This position is located at the Veterans Health Administration, in the Nutrition and Food Services Department as the Budget Technician to the Administrative Officer. The primary purpose of the position is to perform a wide range of clerical and technician work supporting budget analysis and administration. The incumbent is responsible for purchasing food, equipment, supplies, and services; providing cost accounting and budgetary statistics; and preparing reports that indicate status of funds.

Duties

Budget Tracking and Maintenance (50%) Develops and monitors resources and makes recommendations to the service regarding needs, distribution, or redistribution of these resources. Administers budget for several fund control points. Serves as the budget and financial advisor for the Chief or designee. Develops, formulates, and provides all essential data for the annual budget forecast for submission to Executive Leadership for annual budget requests based on studies of past expenditures, knowledge of Nutrition and Food Service requirements, program plans, and workload forecasts. Tracks all expenditures and compares with budgeted, projected and on-hand inventories. Maintains budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget. Reviews fund requests from staff for adequacy, completeness, and conformance with procedural and technical requirements. Exercises fund control authority and establishes internal methods of control to ensure funds are used according to operating plan and within regulations. Advises on the status and availability of funds. Processes all vouchers with the appropriate office and carries out any needed follow-up, including travel vouchers for all service staff and vouchers for payment. Establishes and maintains a procurement system for expendable supplies and equipment to address the needs of the Service in meeting overall and individual objectives. Reviews and submits 1358s, 2237s for funding of purchase orders. May assist with reviewing and submitting for other office requests for supplies, equipment, services and other needs as directed by the Chief or designee. Budget Preparation (30%) Applies administrative rules, regulations, and procedures associated with recording, reporting, processing, and keeping track of budgetary transactions such as credit, receipt, transfer, allotment, withdrawal, obligation or outlay of funds. Maintains various reports and uses designated ledgers to account for cost accounting operations. Participates in compiling, consolidating, checking and arranging funding data in requests to cover projected annual operating expenses. Completes various calculations to assess the service's subsistence and supplies, equipment and personnel costs. Prepares various documents to assist with formulating and analyzes the service's current budget. Clerical Support (20%) Prepares required documentation to resolve discrepancies with cost reports, budget analysis or other service-related needs. Assists with preparing correspondence of routine and non-technical tasks and assignments based on the direction of the service. Assists with performing other general clerical duties as assigned by the direct supervisor. Prepares and inputs QPI data for review and submission in a timely manner. May assist with development of internal tracking mechanisms to assist with quality assurance and control. Serves as back-up timekeeper for the site. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 3:30 pm Telework: Not available. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Technician/PD13900A

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/07/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-06 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: To qualify for this position at the GS-6 grade level you must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. To be creditable, experience must have been equivalent the GS-5 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes administering and maintaining budgets; knowledge of budgets and purchasing requests; entering and tracking information; performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; and preparing correspondence. NOTE: 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. There is no education substitution at the GS-6 grade level. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: ClericalComputer SkillsControl of FundsCost AccountingPlan and organize work 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. 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. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary but occasionally requires the carrying of light objects such as files, books, and papers. Work involves bending, stooping, standing, walking, carrying less than 15 pounds and using a computer terminal. Work is performed in an adequately climate-controlled office setting. 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

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 Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System 11301 Wilshire Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90073 US
• Name: Matthew Glynn
• Phone: 314-337-9717
• Email: [email protected]