The position is telework eligible consistent with the Agency’s telework and remote work program policy. This position is located in Office of Finance and Operations, Office of Security, Facilities, and Logistics, Facilities and Logistics Services Division, Administrative and Support Services Branch. The incumbent performs a specified portion or portions of the full range of budget analysis assignments.

Duties

APPLICATION LIMIT: This vacancy announcement is limited to the first 50 applications received and will close at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the day that we receive the 50th application, or at 11:59PM Eastern Time on the listed closing date, whichever occurs first.  We encourage you to read this entire vacancy announcement prior to submitting your application.As a Budget Analyst GS-0560-11, you will be responsible for:•   Developing and maintaining an operating budget and forecast changing programs and cost and assists in the preparation of budget estimates and justifications.  •   Analyzing trends in the use of funds and makes recommendations for adjustments in program spending, prepare reports containing analyses, options and recommendations and develops cost analyses, options and recommendations and develops cost-benefit analysis of proposed budgetary and program actions. •   Checking and monitoring obligations and makes comparison to expected expenditures. Verifies the accuracy of invoices and make vendor payments using automated systems.

Requirements

• Relocation will not be paid.
• You may be subject to serve a one-year probationary period.
• Males 18 and over must be registered with the Selective Service.
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must Complete a Background Investigation and Fingerprint check.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualification RequirementsYou may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-11, if you possess the specialize experience, education, or a combination of the two.Specialized Experience for the GS-11One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-09 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1.  Experience in reviewing, editing and consolidating a variety of spending plans, managing and monitoring the status of funds.2.  Experience in preparing financial reports.3.  Experience in assuring budget estimates, projections and submissions conform to requirements, guidelines and financial objectives. Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).1. Knowledge of Departmental and Federal Budget processes, policies, procedures and regulations to assure that budget estimates, projections, and submissions confirm to requirements, guidelines and financial objectives.2. Knowledge of accounting systems in order to locate and analyze data and prepare reports for substantive programs.3. Knowledge of organizational budget programs in order to analyze and evaluate the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding. OREDUCATION (see EDUCATION SECTION of the vacancy announcement)ORA combination of both education and experience in which the total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. You may meet the minimum qualifications for the GS-12, if you possess the specialize experience. Specialized Experience for the GS-12One year of experience in either federal or non-federal service that is equivalent to at least a GS-11 performing two (2) out of three (3) of the following duties or work assignments: 1. Experience in preparing materials necessary for the formulation of a division's budget by analyzing. revising, and recommending approval of a division’s budget submission.2. Experience in preparing reports and spreadsheets on a division’s budget for analyzing spending and formulating spending plans.3. Experience in using MS office, MS Excel, or other financial tools necessary to interface with General Services Administration (GSA) (e.g., U.S. General Services Administration's External RWA Entry and Tracking Application (eRETA)). Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)The quality of your experience will be measured by the extent to which you possess the following knowledge, skills and abilities (KSAs). You do not need to provide separate narrative responses to these KSAs, as they will be measured by your responses to the occupational questionnaire (you may preview the occupational questionnaire by clicking the link at the end of the Evaluations section of this vacancy announcement).1. Knowledge of Departmental and Federal Budget processes, policies, procedures and regulations to assure that budget estimates, projections, and submissions confirm to requirements, guidelines and financial objectives.2. Knowledge of accounting systems in order to locate and analyze data and prepare reports for substantive programs.3. Knowledge of organizational budget programs in order to analyze and evaluate the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding.

Education

You may meet the minimum qualifications of this position by meeting the following education options.

(GS-11)

Ph.D.

or

equivalent doctoral degree

or

3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related

or 

A combination of specialized experience and education that when taken as a percentage of the required education and experience total 100% or more.

Education cannot be substituted for experience for the GS-12 grade level. 

Foreign Education:

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must submit a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.  For further information, please click Foreign Education.

Contacts

• Address EDUCATION-OFFICE OF FINANCE AND OPERATIONS 400 Maryland Avenue, SW Washington, District of Columbia 20202 United States
• Name: Sabrina House
• Phone: 202-987-1133
• Email: [email protected]