Budget Analyst

Duties

• Allocates funds to individual organizations/programs based on an analysis of budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding.
• Plans, develops, implements, and maintains budget/financial systems and interfaces for agency-wide application.
• Provides budget formulation assumptions, guidance, and technical assistance to lower level organizations.
• Monitors and evaluates the status, availability, obligation, and expenditure of funds for assigned accounts.
• 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.
• Prepares a variety of reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations.
• Identifies the need for reprogramming between budget accounts and/or organizations
• Participates in the monitoring of year-end closing to ensure proper and full use of provided funds, with no anti-deficiency violation.

Requirements

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:

Allocating funds to individual organizations/programs based on an analysis of budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding.

Providing budget formulation assumptions, guidance, and technical assistance to lower level organizations in support of budget development and execution.

Monitoring and evaluating the status, availability, obligation, and expenditure of funds for assigned accounts, and monitoring 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.

Preparing a variety of reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations, and advising management officials on funding status and resource use.

Identifying the need for reprogramming between budget accounts and/or organizations, and participating in the monitoring of year-end closing to ensure proper and full use of provided funds, with no anti-deficiency violation.

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: .

• Tour of Duty: Flexible
• FLSA: Exempt
• Bargaining Unit: No

• Selectee may be required to serve a trial/probationary period.
• Financial Disclosure Required
• 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.

• Military spouses working remotely are exempt from in-person work under the conditions explained by OPM's February 12, 2025 and the March 20, 2025 .