This position is located in the Small Business Administration, Performance Planning and CFO in Washington, DC. Serves as a Senior Analyst on all budget, financial management, and program planning activities.

Duties

About the Office of Performance, Planning and the Chief Financial Officer: We are looking for energized leaders to help further our organization's mission and values and to further improve business processes using technology and automation to maximize resources and impact. Our core values include mission-focused leadership to connect our functions to the agency's mission; inclusive communications to ensure cross-coordination of efforts; respectful and positive attitudes to celebrate diverse perspectives and experiences that benefit the team; consistent and timely accountability to ensure team responsibilities are fulfilled; and intentional training and connectivity to share values and build trusting relationships. This position is responsible for owning a portfolio of budget tasks, such apportionment processing and budgetary entries/review, overseeing SBA's loan portfolio and analyzing and projecting spending, and contributing to budget planning and execution, including but not limited to, fostering a culture of strategic budget planning and innovation, managing funding scenarios considering fiscal uncertainties, and enhancing the fiscal stewardship of Agency resources and taxpayer dollars by leveraging data and outcomes. Duties: Provides expert advice and analysis for budget formulation, presentation, and execution including assisting with program planning and analysis of agency activities. Supports technical develop of financial management system reports, contributes requirements for financial management system enhancements aligned with Chief Financial Officer (CFO) activities and goals; reviews expenditures and recommends adjustments in the annual plan, as necessary, to reprogram funds to meet priorities and major office initiatives. Prepares status of funds and cost projection reports for the CFO and reviews and reconciles budget spending to approved budgetary authority levels. Prepares Congressional reporting requirements, OMB data requests, audit deliverables, and ad hoc inquiries from external stakeholders. Ensures that internal budget requests and reports are consistent with Agency strategic and performance plans. Identifies opportunities for process improvement and automation within existing budget function, to improve outcomes for the OPPCFO team and Agency. Participates in cross training of team functions to facilitate innovative solution to improve business processes and the customer service experience. Builds an enterprise understanding of the Agency, including requirements related to Federal Credit Reform Act, budgetary requirements, and operating functions to help further strategic planning and utilization of limited resources using cost benefit analysis and return on investment reviews.

Requirements

• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must successfully complete a background investigation.
• You may be required to serve a one-year probationary period.

Qualifications

For the GS-14: One year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-13 grade level in Federal service, obtained in either the public or private sector: Planning and organizing budgets for a whole organization and developing presentations to external stakeholders; and Developing and setting standards for budgetary processes to enhance budget execution and financial planning for an organization; and Performing analytical duties and develop recommendations for leadership decision-making; and Assisting in automation efforts to enhance financial management and reporting. These qualifications must be clearly referenced in your resume. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on OPM's Qualifications web site: Budget Analysis Series 0560 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). 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. TIME-IN-GRADE: If you are a current career or career-conditional federal employee applying for promotion under Merit Promotion you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in positions at the next level lower than the position being filled All qualification requirements must be met by 11:59 pm (Eastern Time) on 08/09/2024.

Education

Education may not be substituted for experience for this position.

Contacts

• Address Performance Planning and CFO 409 3rd Street SW 6th Floor Washington, DC 20416 US
• Name: Lorraine Atencio-Curry
• Email: [email protected]