Description du poste
The Chief of Staff (CoS) serves as the principal administrative and managerial authority within VHA Finance, directing the operations, staff coordination, workflow governance, and executive support functions that enable the VHA CFO and DCFO to lead VHA's financial management enterprise. The position functions as the chief of internal operations, integrating the activities of VHA Finance; directing high-priority projects and special initiatives on behalf of the DCFO.
PRINCIPALES MISSIONS :
Major Duties Duties include, but are not limited to: Develops and directs recommendations concerning organizational governance, management processes, resource coordination, internal management controls, and operational performance that influence the administration and execution of VHA Finance programs and operations enterprise-wide. Serves as senior liaison to Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Department of the Treasury, Office of Inspector General (OIG), Government Accountability Office (GAO), and Congressional inquiries, briefings, legislative reports, and national visibility correspondence with enterprise level implications. Independently plans, designs, and carries out VHA Finance's management support program and managerial decisions are accepted as authoritative, with review centered on attainment of program goals, efficiency, and alignment with the VHA CFO and DCFO's priorities. Serves as the reviewing official on performance appraisals prepared by GS-14 supervisory analysts, ensures consistency and equity of performance standards across the staff, and adjudicates grievances elevated from the first level. Directs VHA Finance's correspondence, tasking, and suspense-control systems, establishing standards and procedures for routing, staffing, quality review, and timely completion of executive correspondence, data calls, congressional and oversight taskings, and decision packages flowing to and from the VHA CFO and DCFO. Plans, coordinates, and governs the administrative aspects of the DCFO's governance forums, workgroups, and leadership meetings, including agenda development, readahead preparation, action-item tracking, and follow-through to completion. Directs and personally conducts VHA Finance's management analysis and organizational study program, applying analytical and evaluative methods to assess and improve the efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity of the administrative operations of VHA Finance. Work Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM Compressed/Flexible: Available Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in person work unless they have an approved exemption. Telework: Available - as determined by agency Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD005240 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
QUALIFICATIONS REQUISES :
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/11/2026. 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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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 some former Federal employees applying for reinstatement, as well as current employees applying for Veterans Emp