Budget Analyst
What you'd do
This position is with the VISN 12 Great Lakes Finance Service (GLFS), located at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, IL. The incumbent serves as a budget analyst for the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center and or Hines VA Hospital.
Major duties
Major Duties: Knowledge of budget and finance regulations, procedures, and processes for budget formulation. Analyze and compare selected object class and line item obligations and expenditures. Determine whether funds are being used on a timely basis to support the medical center's mission and objectives. Writes brief factual reports that detail the purposes for which funds were obligated and expended. Apply, commonly used budget and finance principles, practices, and methods. Estimate funding needs and requests for allotments are in line with program plans. Analyze and evaluate changes in program plans and funding. Enter consolidated estimates in accepted formats on appropriate forms and schedules. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD13296A 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, 07/31/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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: GS-9 LEVEL GRADE REQUIREMENTS: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in Federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes: knowledge of budget and finance regulations, procedures and processed for budget formulation to compile, correlate, and consolidate estimates; applies, commonly used budget and finance principles, practices, and methods of budget execution; analyzes and evaluates changes in program plans and funding; enters consolidated estimates in accepted formats on appropriate forms and schedules; determines whether funds are being used on a timely basis to support the installation's mission and objectives; analyzes and compares selected object class, line item obligations, and expenditures in the approved operating budget; writes brief factual reports that detail the purposes for which funds were obligated and expended; and estimates funding needs and requests for allotments are in line with program plans and work methods. OR EDUCATION: Must have successfully completed Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education (from an accredited college or university) leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) OR Combination of Experience and Education: Must have successfully completed an equivalent combination of experience and education that is qualifying as described above. Such education and experience must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) GS-11 LEVEL GRADE REQUIREMENTS: Specialized Experience: Applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level which provided the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the Budget Analyst. Specialized experience includes but is not limited to: Experience with budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, precedents, and policies which apply to assigned organizations and programs. Experience analyzing budgetary relationships and developing recommendations for budgetary actions. Experience evaluating the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding on the accomplishment of the budget and program milestones. Experience with automated data processing concepts and system capabilities to accomplish budget functions. OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the experience required for the GS-11 level which is a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)OR Combination of Experience and Education: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at the GS-11 level. (TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED) 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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