Budget Analyst
What you'd do
This position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), and VISN 8, at Miami VAMC, FL. The primary responsibility for the complex and constant changing process in the Health care environment. The work is independently in the formulation, presentation and execution phases of the budget program and to present solutions or recommendations that are sound, complete and in conformity with established budget policy or procedures.
Major duties
Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Establish and implement a comprehensive financial reporting system for leadership and management, develop specific instructions and procedural guidelines for all operating levels of our facility for the preparation and completion of budget estimates. Responsible for distributing funds to control points, analyzing actual expenditures compared to the budget plan, and projecting where adjustments to the plan are necessary. Provides guidance and procedural instructions to investigators and staff. Monitors the status and availability of funds for each program and source to ensure that adequate funds are available and disseminates the information accordingly. Reviews progress of all obligations and maintains sufficient familiarity with operating and financial program to make prompt recommendations for reprogramming actions. Prepares all external reports or analysis that concerns budget execution at the facility. Consider, solve and recommend solutions to problems requiring coordination of operating officials and or management. Generate a variety of routine and special reports covering the current status and projections of funds, expenses, and obligations to maintain appropriate level of support for MC operations and individual research studies. Exercise judgment in decision making, balance of the over all budget to assure proper emphasis on the more critical or important areas and the adequacy of justification resented by operating officials. Required to reconcile the transactions to the applicable fiscal automated database system and must research and resolve discrepancies between various ledgers and make necessary adjustments. Participates in the entire process of funds control to include planning for restrictions and revisions to original budget plans, preparation of cost ceiling distribution for operating officials, recommendation for changes to original plan. Ensures all invoices are processed in accordance with milestones and analyze financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and or budgetary actions. Maintains listings of TDA's transfer of disbursing authority, monitors and controls records for all appropriations to track funding of a variety of accounts. Responsible for distributing funds to control points, analyzing actual expenditures compared to the budget plan, and projecting where adjustments to the plan are necessary. Present recommendation and direction to management on the status and accessibility of funds in different budget accounts and all aspects of the budget, research proposal and request processes. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: Not Authorized Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD07161A 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, 08/04/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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 and/or education as described below: Specialized experience: Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Develop budget estimates; Coordinates the formulation and presentation of budgets; Generate a variety of reports covering the current status and projections of funds, expenses, and obligations; Analyze financial statements and other accounting reports, correlating and verifying information; Assists with the allocation and management of single, revolving and multiyear funds; Analyze actual expenditures compared to the budget plan; Develop proposals for budgetary adjustments; Research and resolve discrepancies between the various ledgers and make necessary adjustments; Perform Government Purchase Card procurement from Center accounts, recording and receiving purchases and reconciling bank statements; Analyze data pertaining to the budgets; Perform actions concerning budget estimates, obligations, allotments, costs, FTE ceiling, and position controls. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. OR, Combination of Experience & Education: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an appropriate combination of specialized experience and graduate-level education beyond a Master's degree. NOTE: Transcripts (unofficial or official) must be submitted with your application materials. Education cannot be credited without documentation. Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
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