About the Position: Serves as Budget Officer and technical advisor to the Chief of the Resource Management Office (RMO). Provides the full range of budget subject matter expertise and performance validation to the Resource Management Budget Team utilizing high proficiency in accounting systems and related documents to locate and analyze budget data for substantive programs.

Duties

Integrate knowledge of budgetary processes to improve efficiency and anticipate client needs for quality products. Follow administrative techniques to generate and track information in financial management system. Administer a full-time equivalent (FTE) based manpower management program. Serve as liaison and brief managers, budget office, and other staff offices with the budget process. Manage all capital investment programs including the Revolving Fund Plant Replacement and Improvement Program (PRIP) for both the district and the region. Review budget requests for compliance. Forecast manpower needs for future years. Analyze organizational alignment, workload reports, staffing charts, and staffing justification data. Plan, formulate, justify, implement, and administer budget and financial management activities for both short-term and long-range programmatic plans and budgets. Analyze program and budget guidance for District operations. Research and interpret appropriations law for budget justification. Follow budget formulation principles for review, editing, and consolidating budget requests, expenditures, and obligations. Interpret laws, regulations, policies, and procedures to address financial and budgetary issues. Establish financial management procedures and interpret general funding requirements in terms of local needs, plans, and policies. Provide technical advice in financial and budget matters. Organize various budget, financial, and funding data to prepare reports and analyses. Supervise and lead a team of financial management employees; assigning tasks based on difficulty and requirements, plan and review work completed to ensure accuracy and efficiency. Serve as a liaison between program managers and other offices. Use computers, software applications, databases and automated systems to accomplish work (i.e. Microsoft Excel, Pivot Tables, SUMIF, VLOOKUP)

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• One (1) year probationary period may be required
• This position requires a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program to be completed within two (2) years of appointment.
• Occasional Business Travel is required (1-2 times per year).

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Department of Army Civilian EmployeesDomestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel WorkforceInteragency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) EligiblePriority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability RetirementPriority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference EligibleVeterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience GS-13: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) Formulating and executing budget proposals. 2) Administering a funding program that involves various appropriations. 3) Administering a manpower management program to ensure budgetary data is in compliance with organizational regulations and regional policies and procedures. 4) Demonstrating intermediate-level proficiency in a spreadsheet data visualization and analysis program i.e. Microsoft Excel. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-12). Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Budget AdministrationBudget Formulation, Justification, and PresentationComputer SkillsConcepts, Policies, and Principles of BudgetFinancial ManagementLeadership Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12).

Contacts

• Address RE-W2SM04 US ARMY ENGINEER DISTRICT-PITTSBURGH DO NOT MAIL Pittsburgh, PA 15222 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk