Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist.

Duties

Specific Duties Include

• Administers a fiscal program that includes payments for general operating expenditures and benefit programs.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on all aspects of fiscal and accounting activities.
• Provides management and operating officials advice and assistance on all financial matters.
• Formulates, presents, and executes the station's budget.
• Advises station management on the availability of funds.
• Maintains an integrated computerized accounting system using the principles of double entry, self-balancing set of books.
• Establishes internal controls to assure that public funds are handled in accordance with applicable laws.
• Analyzes financial records and controls to determine the degree of financial efficiency, economy, and effectiveness of the program.
• Administers a program to ensure prompt and accurate payment of employee salaries, benefits, and awards.
• Maintains compensation, pension, and education benefit payment records.
• Supervises employees in Operations and Accounting
• Determines training needs of staff.
• Advises, counsels, and instructs subordinate employees on work and administrative matters.
• Interviews and selects candidates for vacant positions.
  
  

Promotion Potential: Not applicable, GS-12 is the full performance level for the position.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday through Friday 8:00AM - 4:30PM.

Compressed/Flexible: Not available.

Telework: Available, limited-in accordance with agency policy

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist; 37335-A.

Financial Disclosure Report: Not required for this position.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

Required

As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary 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, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

• 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
• Selectees are required to service a one-year supervisory probationary period if not previously completed in a Federal position.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process
  
  

Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:06/08/2026.

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.

• For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level.
  
  

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.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

GS-12 Grade Level

• Specialized Experience: Specialized Experience is defined as experience administering an agency benefits payment program to include completion of financial statements, such as cost reports, and balance sheets; experience maintaining an organization budget for staff expenditures; and experience in providing accounting analysis and advice to senior management officials.
  
  

Volunteer Experience: 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.

Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

Physical Requirements: Position is sedentary.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at

Education

There is no education substitution at the GS-12 grade level.

Additional information

This a non-bargaining unit position.

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 (TJO). Please visit the Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP),

The Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified (have a final rating of 85 or more) for this vacancy. Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at

Placement Policy: The posting of this announcement does not obligate management to fill a vacancy or vacancies by promotion. The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower grade, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

For more information on the "Who may apply" eligibility requirements, please refer to the

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.