About This Role
This Budget Analyst role involves supporting the formulation, presentation, and execution of the budget. The position requires interpreting directives, reviewing budget submissions, and negotiating funding, while also developing new methods for forecasting long-range funding needs.
Responsibilities
- Assist in the formulation, presentation, and execution of the budget
- Interpret OMB directives and circulars
- Review budget submissions for reasonableness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and guidelines
- Negotiate budget funding amounts, timing, and changes
- Provide advice and recommendations on all aspects of assigned budget areas to OST officials
- Develop new budgeting methods and techniques for forecasting long-range funding needs
- Use Activity Based Costing data to demonstrate the linkage between budget and performance
- Recommend improvements for establishing uniformity in formulation and presentation of budget, performance, and statistical and/or accounting data
Requirements
- For GS-12: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level, assisting in the preparation of annual budget estimates and justifications to the Department, OMB, and Congress; assisting in the interpretation of Congressional legislation and OMB policies and precedents; and projecting and analyzing the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives
- For GS-13: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level, assisting in the preparation of annual budget estimates and justifications and providing advice and recommendations to the Department, OMB, and Congress; providing interpretations of Congressional legislation and OMB policies and precedents; projecting and analyzing the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and attainment of program objectives; and assisting in the forecasting of long-range funding needs
Important Details
- All qualification requirements must be met by the closing date of this announcement
- Merit Promotion candidates must meet Time-in-Grade requirements by the closing date of the announcement
- Applicants applying under a special appointing authority (such as Indian Preference) do not have to meet Time-in-Grade
