The Postal Regulatory Commission has an exciting employment opportunity for a highly motivated person with empirical skills and interest as a Budget Analyst.

Duties

The incumbent is responsible for analyzing budgetary data affecting the Commission and is a member of OBF, reporting to the Senior Financial Data Operations Manager or Comptroller. The incumbent will serve as a Commission budget analyst and will provide comprehensive budget support to OBF and the Commission as a whole. The Commission receives its funding directly from the US Postal Service through an annual budget request and is not part of the federal budget process; however, the Commission operates using financial and budget best practices. Additional responsibilities, in addition to budget management, will include: serving as a purchase card holder and tracking, analyzing, and reporting on Commission's budgetary data throughout the year. Specifically, the Budget Analyst: Performs routine and recurring budget administration duties Gathers, extracts, reviews, verifies, and consolidates a variety of data and narrative information needed in the formulation and presentation of budget requests. Track and analyze Commission financial, budgetary data to produce and verify reports. Serves as a subject matter expert on the Federal Travel Regulation, OMB A-11, and other such appropriate budgetary guidelines governing government budget management, analysis, and reporting. Conduct data analysis, with an attention to detail, to support the formulation, justification, and execution of the Commission's annual budget submissions. Compares figures in current estimates of funding needs by line item or object class with prior year expenditures and brings significant variations to the attention of the supervisor. Prepares preliminary budget estimates and reviews justifications for each Commission offices and programs. Produce recurring reports detailing the purposes for which funds were committed, obligated and expended. Applies the fundamental principles, practices, regulations and procedures of budget analysis to the formulation and compilation of budget projections. Serves as the Commission's travel manager validating and ensuring the funding of travel authorizations and vouchers. Serve as an alternate purchase card holder and perform all purchase card holder duties and complete all associated accounts payable duties when required. Demonstrates and has experience maintaining a positive approach in handling customer requests Ability to multi-task, work independently with minimal supervision by setting own priorities of work assignments, handling incoming requests and emails. Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) Status: Nonexempt
• You will be required to serve a probationary period of 1 year.
• Relocation expenses are not authorized.
• Citizenship Requirement: You must be a U.S. citizen or national to be eligible for this position.
• All new hires must complete the I-9 form, this information will be processed through e-Verify to determine employment eligibility. If a discrepancy arises, you must take affirmative steps to resolve the matter.
• You must successfully pass a background investigation. Failing to pass the background check may be grounds for removal or legal action. If hired, you may be subject to additional investigations at a later time.
• Direct Deposit: You will be required to have all federal salary payments electronically deposited into a bank account with a financial institution of your choice.
• Selective Service Registration: All applicants born male, on (or after) 12/31/1959, must be registered with the Selective Service System OR have an approved exemption. Visit www.SSS.gov for more info.

Qualifications

To qualify, you must have at least 5 years of specialized experience as a government budget analyst or the education specified below. Specialized experience is experience performing budgetary duties and procedures which included assisting in the program planning, analysis and administration of assigned budget activities. Such experience must have included assisting with the following: Applying budgeting and financial management processes, policies, procedures, and regulations to formulate, justify, and monitor budget activities. Analyzing and evaluating financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for budgetary actions. Reviewing and validating travel authorizations and vouchers for compliance to government travel regulations. Preparing a variety of reports for management, such as status of funds, expenses, and obligations OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree You must have 5 years of specialized experience OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 4 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree. To be eligible for consideration, your application materials must demonstrate that you have experience that has equipped you with the ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of the position described above. Typically, experience will be related to legal or regulatory work at a level similar to this position and may encompass 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.

Education

You must have 5 years of specialized experience OR a master's or equivalent graduate degree OR 4 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Contacts

• Address Postal Regulatory Commission 901 New York Ave., NW Suite 200 Washington, DC 20268 US
• Name: HR Office
• Email: [email protected]