Budget Analyst
What you'd do
About the Position: This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation
Major duties
Evaluates programmed distribution of available funds against mission and workload objectives to ensure proper balance of funds, distributed to support mission requirements, fixed costs, and other essential support costs. Analyzes trends in fund utilization, and prepares status reports depicting causes for major deviations from programmed targets. Develops recommended reprogramming of funds to ensure that balance is maintained and that resources are used in the most efficient manner. Formulates the organization's budget projections and provides guidance to all operating officials on requirements for budget submissions. Develops projections, based on projected workload, historical data, current requirements, and guidance from higher headquarters. Prepares applicable directives on budget execution and formulation procedures. Completes budget documents, worksheets, and required reports; prepares a variety of charts, graphs and/or other graphics for briefings, reports and analysis by higher level staff, utilizing automated systems to extract a variety of financial data. Serves as the primary super user for the electronic financial business system, serving as coordinator of training and access. Conducts analysis to identify effectiveness and/or efficiency of operations for purchase card transactions. Generates reports to estimate supply cost and project obligations; maintains current listing of billing officials, alternates, cardholders, single purchase limits, and monthly limits.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: US Citizens 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes interpreting budgetary policies and regulations; reviewing budget submissions and preparing budgetary documents; preparing a variety of budget reports, worksheets, graphs and/or charts; utilizing automated financial systems, such as General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS); and providing advice or guidance to staff on budget related issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second 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, such as: Budget, Accounting and Finance. 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.
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