Chief Financial Officer

PCS and Recruitment/Relocation Incentive are authorized for this position. The Chief Financial Officer serves as an executive leader at the Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center functioning as the principal financial operating officer and advisor for this highly complex, tertiary care Level 1A facility. With direct accountability to the Associate Medical Center Director, the role oversees the establishment, administration, and leadership of an integrated financial services system.

The Chief Financial Officer serves as an executive leader at the Richard L Roudebush VA Medical Center (RLRVAMC), overseeing the establishment, administration, and leadership of an integrated financial services system that ensures the efficient and effective management of the Indianapolis VAMC. The incumbent has direct accountability to the Associate Medical Center Director. In this role, the Chief Financial Officer functions as the principal financial operating officer and advisor for this highly complex, tertiary care Level 1A VAMC. The duties of this position include, but are not limited to: Developing financial plans within target allowances and creating local budget instructions and policies. Reviewing, negotiating, and consolidating budget requests making allocation recommendations to management and the Budget Committee. Providing continuous analysis of changing workloads, technology, employment patterns, and allocation methodologies due to the complexity of the medical center. Ensuring effective operational decisions and managing key resource programs as a member of the executive management team and Resource Management Board. Offering financial and operational counsel during all planning stages, policy formulation, and decision-making. Addressing problems and actions beyond financial issues and actively participating in long- and short-term planning, influencing program scope and policy decisions. Maintaining knowledge of management, planning, budgeting, program evaluation, and healthcare administration. Developing and maintaining a responsive reporting system for management at the VA Medical Center and VISN 10 including both general and financial management data, correlating non-fiscal and fiscal data to provide comprehensive analysis of program accomplishments. Providing management and operating officials with necessary analyses, projections, and interpretations for maximum efficiency and effectiveness. Managing a comprehensive accounting program, planning, analyzing, and evaluating performance, projecting demand, and recommending management changes. Ensuring fiscal transactions meet General Accounting Office and Treasury Department standards and that records accurately reflect the medical center's financial operations. Overseeing the design of a complete accounting system for a large program used within a network of operating sites. Analyzing problems that are new or novel in nature reconciling diverse needs and viewpoints in arriving at a final system. Administering an accounting system designed to track, reconcile, and report on agency administered programs and/or appropriations for which the agency has legislative oversight responsibility. Validating a variety of accounting data is entered into schedules and accounts. Reconciling accounts and prepares balance sheets and adjusts as required. Serving as regional/national expert authority on reconciliation of integrated accounts for a variety of accounting systems. Performing financial audits of accounts and financial records to certify or attest financial statements fairly represent the financial position as of a predetermined date. Writing factual reports that identify noncompliance with regulations, inefficient operations, or improper practices. Developing constructive recommendations for improvements within the audit segment. Supervising a diverse team of 18 staff members, whose responsibilities encompass a wide array of work functions involving analytical and evaluative methods to assess program efficiency and effectiveness. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: Yes - as determined by the agency policy. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Remote: This is not a remote position. Position Description/PD#: Chief Financial Officer/PD931330 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: May be approved for highly qualified candidates. Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Authorized

You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. This position requires the application, assessment, and questionnaire to be fully completed. The assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job. Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation 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) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider: 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. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

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