BUDGET TECHNICIAN

About the role

You will serve as a Budget Technician with responsibility for performing and conducting a variety of support work in the areas of budget and fiscal, procurement and supply, data processing, personnel support duties, and program record-keeping.

Responsibilities

• Preparing budgets, estimates, and reconciliation.
• Compiling and preparing the work, and financial plans for the program.
• Reviewing financial documents for accuracy, fiscal control, and compliance with policies and directives.
• Working within financial systems/software to track, input, verify, and reconcile.
• Reviewing completion and accuracy of all obligation documents.
• Assist the direct supervisor, Assistant State Director, State Director (SD), Budget Analyst, or other personnel in the development, forecasting and tracking of workloads, expenditures, and accounts.
• Provides technical support on procedural matters and complete required documents for submission.
• Examines historical data and collects information to determine the annual fiscal needs for use in developing operating budgets.
• Retrieves and reviews FMMI reports and multiple program ledgers to assure they are in balance and accounting data is valid, and adheres to prescribed regulations and procedures.
• Identifies erroneous obligations, verifies corrected reports, recommends changes to procedures to prevent recurrence of problems, and advises of findings.
• Responsible for credit card purchases when directed. Uses budget object class codes and accounting codes to ensure expense is charged to the proper account.
• Maintains files in accordance with the APHIS/WS records management system.

Qualifications

• Applicants must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-05 level) that may have been obtained in the private or public (local, county, state, Federal) sectors which demonstrates:
  • Preparing budgets, estimates, and reconciliation.
  • Compiling and preparing the work, and financial plans for the program.
  • Reviewing financial documents for accuracy, fiscal control, and compliance with policies and directives.
  • Working within financial systems/software to track, input, verify, and reconcile.
  • Reviewing completion and accuracy of all obligation documents.

FOR THE GS-06 LEVEL: There is no education substitution for this grade level.

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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Pay

Salary Offered: 45409 - 65599 USD Per Year

Benefits

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) offers competitive benefits packages to eligible employees. These benefits may include:

• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Telework options

To learn more about the benefits offered by USDA, please visit the USDA Benefits website.

Benefits

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Marketing and Regulatory Programs (MRP) offers competitive benefits packages to eligible employees. These benefits may include:

• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Telework options

To learn more about the benefits offered by USDA, please visit the USDA Benefits website.

How to Apply

To apply for this position, please visit the USAJobs website by clicking on the APPLY button provided in the announcement.