Budget Analyst

Duties
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• Analyzes authorization and appropriations legislation for impact on assigned programs or activities.
• Provides budget formulation assumptions, guidance, and technical assistance to agency organizations.
• Develops budget/program processes, procedures and guidance for executing financial management plans and programs.
• Allocates funds to individual organizations/programs based on an analysis of budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding.
• Monitors the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuing dialogue with management officials and their staffs, review of written documents, and examination of accounting records.
• Provides budget officials with information such as reports showing the status of receipts, obligations, and expenditures of funds, trend analysis or rates of expenditures, and comparison of actual performance to budget.

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Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive with Secret Access.
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Budget Analyst your resume and supporting documentation must support:

Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-13 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:

• Consolidating budget requests from subordinate organizations into budget documents for the Agency that reflects a balanced, multi-year budget.
• Identifying requirements short-falls and trade-offs, and preparing appropriate supporting documentation.
• Preparing a variety of reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations of resources.
• Determining the propriety and cost effectiveness of funding requests.
• Identifying the need for reprogramming or realignment of funds between budget accounts and/or organizations.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional information

This position does not meet criteria for appointment of Reemployed Annuitants. The DoD criteria for hiring Reemployed Annuitants can be found at: https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf

• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: Yes
• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.

• Obligated Position: This is an obligated position and occupancy is subject to the return of former incumbent. If former incumbent fails to return to the position, occupancy may become permanent.

For current permanent DCMA employees eligible as a Promotion, this position will be filled as a Temporary Promotion NTE (1) one year and may be extended up to a total of five years or converted to a permanent promotion without further competition. For current permanent DCMA employees eligible as a Reassignment, this position will be filled as a Reassignment or Detail and you may be granted Administrative Return Rights to your previous position. For all others, if selected, this would be a Temporary/Time- Limited Appointment NTE (1) one year, and extended in increments of up to one year, NTE a total of three years. The selected applicant will be required to sign a written agreement acknowledging the conditions of this temporary assignment and that they may be released from this position upon management discretion.

• Financial Management Certification: This position requires DoD Financial Management Level 3 certification within 2 years in accordance with DoD Instruction 1300.26,DoD Directive 5118.03 and section 1599d of Title 10, U.S.C. Once obtained, you must maintain and improve proficiency.