About This Role
This Budget Analyst position involves reviewing, verifying, and analyzing financial data to ensure consistency with program objectives and adherence to instructions. The role also includes identifying trends, preparing fiscal summaries, and administering travel programs.
Responsibilities
- Review, verify, and analyze data submitted for consistency with financial and program objectives, and adherence to instructions
- Identify trends and coordinate analysis with supervisor, recommending reprogramming or referrals as appropriate
- Review Headquarters Operating Budgets and align programmed resources with budget estimates, identifying and reconciling differences
- Prepare Fiscal summaries in the form of computer graphics, compose various executive summaries, information, and decision papers
- Administer Headquarters' Defense Travel System and Government Travel Credit Card Programs
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation
- This is a Financial Management Certified position. Incumbent is required to comply with all Department of Defense and Department of the Army certification requirements within 2 years of appointment
- Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment
- Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11
- Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job:
- Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
- Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
- Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
- Reinstatement
- Specialized experience for GS-09: One year of specialized experience which includes preparing financial documents, reports, and/or budgets using financial analysis software to compile budget estimates, analyze and compare line-item obligations and expenditures, and other budgetary information related to an organization's financial program
- Education for GS-09: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. in Accounting, Finance, Statistics, or Economics
- Combination of Education and Experience for GS-09: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%
- Specialized experience for GS-11: One year of specialized experience which includes performing budget review and analysis to ensure financial data, estimates, and submissions comply with program objectives, regulatory requirements, and established guidance; assisting in the development of budget estimates, preparing draft justifications, and maintaining funds control records to support program execution; providing procedural and regulatory guidance to managers on the proper use of funds, for example - supplies, travel, equipment, contracts, and related expenditures, ensuring compliance with applicable policies and limitations
