Financial Manager ( Chief Financial Officer)

About the role

This Chief Financial Manager position is located in the Finance Service Line, at the VA Connecticut Healthcare Systems location. This position is also offering Recruitment Incentive or Relocation incentive to highly qualified candidates.

Responsibilities

• Provides technical and administrative supervision to a team of employees through subordinate supervisors. Provides direct supervision to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer.
• Establishes performance standards and evaluates the performance of subordinate supervisors, makes determinations on grievances, recommends training, and approves leave of subordinate supervisors.
• Hears grievances as second level supervisor, reviews recommendations for hiring, promotion, and adverse actions made by subordinate supervisors, and supports and implements established Equal Employment Opportunity policies and programs.
• Provides advice, counsel, and instruction on technical and administrative matters. Hears and resolves employees' complaints and refers the more serious unresolved cases to a higher-level supervisor or manager.
• Provides leadership and financial services to a large complex healthcare system. Ensures effective financial management to support the medical facility's mission.
• Supervises and controls all facility business functions, including General Ledger Accounting, Budget, Voucher Audits, Agent Cashier, Payroll, Accounts Receivable, Patient Funds, Fee Basis, Auditing, and General Post Funds.
• Oversees the design of a complete accounting system for a large program used within a network of operating sites.
• Studies accounts, reports, and procedural instructions within an extensive area and considers legislative and program background materials to identify need for revision.
• The CFO is the final authority in matters pertaining to the accounting systems, including the accounting structure to properly reflect the nature of transactions and to implement tools such as journals, subsidiary records, statements, and reports.
• The CFO administers an accounting system designed to track, reconcile, and report on agency administered programs and/or appropriations for which the agency has legislative oversight responsibility.
• The CFO is a member of the VISN Finance Budget Committee which is responsible for making recommendations to the VISN Executive Leadership Board regarding all aspects of the VISN level financial management. This includes distribution of budgets and reserves, policy changes regarding VERA, appeals of funding levels, and establishing policies for VISN funding for catastrophic events.

Requirements

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/24/2026.

Qualifications

• Individual Occupational Requirement: This position requires professional accounting knowledge. You must meet one of the two basic education requirements described below in order to receive further consideration for this position:
• Education: 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. The 24 hours may include up to 6 hours of credit in business law.
• Combination of education and experience: At least 4 years of experience in accounting, or an equivalent combination of accounting experience, college-level education, and training that provided professional accounting knowledge. The applicant's background must also include one of the following:
• Twenty-four semester hours in accounting or auditing courses of appropriate type and quality. This can include up to 6 hours of business law;
• A certificate as Certified Public Accountant or a Certified Internal Auditor;
• 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 in accounting, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., (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 of obtaining a degree in accounting or in a related field such as business administration, finance, or public administration, and (c) except for literal non-conformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, your education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.
• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-13 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provide analysis and advice in the design, adaptation, and installation of automated accounting systems; Develop auditing techniques to evaluate integrated analysis of a financial and systems programs; Oversees accounting, budgeting, and workload/cost analysis for a facility or agency; Demonstrates active participation in the financial planning, analysis, and reporting for the facility or agency; Manages and controls resources or funds to a large complex healthcare system, agency or hospital.