This vacancy is for a Budget Analyst in the Office of the Secretary, Office of the General Counsel (OGC) within the Department of Commerce.

Duties

As a Budget Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Performs a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties connected with the review, justification, and presentation of the budgets for the Office of the General Counsel (OGC). Planning and coordinating budget activities and formulating recommendations on all budgeting aspects of OGC's funding and budget structure. Utilizing budget analysis theories, policies, practices, and procedures. Manages a wide range of complex financial management activities, including commercial payments, travel, interagency agreements, reimbursements, working capital fund, billings and recoveries, appropriations, and transfer of funds. Monitors the use and rate of expenditures such as multi-year appropriations, allotments, transfer of funds from other agencies, internal realignments, and refunds using various financial and accounting systems. This position is also advertised under OS-OGC-ST-25-12607253, which is open to Merit Promotion eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Budget Analyst GS-0560-14 FPL 14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

Requirements

Qualifications

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government. 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. To qualify at the GS-14 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 (or equivalent pay band) level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: Monitoring budget execution to develop budgetary plans through automated financial systems. Analyzing budget data to ensure compliance with statutory/regulatory guidance. Identifying budgetary issues from financial reports to direct corrective action or preventative measures. Presenting budget analysis and recommend financial management solutions to leadership.

Education

There is no positive education requirement for this position.

Contacts

• Address Office of the Secretary 1401 Constitution Ave NW Washington, DC 20230 US
• Name: Shawn Blain
• Email: [email protected]