Monday - Friday, 7:45am - 4:30pm EST

This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework, per VA Policy. This is not a virtual position.

• Provides daily assurance, advice, and training on technical, policy, procedure, and processing matters to staff located both remotely at the VISN 6 sites and to local CFS staff.
• Ensures established policies are followed accurately and timely for the processing of medical center operation actions which interface through or impact the CFS and technical direction of financial and accounting records/ledgers.
• Ensures funds are efficiently and effectively controlled and that reports accurately reflect results of financial operations.
• Develops and revises accounting and payroll system techniques and processes in normal day‑to‑day activities and adapts when changes to medical center operations and policy or systems occur.
• Responsible for the overall performance and supervision of the Payroll and Accounting Sections of the CFS for VISN 6, including accounting technicians, payroll technicians, staff accountants, and other supporting personnel.
• Prepares shared information and trains individuals at both the CFS and at the facilities on the proper manner of operation.
• Performs duties associated with examining financial reporting, cash management, and internal controls such as the analysis and review of records, reports, and processes to ensure accuracy and relevance of financial transactions and to provide corrective actions or recommendations to improve effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, cost‑effectiveness, and quality of work processes.
• Reports at least monthly on the financial management of the activities reviewed and audited with plans of action and recommendations for improvement.
• Advises on and/or performs professional financial accounting duties.
• Develops accounting procedures and resolves technical problems in executing a computerized integrated accounting system, monitoring and controlling by timely recording, coding, balancing and scrutinizing for inaccurate accounts.
• Reconciles accounts with manual and computer subsidiary accounts.
• Administers accounting systems designed to track, reconcile, and report on VISN operation and maintenance funding and/or appropriations for which the agency has legislative oversight responsibility.
• Analyzes cost accounting reports, status of fund reports, and other financial reports for the preparation of summary statements and reports and proposes solutions and alternatives to problem areas.
• Serves as an expert authority on reconciliation of integrated accounts for a variety of accounting systems.
• Provides administrative and technical supervision necessary for accomplishing the work of the unit and ensures coordination of work among a variety of independent units to achieve the mission of the VISN.
• Performs the administrative and personnel management functions relative to staff supervised.
• Establishes guidelines and performance expectations for staff, which are clearly communicated through the formal employee performance management system.
• Observes workers' performance, demonstrates and conducts work performance critiques.
• Provides advice and counsel to workers related to work and administrative matters.
• Effects disciplinary measures as appropriate to the authority delegated in this area.
• Reviews and approves or disapproves leave requests and assures that subordinates are trained and fully comply with the provisions of the safety regulations.
• Resolves difficult or complex human resource management issues or problems that have regular and recurring requirements for counseling and motivational activities.
• Performs other directly related duties as assigned.
• Note:
  
  This position is not remote; you must live…