Please visit the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York's homepage: http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys/. For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/. As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement. The salary range for a GS-7 is $54,576-$70,948. A new GS employee is usually hired at step one of the applicable GS grade (GS-7 Step 1=$54,576).

Duties

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Budget Analyst in the Administrative Division of the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York and will be responsible for providing financial and analytical support to a Budget team. As a Budget Analyst you will: Gather and consolidate information and statistical data needed for budget operations and financial reporting. Assist with monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office. Provide a variety of budgetary reports. Assist with assigning accounting classification codes and entering the information into an electronic accounting system. Assist with reviewing bills against source documents prior to payment ensuring accuracy of goods and services. Review financial requests and forms for completeness of information and authorized signatures. Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• You must submit a transcript or proof of degree/certificate.
• Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Qualifications

To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met: Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran's eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status). Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.) You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment. All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement. Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment. Qualification requirements as outlined below: GS-7: To be eligible at the GS-7 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education, or a Combination of Education and Experience. Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing basic budget functions such as entering information into a financial system; assigning appropriate accounting codes to transactions; maintaining accounts payable files; and communicating budget procedures to employees and vendors. Education: One full year of graduate level education or higher in a closely related field (e.g., Accounting, Finance); OR, possess a bachelor's degree and meet superior academic achievement based on one of the following: a 3.0 GPA or higher for all completed undergraduate courses or courses completed in the last two years of study; or a GPA of 3.5 or higher for all courses in the major field of study or courses in the major completed in the last two years of study; or rank in the upper one third of your class; or membership in a national scholastic honor society. Combination of Specialized Experience and Education: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at an institution that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov

Foreign Education Note: You may use foreign education to meet qualification requirements if you send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency in with your transcript. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Contacts

• Address Southern District of New York 86 Chambers Street New York, NY 10007 US
• Name: Patricia Amitrano
• Phone: (212) 637-2671
• Email: [email protected]