Budget Analyst
What you'd do
This position is assigned to Fiscal Service. The incumbent is responsible for financial reporting, monitoring, analyzing, and projecting the financial resources of the medical center. The incumbent 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 Lieutenant Colonel Charles S. Kettles VA Medical Center.
Major duties
Duties typically performed include but not limited to the following: Assisting in the preparation of budget estimates and justifications; interpreting regulations, directives, and circulars; providing information and advice to program managers. Reviewing service, care line and facility budget submissions for reasonableness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and guidelines. Monitoring budget; recommending reprogramming of funds as needed. Formulates the annual budget and operating plan. Prepares quantitative and analytical data required during the formulation, execution and review process. Receives the call for the budget for internal operating programs, interprets the call and prepares instructions for use by the organization. Works closely with operating officials to assure complete understanding and compliance with basic requirements. Receives general instructions with the call for the budget for distinct program areas and interprets those instructions to accommodate distinct program area situations; and prepares local guidance on procedures for submitting estimates. Meets with operating officials to discuss and interpret what is required in the forecasts and estimates. Performs operational budget execution duties, studies and audits on control and use of funds throughout the year; and assures that obligations incurred and resulting expenditures of funds are in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD94479A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved 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, 08/17/2026. 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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. 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: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: level includes independently reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating organizational budgets to ensure accuracy, compliance with regulatory requirements, and alignment with program objectives; compiling, interpreting, and presenting complex statistical and financial data for reports, studies, briefings, and presentations; utilizing advanced features of automated financial systems, databases, and software applications to manipulate data, conduct trend analyses, and produce comprehensive budgetary reports; and advising and assisting program managers and service lines on budget formulation, execution, financial procedures, and the effective use of electronic financial management systems. 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. Transcripts Required OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned). Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11. For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e. 50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education 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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