The Budget Technician serves within the Financial Management Service (FMS), Fiscal Service, at the VA Medical Center, VISN 20, Veterans' Health Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs, White City, OR. The Budget Technician is responsible for assisting the Budget Analyst in the monitoring and evaluation of the financial programs.

Duties

***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Duties include, but are limited to following: Maintains control points within the Financial Management Systems (FMS), and Integrated Funds Distribution, Control Point Activity, Integrated Funds Control, Account and Procurement (IFCAP) System. Monitors fund control points daily to identify those out-of-balances between IFCAP and FMS and takes corrective action. Contacts Funds Control Points (FCP) clerks and officials to resolve discrepancies between IFCAP and FMS. Reviews prior quarter FCP balances and runs carry forward option as necessary. Participates in the budget formulation process by compiling, consolidating, checking, and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses. Reconciles manual records of ceilings with the FMS Status of Allowance and the Automated Allocation and Control System (AACS) monthly. Audits fund control point records, providing suggestions and guidance to control point clerks and officials and assisting them in reconciling accounts as needed. Accumulates budgetary information necessary to generate recurring or non-recurring reports required from the Budget function. Assists the Budget staff in the training of control point users in the facility. Resolves problems in the maintenance of control points, auditing transactions, and assisting in the correction of errors. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required

Requirements

Qualifications

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-7: Having one (1) year of specialized experience which equipped you with the knowledge, skill, and abilities to perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-6 grade level in the Federal Service. Examples of qualifying specialized experience includes having working knowledge of appropriations, funds, programs, and control points; comprehension of laws, regulations, directives, policies procedures, and guidelines relating the financial programs; ability to maintain control accounts and subsidiary accounts and process accounting transactions for a wide variety of functions such as, (i.e., obligations, accrued expenditures, disbursements, collections, expenditure vouchers, cost transfers, rejected transactions, and other accounts) in connection with the budgetary general ledger; applying arithmetical concepts (e.g., addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, and percentages) are used to verify figures in requests for allotments, ascertain that fund are available, and adjust account balances to reflect the obligation, expenditure, receipt, and transfer of funds; and ability to keep records in an electronic databases such as EXCEL or ACCESS so that charts graphs and projected expenditures can be developed and modeled from the information stored in the data base. You will be rated on the following Competencies as part of the assessment questionnaire for this position: Budget AdministrationCommunicationComputer Skills IMPORTANT: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. All experience listed on your resume must include the month and year start/end dates. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary with some light exertion related to walking to and from meetings and lifting moderately heavy objects such as financial reports. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

IMPORTANT: A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

NOTE: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html.

Contacts

• Address White City VA Medical Center 8495 Crater Lake Highway White City, OR 97503 US
• Name: VHA National Recruitment Center
• Phone: (844)456-5208
• Email: [email protected]