Budget Analyst
What you'd do
Serves as a Budget Analyst for a Program Office (Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Integrated Veteran Care (IVC)). The position is located in the Business Operations Directorate (Bus. Ops.) within the Share Services Directorate of IVC but will move under Veterans Health Administration - Finance by the end of the fiscal year supporting community care. Provides financial, budget, and other program support to management on a wide range of health benefit administration matters and activities.
Major duties
Contributes to the development, operation, administration, and reporting of IVC's financial operations budget. Prepares budget justifications used in the presentation of the Program Office budget. Provides advice and assistance to supervisors and managers on development of budgetary requirements. Prepares detailed analyses and estimates for annual funding needs for one or more future budget years. Gathers, analyzes, and reports information on the projected costs and future programs and activities. Provides authoritative interpretation of legislation, Office of Management and Budget (0MB) policies and precedents, and Agency policies and impacts to the mission and function of the Directorate. Conducts reviews and audits of fund control point activities to ensure appropriate usage of funds. Develops, recommends, and implements budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of Directorate and IVC's programs, goals, and objectives. Maintains and oversees budgetary data in a variety of sources, systems, forms,schedules, and reports. Prepares budgetary reports related to the status of funds, expenditure amounts, obligation totals, full-time employee (FTE) requirements, and projected obligation amounts. Develops new methods for acquiring information and interprets reports and other budget and finance data for program review and analysis. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm Monday-Friday Telework: This position may be authorized for ad hoc telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Ad hoc is defined as occasional, non recurring telework. Virtual: This position may be authorized for Virtual Work. Virtual Work eligibility is for current VA employees that are already subject to the return to the in-person work mandate in their current position. Definition of Virtual Work: Employee works outside of original hiring duty station at a VA-owned or leased space. Return to Office (RTO): RTO mandates are in effect and selectees will be required to report to in-person work unless they are approved for an exception or an exemption. Any approval for an RTO exception, exemption, or extension will happen after a tentative job offer, but before a final job offer. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD42106A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: 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, 07/27/2026. 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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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: Note: Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) eligibility does not confer promotion eligibility. To qualify under CTAP, applicants must apply to positions that are at the same grade or pay level as their permanent position of record, with a representative rate no higher than that of their current grade or pay level. 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-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Supported compliant financial operations and budgeting through effective oversight and reporting. Contributed to the development of administrative policies and/or guidelines for the conduct of budget program operations or new criteria for measuring budget program accomplishments. Maintained and executed a comprehensive review system to evaluate financial records. Analyzed facility-level general ledger accounts to identify discrepancies. Performed quality assurance reviews to validate the financial integrity of Program Office processes, identifying risks and recommending corrective actions. Applied advanced principles, techniques, and theories of federal budgeting and finance to ensure full compliance with governing regulations, policies, and statutory requirements. Served as an organizational representative on committees and task forces addressing budget and finance issues impacting a department or the Department of Veterans Affairs. 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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