Job opening: Budget Analyst
Salary: $103 409 - 134 435 per year
Published at: Oct 24 2024
Employment Type: Full-time
As the Supervisory Budget Analyst for Fiscal service. This position is aligned under the Finance Manager and provides a wide range of budget oversight and management related to matters and activities including administration and allocation of funding for the medical center and network office which includes integrated HR staff. Perform assigned duties in a manner that promotes quality healthcare, outstanding customer service, and the maintenance of an environment committed to serving the Veteran.
Duties
Duties consist of the following, but are not limited to:
Provides a wide range of budget oversight and management related to matters and activities including administration and allocation of funding for the medical center and VISN network office which includes integrated HR staff.
Serves as the direct supervisor for the Budget and VERA sections aligned within Fiscal Service.
Provide technical assistance to Budget & VERA section staff.
Training and production and coordination of the assigned functional activities in order to produce quality budget projection & execution and maximize potential VERA allocation funding.
Recommends selection, evaluation, initiation of promotion, adverse and other personnel actions for the members of the section, and selects, supervises, and performs all supervisory function over the activities of subordinates.
Responsible for a broad range of technical, development, and managerial support duties associated with the use of information technology in support of the medical center related to fiscal budgeting & VERA oversight, management, & reporting.
Generates specialized reports for management with interpretation on expenditures, resource usage, adherence to budget limitations, and FTE levels.
Makes suggestions for program improvements through analysis of monthly data and reports. Validates a variety of data covering operations & expenses.
Responsible for developing and furnishing data and performing analysis as necessary or as requested by the Finance Manager (Assistant Chief) and Chief Fiscal Officer.
Gathers and maintains valid data used to develop, evaluate, and modify systems to achieve program goals.
Responsible for designing routines to extract a variety of information from the existing systems while continuing to modernize, innovate, and develop expertise in emerging computer technologies to provide support for state-of-the-art computer resources.
Responsible for program management and reviews production control logs and operator messages for the purpose of identifying potential problems in the system before they occur, analyzing problems, and explaining limitations of the system.
Budget plan includes FTEE and workload as well as monetary plans.
Development of the plan requires interpretation and in-depth analysis of the medical center's budget distribution and solicitation, coordination and consolidation of input from virtually all organizational components.
Uses skill in analyzing and forecasting patient programs, services offered, employee turnover, and new technology when detailed historical data is limited or unavailable.
Monitors all plan changes throughout the year.
Monitors actual financial, workload and FTEE against the plan.
Provides budget & VERA data to the Chief Fiscal Officer to assist in decision making related to resources of the facility.
Coordinates budgetary assistance to administrative officers or others with special purpose funding responsibility.
Oversees budget staff in order to ensure all identifiable contractual obligations are fully resourced, preventing possible fraud, waste, and abuse of government financial resources by leveraging cost avoidance, and cost savings initiatives.
Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm
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.
Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD110760
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Supervisory Statement: A one year supervisory probation period may be required for this position.
Qualifications
To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/29/2024
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-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. 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.
You may qualify based on your experience as described below:
Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-12 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Directly supervises: leave approval, performance management, planning, and establishing service activities and a full range of supervisory function not limited to the above outlined.; Performs analytical and evaluative work associated with service line and/or program activities; Prepares a variety of financial reports; Validates data entered into a variety of basic and specialized accounts, funds, and/or appropriations; Provides advanced automation support efforts for software including but not limited to IFCAP, FMS, Access, SharePoint, & Excel; Managing the formulation and execution of the budget for appropriations and programs; Performs variance analyses monthly and quarterly and makes regular salary and FTEE projections; Prepares and submits required budget reports; Correlate and analyze large amounts of narrative and statistical material; Accurately forecast and document the facility's need; Ensure compliance with VHA budget policies for annual and multi-year appropriations. Monitor fund control, budget execution, and provide guidance on regulatory compliance.
You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:
Budget AdministrationControl of FundsCritical ThinkingDecision MakingFinancial ManagementFinancial Systems
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.
Physical Requirements: The work is principally sedentary. Work may require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. Some employees may carry light items or drive a motor vehicle. No special physical effort or ability is required to do the work.
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.
Contacts
- Address CW Bill Young Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center
10000 Bay Pines Boulevard
Bay Pines, FL 33744
US
- Name: Juan Mendez
- Phone: 813-816-7155 X100155
- Email: [email protected]
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