Job opening: Budget Analyst
Salary: $98 496 - 158 432 per year
Published at: Dec 06 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
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Duties
WHAT IS ONLINE SERVICES THE DIVISION?
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Vacancies will be filled in the following specialty areas:
OLS- Online Services
The following are the duties of this position at the full working level. If this vacancy includes more than one grade and you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform these duties and receive training to help you grow in this position.
Formulates, coordinates, monitors, evaluates, Office of Online Services yearly budget and reviews, analyzes, makes recommendations, and/or develops contingency spending plans based on financial analyses and reports.
Analyzes data to determine trends and anticipates any resulting adverse impact of budget and/or work plans; recommends appropriate action to resolve any such problem.
Analyzes estimates to identify imbalances among program areas and to reconcile estimates with current levels of expenditures and projected changes in work plans and staffing levels. Includes anticipation of reprogramming needs and possible anti-deficiency violations; investigations of deviation from projected amounts; an evaluating fund usage against operating program objectives. Balances operating division funds availability with program objectives.
Advises and assists the Director, Office of Online Services, OLS Executives, and other managers within OLS on all financial and/or strategic planning matters affecting the organization.
Formulates Office of Online Services budget and finance guidelines and procedures, provides input to OLS written guidelines pertaining to budget formulation, and financial management; provides interpretation of policy guidance. Devises and recommends procedures to implement budgetary processes, policies and regulations. Drafts procedural instructions and guidance for management to use in planning and estimating needs for FTEs, labor costs, and non-labor funding requirements.
Participates in conferences with management and representatives of the National and/or Operating Division office in matters related to budget procedures, plans, and projects. Prepares briefings for the Office of Online Services on matters pertaining to the formal budget submission through the CFO to Treasury.
Facilitates and/or leads some or all of the Office of Online Services financial, budgetary, and/or strategic planning process by working with the executives, managers, supervisors and their representatives to: identify emerging strategic issues, assess the progress against programs and goals, and formulate plans to shape the organizational direction for the future. Participates in conferences with management and representatives of the National Headquarters and/or Operating Division offices in matters related to budget procedures, plans, and projects.
Qualifications
Federal experience is not required. The experience may have been gained in the public sector, private sector or Volunteer Service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-timework is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week, on your resume.
You must meet the following requirements by the closing date of this announcement:
SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE GS-13 Level: You must have 1 year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience for this position includes:
Experience using administrative laws, policies, concepts, regulations, and precedents applicable to the administration of financial, budgetary, and/or strategic planning programs in order to resolve complex and interrelated problems, and to assess the impact of actions taken relative to the attainment of program objectives.
Experience with the Federal budget process, including both budget formulation and budget execution; accounting principles and practices; financial management and reporting; and procurement in order to provide comprehensive advice and services relative to technical as well as policy program issues.
Experience with a wide range of analytical and evaluative methods sufficient to accomplish projects and studies of broad scope, and to analyze operational and factual situations in identifying all pertinent problems and possible solutions or courses of action. Experience in oral and written communications methods and techniques in order to prepare reports and documents, to conduct or facilitate formal or informal meetings, and to identify and resolve problems.
Experience organizing and coordinating financial management and/or strategic planning programs and materials sufficient to plan, control, execute, monitor and evaluate work assignments.
MEET TIME IN GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT: You must meet applicable TIG requirements to be considered eligible. To meet TIG for positions above the GS-05 grade level, you must have served at least one year (52 weeks) at the next lower grade (or equivalent) in the normal line of progression for the position you are applying to. Advancement to positions up to GS-05 is permitted if the position to be filled is no more than two grades above the lowest grade held within the preceding 52 weeks.
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TIME AFTER COMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT: By the closing date (or if this is an open continuous announcement, by the cut-off date) specified in this job announcement, current civilian employees must have completed at least 90 days of federal civilian service since their latest non-temporary appointment from a competitive referral certificate, known as time after competitive appointment. For this requirement, a competitive appointment is one where you applied to and were appointed from an announcement open to "All US Citizens".
For more information on qualifications please refer to OPM's Qualifications Standards.
Education
For positions with an education requirement, or if you are qualifying for this position by substituting education or training for experience, submit a copy of your transcripts or equivalent. An official transcript will be required if you are selected.
A college or university degree generally must be from an accredited (or pre-accredited) college or university recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools which meet these criteria, please refer to
Department of Education Accreditation page.
FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. Click
here for Foreign Education Credentialing instructions.
Contacts
- Address OLS - Operations
1111 Constitution Ave NW
Washington, DC 20224
US
- Name: (ERC) Employee Resource Center
- Phone: 866-743-5748
- Email: [email protected]