Supervisory Financial Administrative Specialist

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/12/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current VA 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.

The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. A 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.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-09 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would include: 1) Reviews health insurance policy provisions to identify and comply with individual plan requirements.

2) Establishes and maintains effective working relationships with internal and external customers. 3) Monitor and evaluate administrative activities. 4) Plans work to be accomplished by subordinates while establishing and adjusting short-term priorities and deadlines as needed. 5) Present recommended enhancements to department processes and tools in regard to productivity and workflow. Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's degree or equivalent graduate degree, or (2) two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and graduate level education. GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.