Budget Analyst
What you'd do
About the Position: This position is in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS). Employees occupying DCIPS positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at the 116TH MI Brigade, 15TH MI Battalion Fort Hood, TX.
Major duties
Responsible for the financial management, direction and control of Battalion operating programs and functions. Appointed as the Battalion Organizational Defense Travel Administrator (ODTA) and the Financial Defense Travel Administrator (FDTA) for the Defense Travel System (DTS) (over 2000 personnel). Prepares a variety of reports analyzing the status of funds, commitments, and obligations derived from automated accounting systems, as required by regulation. Serves as the Battalion Agency Program Coordinator (APC) in overseeing the Government Travel Charge Card program.
What you need to qualify
Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement. In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of experience which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience executing budget forecasts and tracking financial metrics for various personnel within an organization; Conducting financial tracking and audit compliance for contracted services supporting organizational missions; and Administering travel and deployment funding lines for tactical units and deploying personnel in accordance with JTR, JFTR, and DoD 4500-R (Defense Transportation Regulation) criteria. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GG/GS-11).
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