Job opening: Budget Analyst
Salary: $84 601 - 131 826 per year
Published at: Jan 28 2025
Employment Type: Full-time
This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.
About the Position: Serves as a budget analyst in the Budget Execution Branch, with responsibility managing, planning, organizing, and administrating annual and multi-year budgeting in support of a wide range of administrative, analytical and management activities.
Duties
Review and/or revise activity operating programs, projects, and budget submission
Provide advice and guidance to budget and program officials of field activities on the preparation of budget estimates, budget formulation, and presentation.
Prepare budget estimates covering assigned organizations' management programs and all required schedules for unfinanced requirements.
Requirements
- Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
- Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration.
- Incumbent subject to a One-year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 315.
- You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship.
- Requires a Level 2 Certification under the DoD Financial Management (FM) Certification Program. If not already certified at this level, the incumbent of this position must obtain this certification within two (2) years of entry on duty.
- Incumbent may be required to perform occasional Temporary Duty Travel (5%).
- Incumbent must obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.
Qualifications
Who May Apply: US Citizens
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-11
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1. evaluating and/or analyzing program changes, goals, objectives, and regulations in areas such as, budget formulation, and/or budget execution; 2. analyzing financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and/or budgetary actions; and 3. inputting data in automated financial systems such as General Fund Enterprise Business System GFEBS or Defense Travel System (DTS). 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: Finance, Budget, or Accounting.
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.
GS-12
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1. managing, planning, organizing, and administrating annual and multi-year budgeting in support of a wide range of administrative, analytical and management activities; 2. providing expert advice and/or counsel on various phases of appropriated fund budgeting to program managers and budget staffs to include planning, formulation, justification, presentation, and execution; and 3. utilizing major resource management concepts and initiatives such as the planning, programming, budgeting and execution system (PPBES), and/or Management Decision Packages (MDEPs) and Spend Plan Projection. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).
Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.
Please be clear and specific when describing your experience. We are unable to make assumptions about your experience.
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 HT-W2TZAA OAA US ARMY HEADQUARTERS SUPPORT AGENCY
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Fort Belvoir, VA 22060
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- Name: Army Applicant Help Desk
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