About This Role
This Budget Analyst position involves formulating and managing a significant portion of an installation's budget, requiring constant adjustment due to changing objectives and funding needs. The role suits a candidate who can perform in-depth analysis and advise program managers on financial matters.
Responsibilities
- Formulate a major segment of an installation's budget request for the coming fiscal year
- Adjust spend plans due to substantial changes in objectives, work processes, staffing needs, and funding requirements from year to year
- Write and edit statements justifying and supporting funding requests
- Perform in-depth analysis of budget requests, program trade-offs, and explore alternative methods of funding
- Analyze the effect of cost changes such as personnel salaries and related expenses or utility costs and supplies
- Advise program managers on the status and availability of funds in different budget accounts and all aspects of the command and installation budget process that apply to their programs
- Monitor the use and rate of expenditure of budgeted funds through continuing dialogue with program officials and their staffs, review of written documents, and examination of accounting records
- Analyze productivity, workload, and program accomplishments
Requirements
- One year of specialized experience reviewing and revising budget estimates, writing narrative analysis and justifications of funding status, and assisting in resolving budgetary problems
- Knowledge of Budgetary Policies, Procedures and Regulations
- Skill in Budget Formulation and Execution Requirements
- Skill in Analyzing Budgetary Information and Recommendations
- Competency in Communication Skills
- Skill using Financial Automated Systems
- 52 weeks of Federal service at the GS-09 grade (or equivalent) within the last 52 weeks for applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position
- Eligibility requirements including time-in-grade, time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement
Education substitution for the GS-11 Specialized Experience:
- Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
- 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M, if related
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- Some of the specialized experience as described, but less than one year; and more than one year of graduate-level education but less than the required education as described. Compute the percentage of the requirements you meet, and the total must be at least 100%
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