Assistant Chief Financial Officer

Veterans Health Administration; Aspinwall (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is seeking a management official to oversee financial activities, reporting to the Chief Financial Officer. The role encompasses budget planning, decision support, payroll, travel, and resource management.

You will supervise staff, ensure compliance with federal policies, and provide technical support for budget formulation. Applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements and submit appropriate SF-50s.

Qualifications

• Requires degree in accounting or related field with 24 semester hours in accounting.
• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-12 in the normal line of progression.
• Familiarity with federal financial policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

• Works with the Chief Financial Officer in developing and implementing the financial plan and budget.
• Provides supports for outcomes, assessments, cost-benefit analyses and assist with business planning and monitors fiscal viability.
• Carries out and ensures full compliance with all Federal, Departmental and VHA financial policies, regulations and procedures.

Skills

Budget management

Policy compliance

Supervisory experience

Financial reporting

Education

Accounting or related field with 24 semester hours in accounting

GS-13 federal experience or equivalent education/training

Job description

The incumbent will serve as the management official for financial activities within VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS). Reporting to the Chief Financial Officer of the Medical Center, incumbent will have direct operational and supervisory responsibilities for budget, decision support system, payroll, employee travel, agent cashier, resource management and accounting.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/01/2026. 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.

Individual Occupational Requirements Degree: 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. (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: 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, obtained through written examination; or 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 of paragraph A, provided that (a) the applicant has successfully worked at the full-performance level in accounting, auditing, or a related field, e.g., valuation engineering or financial institution examining; (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 that which is normally associated with successful completion of the 4-year course of study described in paragraph A; and (c) except for literal nonconformance to the requirement of 24 semester hours in accounting, the applicant's education, training, and experience fully meet the specified requirements.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below:

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:

• Works with the Chief Financial Officer in developing and implementing the financial plan and budget.
• Provides supports for outcomes, assessments, cost-benefit analyses and assist with business planning and monitors fiscal viability.
• Carries out and ensures full compliance with all Federal, Departmental and VHA financial policies, regulations and procedures.
• Provides technical support to budget formulation functions maintained at the medical center.

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g., resume, supporting documents), your responses on the application questionnaire, and your responses to all assessments required for this position.

Competencies for this position

You will be assessed on the following Competencies for this position:

• Conflict Management
• Influencing/Negotiating
• Manages Resources
• Partnering
• Planning and Evaluating
• Supervisory
• Situational Judgment Test

Applicants will be required to complete a Supervisory Situational Judgment Test (SSJT) as part of the assessment process for this position. The SSJT evaluates judgment and decision-making skills that align with relevant competencies, organizational values, and best practices. Assessment results may be used as