THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a BUDGET ANALYST, PD# T5153000 and is part of the RI Joint Force Headquarters. This position is located in the USPFO or an Army ARNG National Guard, JFHQ-RI financial organization. The primary purpose of this position is to provide management oversight and guidance to the budget formulation and execution process.

Duties

The employee uses judgment in interpreting and adapting guidelines, such as agency policies, regulations, precedents, and work directions for application to specific cases or problems. The employee analyzes results and recommends changes. Completed work is usually evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness, and conformity to policy and requirements. Assistance in solving problems is available from the supervisor or a higher-graded specialist. Reviews expenditure of assigned appropriations, re-imbursement allocations and transfer of funds. Reviews funding documents for assigned appropriations. Allocates appropriated funds to individual activities/functional areas based on an analysis of activity budget estimates, historical expenditures, quarterly projections, and approved funding. Identifies trends and patterns, recommends ways to improve utilization of funds, and suggests alternative funding approaches. Evaluates the effect of cost and programmatic changes on the budget execution process. Adjusts fund allocations as required. Verifies, enters and adjusts budgetary data in a variety of forms, schedules, and reports. Provides financial advice, interpretation, and guidance on a variety of budget related matters, to include types of funding available, budgetary changes, and year-end closeout procedures. Prepares budget related reports, written correspondence and other documentation. Drafts or prepares a variety of documents to include newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and other related documents. Uses software such as word processing, spreadsheets, program language, plotting software, etc., to facilitate work.

Requirements

• To be considered for this Title 5 position in the Excepted Service, you must be a current Title 5 employee appointed to the RI-USPFO with Permanent or Indefinite tenure (An SF-50 must be submitted in the application to prove assignment and tenure).
• May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
• Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
• As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0560-09 position and dependent on the position?s certification level, the employee must complete the higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate security clearance of the position.
• May occasionally be required to work other than normal duty hours; overtime may be required.
• Incumbent will be required to complete training in fiscal disciplines; Fiscal Law, Resource Management Information Course (RMIC), Contracting Officer Representative (COR), Automated Fund Control Order System (AFCOS).
• Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.

Qualifications

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All on-board Title 5 Excepted Service employees assigned to Series GS-0560 positions, must be certified at the next higher grade-level before considered as eligible for merit promotions to that level; and, must have a minimum of one year on-the-job experience in the grade immediately below the next higher level. However, a new hire applicant must have competent experiences that are commensurate/equivalent to the budget analysis program business with demonstrated understandings of the program's principles and concepts defined by the NG Title 5 Excepted Service Series GS-0560 position descriptions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify as a minimal entry level for the GS-0560-09 position, the candidate must be eligible for entry into the position's financial management certification career program based before final approval and appointment is processed. The candidate must have at least three months of basic finance budget training or competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures. The candidate must have some understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the National Guard financial budget business program requirements.

Education

Required Minimum Education: Must have a high school diploma or general education development (GED) diploma.

Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: To qualify for GS-0560 dual status technician positions on the basis of completed undergraduate or graduate education, the college degree education must be in one of -or- be a combination of the following required disciplines: Accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management.

Contacts

• Address RI Joint Force Headquarters Joint Force Headquarters 2841 South County Trail East Greenwich, RI 02818 US
• Name: Micaela Breen
• Phone: 401-275-4157
• Email: [email protected]