Responsible for advising the VISN CFO, other members of the VISN management team, and those within the VISN healthcare systems in all aspects of fiscal management. VISNs are vertically and horizontally integrated health care systems serving veterans across a broad geographic area. VISNs provide a full continuum of health care services through medical centers, community-based and in-home programs, clinics, and extended care facilities.
Duties:
- The Financial Manager provides advice concerning financial management serving as a technical expert for resource matters for five complexity level one medical centers, one complexity level two medical center, one complexity level three medical center and the Manila Outpatient Clinic an approximate budget of over $6 billion.
- Designing, establishing, and maintaining an integrated financial management system, including budgeting, accounting, and managerial-financial reporting, which furnishes timely data that is used in the direction, evaluation, and control of operations at the various levels of management. Such a system must be compatible with the requirements of the Bureau of the Budget, the General Accounting Office, and the Treasury Department, and provides accountability for VA funds and assets and full disclosure of the financial results of the VAMC operations. This involves responsibility for proper and economic management of all financial resources under jurisdiction of the VISN, in accordance with a wide variety of laws and regulations.
- The Deputy CFO’s financial duties and responsibilities include analyze national level programs, exceptionally large and complex programs; develop recommend, and implement budgetary and financial policies; interpret and assess the impact of new and revised Congressional legislation on the formulation and execution of budgets; project and analyze the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives; and develop and render authoritative interpretations of executive orders, OMB guidelines and directives, and policies and precedents within agency lines.
- The incumbent provides technical and administrative supervision. Recruits and hires subordinate staff members in line with merit staffing procedures and equal employment opportunity guidelines. Assigns work to staff and provides technical and policy direction to their efforts. Reviews completed work of the staff and provides feedback to encourage top performance to enhance an atmosphere of team. Plans training and development with subordinate employees to assure they acquire and maintain both technical competencies in their fields and cross training in related fields. Evaluates the work performance of subordinate staff members and recommends appropriate awards to enhance effective performance or takes action to deal with inadequate performance, through counseling, training, coaching and other means. Resolves staff complaints concerning working conditions and related matters, and provides referral services, if necessary, to employees who develop personal problems that interfere with effective performance or undermine work group cohesiveness. Integrates activities of the office into the overall programs and takes actions, as necessary, to make the office a positive contributor to accomplishment of the mission.
