Budget Analyst.

About the role

Performs various budget functions involving the formulation, justification, and/or execution of budgets for organizations, programs, or projects. Supports the major command headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, Field Operating Activity for execution of the organization budget for Civil General Expense, and Operation and Maintenance, Army funds.

Responsibilities

• Provides local budget policy and procedures, budget formulation assumptions, and formats and schedules to serviced organizations for budget submissions.
• Provides management with financial information such as financial reports showing the status of receipts, obligations, and expenditures of funds; trend analyses of rates of expenditures.
• Develops narrative justification statements and presentation material for budget submissions and reprogramming requests.
• Analyzes trends in fund utilization and maintains constant awareness of financial operations, including reimbursable programs within the organization.
• Processes budget requests from units and verifies budgets to assure effective utilization of resources.
• Analyzes, identifies, and resolves reprogramming and budgetary requirements to provide viable solutions and recommendations.
• Tracks, monitors, generates, and reports budgeting and financial systems problems/issues to integrate, explain, justify financial reports, costs, and data.
• Communicates with senior officials on the overall budget processes.

Requirements

Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. This position has been designated as a FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 2 Certified position. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action.

• Only applicants who meet one of the following employment authority categories are eligible to apply:
  • Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
  • Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
  • Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
  • Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
  • Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
  • Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
  • Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
  • Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
  • Reinstatement
  • Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
• You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
• One year trial/probationary period may be required.
• Direct deposit of pay is required.
• Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees.
• This is a CP 11 Comptroller Career Field position.
• Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized.
• If selected at the GS-11 level, may be non-competitively promoted to the full performance GS-12 level.

Qualifications

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Experience required at GS-11:

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which includes:

• Analyzing trends in fund utilization;
• Maintaining constant awareness of financial operations including the reimbursable programs within the organization;
• Processing budget requests from units and verifying budgets to assure effective utilization of resources.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education:

Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience:

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Experience required at GS-12:

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which includes:

• Providing budget formulation, execution, and justification of the Civil General Expense, Operation and Maintenance (O&M), revolving, and reimbursable funds to assure budget forecasts, estimates, obligations, expenditures, reimbursements of funds, and submissions;
• Analyzing, identifying, and resolving reprogramming and budgetary requirements to provide viable solutions and recommendations;
• Tracking, monitoring, generating, and reporting budgeting and financial systems problems/issues to integrate, explain, justify financial reports, costs, and data;
• Communicating with senior officials on the overall budget processes.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Time in Grade Requirement:

Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent.

• GS-11: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-09.
• GS-12: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-11.

Competencies:

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Accountability
• Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning
• Attention to Detail
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html

Benefits

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.