This position is within the VISN 12 Great Lakes Finance Service (GLFS) located at Clement J. Zablocki VAMC Milwaukee, WI. The purpose of the position is to accurately forecast and document the organizational budget; and to promote organizational effectiveness and efficiency by ensuring that revenues and expenditures are being used in a timely manner.

Duties

This position serves as the primary Budget Analyst for the VISN 12 Northern Tier Finance Service (NTFS) located at the Milwaukee VA Medical Center. The Budget Analyst along with the Assistant Fiscal Officer for the Milwaukee VA Medical Center, monitors the execution of a budget for annual and multi-year appropriations in support of medical care, research, general post fund, Compensated Work Therapy (CWT) dollars, and non-appropriated revenue administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs and the execution of budgets through which national programs are funded. Major Duties: Develops and formulates data and prepares the annual budget plan. Provides technical assistance and guidance to all Medical Center Programs for established policies, regulations, procedures, and changes to the preparation of their budget requests. Provides technical assistance and analysis as requested for recurring and one-time reporting needs. Distributes approved annual cost ceilings for all programs by quarter. Estimates and monitors annual obligation data, and employment by cost center and sub-account. Prepares salary projections, monitors FTEE projections, and reports actual performance compared to budget. Prepares cost transfers, forwards to accounting, and verifies accuracy of the actual transfers. Prepares VISN obligation report with supporting work papers and presents to fiscal management. Maintains records of funding, obligations, and expenditures for assigned special programs. Evaluates trends in usage of supplies, services, equipment, and employment to determine need for changes in funding and provides recommendations accordingly. Identifies fund control point (FCP) sweep opportunity and performs maintenance. Calculates quarterly intra-station fund transfers that close out the Fiscal Year. Reports matters of concern and progress made to the Assistant Finance Officer. Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full-Time; Monday through Friday; 8:00am to 4:30pm; Day Tour Compressed/Flexible: Available Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies. This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Remote: This is not a remote position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD11215A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary in an office setting. There will be some walking within the facility and occasional travel outside the facility.

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/05/2024. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. GRADE REQUIREMENT: To qualify for this position at the GS-12 level, you must meet the following: Specialized Experience: You must have one full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in Federal Service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. Specialized experience includes, but is not limited to: Comprehensive knowledge and understating of budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, and policies which apply to assigned organizations and programs; Skill evaluating budgetary needs and trends, analyzing budgetary relationships, and developing recommendations for budgetary adjustments; Extensive knowledge of payroll, accounting systems, and related documents to identify, locate, and analyze data pertaining to budget programs; Detailed knowledge of reporting systems to validate, project, and monitors for costing and workload; Providing advice and/or recommendations on all aspects of the interpretation and application of guidelines for the budget program to management officials; and Thorough knowledge of automated data processing concepts and system capabilities to accomplish budget functions related to spreadsheets, databases, file transfers, data extraction, and analysis. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical ReasoningFinancial ManagementQuality Management 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. 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 VISN 12 Directors Office 5000 West National Avenue Milwaukee, WI 53295 US
• Name: Peggy Edelen
• Phone: (414) 384-2000 X42930
• Email: [email protected]