About the Position: Serves as a Budget Analyst on an operating budget team within the Directorate of Resource Management Office (RMO), Budget. Performs a complete range of budget analysis duties for all resources managed by the team. Performs staff level budget analysis responsibilities, within the team. Provides leadership and participates in branch level budgetary assignments.

Duties

Analyze budget and cost data to determine affordability, budget trends, and future projections. Collaborate with a variety of groups or individuals to accomplish obligation and disbursement actions. Develop budget estimates, time-phased funds projections, and unfunded requirements. Direct the processing of detailed financial management documentation through a variety of functional systems such as budget, manpower, supply, contracting or finance and accounting systems. Utilize financial accounting systems to analyze trends in funds utilization. Independently interpret, formulate, disseminate, apply, and implement program and budget guidance, laws, policies, and procedures to ensure the legal expenditure of funds. Prepare written justifications, briefing slides, and correspondence using business software. Conduct training, fund status reviews, oral presentations, and briefings.

Requirements

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• A favorable National Agency Check with Inquiries (NACI) is required for this position.
• This position may require the employee to occasionally travel away from the normal duty station approximately 5% of the time.
• Appointment to this position is subject to a one-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
• This is a Financial Management Level 2 Certified position. Incumbent of this position must complete required certification within established timelines.

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. 30 Percent or More Disabled VeteransCurrent Department of Army Civilian EmployeesCurrent Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)Executive Order (E.O.) 12721Interagency Career Transition Assistance PlanLand Management Workforce Flexibility ActMilitary Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473Non-Appropriated Fund Instrumentality (NAFI)Non-Department of Defense (DoD) TransferPriority 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 education and/or 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. GS-07:Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which may include work that involves utilizing automated accounting systems to record and maintain records used to control funds allocation; preparing and maintaining select data to reflect status of funds; reconciling informal fund control data; identifying routine discrepancies and submitting corrections; performing routine research to ensure that data is accurate and in accordance with policy and procedures; processing purchase requests; maintaining data on the current status of funds; and compiling and providing data that will be used for a variety of reports such as cost detail, labor, travel, training, unliquidated obligations, expense & accruals, and budget vs. actual expenses. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05). OR Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Budget Analysis, Accounting, and Financial Management. OR Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on: (1) Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR (2) Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR (3) Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/). OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-09: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes monitoring expenditures, preparing budget reports, compiling data, or assisting in formulating a budget. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07). OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Budget Analysis, Accounting, and Financial Management. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. GS-11: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes work that involves analytical, technical, and administrative duties in one or more phases of budgetary process, such as guidance, budget formulation and justification, presentation and enactment, execution or the development of budgetary guidance; and responsible for a segment of an organization's budget, programs, and/or organizational structure. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Budget Analysis, Accounting, and Financial Management. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial Management SystemsFinancial StewardshipFundamentals & Operations of Budget 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-11: Applicants within the last 52 weeks must have Federal service at the grade of GS-09. GS-09: Applicants within the last 52 weeks must have Federal service at the grade of GS-07. GS-07: Applicants within the last 52 weeks must have Federal service at the grade of GS-05.

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

• Address FU-W0XYAA US ARMY IMCOM-USAG FT MCCOY DO NOT MAIL Fort McCoy, WI 54656 US
• Name: Army Applicant Help Desk