Budget Technician
What you'd do
This position is assigned to the Budget Section within Fiscal Service at Chalmers P Wylie Ambulatory Care Center. This Section is responsible for the financial reporting, monitoring, analyzing, and projecting the financial resources of the medical center. This position performs a wide variety of budgetary functions in the collection, analysis, formulation, and execution of the medical care appropriations and all programs operating within the Department of Veterans Affairs Ambulatory Care Center.
Major duties
The major duties of the Budget Technician may include but are not limited to: Developing and monitoring resources and making recommendations to the service regarding needs, distribution, or redistribution of these resources. Developing, formulating, and providing all essential data for the annual budget forecast. Tracking all expenditures and comparing with budgeted, projected and on-hand inventories. Maintaining budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget. Advising on the status and availability of funds. Processing all vouchers with the appropriate office and carrying out any needed follow-up. Establishing and maintaining a procurement system for expendable supplies and equipment; Reviewing and submitting the appropriate forms for the funding of purchase orders. Maintaining various reports and using designated ledgers to account for cost accounting operations. Compiling, consolidating, checking and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses. Preparing required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports, budget analysis or other service-related needs. Preparing correspondence and performing other general clerical duties. Performing related duties as required. Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Technician/PD936670 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
What you need to qualify
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 07/17/2026. 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-6 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-5. 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 former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-5 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Administering and maintaining budgets from various fund sources; works with purchasing requests; entering and tracking budgetary transactions into a computerized budgeting system; performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; and preparing correspondence and reports. Proficiency in Excel and Vista experience preferred. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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