Budget Officer

About the role

This position is located in the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of North Dakota. You will join a team responsible for planning, implementing, and administering the full spectrum of budget and financial operations for the office.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive financial management program involving short and long-range programmatic plans and annual budgets.
• Prepare annual administrative budgets and budget estimates.
• Advise management on the planning and development of budget requirements.
• Ensure obligations, expenditures, and unobligated orders and available balances are valid and supported.
• Manage the certifications of obligations for goods and services.
• Provide technical guidance, advice, and assistance to the Administrative Officer and U.S. Attorney regarding future resource requirements and budget planning.
• Oversee the processing of travel authorizations and travel vouchers/claims.
• Assignments will increase in complexity as training and experience progress.

Requirements

Conditions of employment:

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication, including fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one-year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

GS-12: To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level.

Specialized Experience is defined as experience:

• Developing, maintaining, and administering financial data to control execution of short and long-range budgets.
• Monitoring obligations, appropriating funds, and validating expenses.
• Utilizing an automated financial management information system to enter financial data, track funds, and develop financial and budget reports.
• Preparing budget estimates and projections using past obligations, fund levels, validity of requests, and compliance with current policies and priorities.
• Developing internal budget policies and procedures.
• Updating top-level management officials on the status of financial operations and funding levels.
• Providing technical guidance, advice, and assistance on the planning and development of future and current budget requirements and status.