Budget Analyst

Summary

Finance Staff (FS) formulates, establishes and maintains Department-wide policies, procedures, and financial systems to support planning, programming, budgeting, accounting and other financial management activities. This position is in the Business Operations Center (BOC) responsible for the design, development, implementation, deployment, and maintenance of systems that FS administers for the Department.

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Duties

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The duties and responsibilities for a Budget Analyst, GS-0560-11/12/13 generally include, but are not limited to, the following:

GS-11

• Process funding requests and financial action forms with accuracy and timeliness.
• Enter, update, and verify financial data in the designated financial management system.
• Monitor commitments, obligations, and expenditures to ensure proper fund usage.
• Track funding availability and alerts staff to potential shortfalls or issues.
• Review financial documentation for completeness, compliance, and correct coding.
• Prepare routine budget reports, spending summaries, and execution updates.
• Reconcile financial data and resolves discrepancies as needed.
• Coordinate with program staff to collect information and validate spending needs.
• Support development and maintenance of spending plans and execution schedules.
• Provide recommendations based on spending trends and resource utilization.
• Assists with year end closeout tasks, ensuring all actions are processed correctly.
• Support contract oversight activities by reviewing financial data, tracking funding, and assisting with invoice verification.
• Provide recommendations based on spending trends and resource utilization.
• Assist with year end closeout tasks, ensuring all actions are processed correctly.
• Support contract oversight activities by reviewing financial data, tracking funding, and assisting with invoice verification.

GS-12

• Perform budget formulation, execution, and financial analysis.
• Develop and refine budget estimates, spending plans, and multi year projections.
• Analyze financial issues, identify causes of discrepancies, and recommend solutions.
• Interpret budget guidance and apply financial policies to funding actions.
• Oversee execution by monitoring commitments, obligations, expenditures, and reimbursable activity.
• Prepare detailed financial reports and execution summaries for management.
• Lead or coordinate preparation and review of funding actions and financial forms.
• Use financial systems to extract, analyze, and reconcile complex financial data.
• Advise program staff on funding availability, spending trends, and financial impacts.
• Identify and recommend improvements to budget or financial processes.
• Lead or support year end closeout and ensure accurate completion of all actions.
• Support financial aspects of contract actions and advise on funding requirements.
• Provide recommendation based on spending trends and resource utilization.
• Assist with year end closeout tasks, ensuring all actions are processed correctly.
• Support contract oversight activities by reviewing financial data, tracking funding, and assisting with invoice verification.

GS-13

• Serve as a senior budget analyst performing expert level formulation, execution, and financial analysis.
• Develop complex budget estimates, multi year projections, and strategic funding plans.
• Analyze significant financial issues, interpret trends, and recommend authoritative solutions.
• Interpret and apply advanced budget policies and funding authorities to complex actions.
• Oversee execution of multiple funding sources and resolve high visibility financial discrepancies.
• Prepare comprehensive financial reports, projections, and briefings for senior leadership.
• Lead development and review of funding actions, financial documents, and execution materials.
• Use financial systems to perform advanced data extraction, analysis, and reconciliation.
• Provide expert guidance to programs on funding strategies, constraints, and financial risk.
• Identify and lead improvements to budget processes, reporting methods, or financial controls.
• Oversee or coordinate year end closeout activities and resolve complex funding issues.
• Advise on financial aspects of contract actions and guide staff on funding and execution requirements.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a United States Citizen or National.
• You will be required to complete a pre-employment security investigation and background check which includes a drug screening.
• You may be required to complete a probationary or trial period. See "Additional Information" section for specific details.
• Selective Service registration is required for males born on, or after, December 31st, 1959. Those not registered should have an approved exemption on file.
• You must meet all eligibility requirements by the closing date of this announcement and continue to meet these requirements throughout the hiring process. Offers can be rescinded if requirements are not met.
• Additional selections may be made from this announcement.

Qualifications

To qualify for the position of Budget Analyst, at GS-0560-11/12/13 you must meet the basic qualification requirements listed below.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service, which includes: Conducting budget formulation and/or execution activities; Processing funding actions and/or validating financial data in automated systems; and Tracking commitments, obligations, and expenditures and/or preparing routine budget execution reports.

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Education: A Ph.D. or equivalent degree or three (3) academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M. if related.

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Combination of Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for a GS-11. Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used to qualify.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-12, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service, which includes: Developing budget estimates, spending plans, and analyzing complex financial issues; Monitoring and reconciling commitments, obligations, and expenditures, and resolving discrepancies in financial data; and Preparing budgetary reports and providing authoritative recommendations to managers on funding decisions.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-13, you must have one year of specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level or equivalent pay band in the Federal Service, which includes: Developing budget estimates and/or multi year spending plans and resolving significant financial issues; Interpreting and applying budget policies and/or overseeing execution across multiple funding sources, including conducting advanced reconciliations; and Preparing comprehensive financial reports and projections and providing expert recommendations to leadership on funding strategies and/or resource allocation.

You MUST meet all qualification requirements, including time-in-grade, by the 06/25/2026 of this announcement.

Your resume must support your responses to the application questionnaire and the qualification requirements. Failure to do so may result in an ineligible rating.See the Required Documents section for important notes about what must be included in your resume.

Education

If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements, please see the statements below.

Education must be reviewed and certified by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, in order for it to be creditable towards your qualifications. Therefore, provide only the attendance and/or degrees from accredited institution.

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying. For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Transcripts must be uploaded with your application to verify education. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

If you are using education to qualify for this position, or education is required:

1. You must submit a transcript, which may be unofficial, as long as it contains a full listing of courses, credit earned, grade and grade-point-average, subject area, degree(s) earned, and dates of award.
2. Your transcript must come from a nationally accredited educational institution recognized by the Department of Education.
3. Please do not submit electronic transcripts with documentation security protection. These may prevent our application system from accepting and processing the document.

If submitting a foreign transcript, you must have the transcript reviewed by an approved foreign education review organization recognized by the Department of Education. Your transcript must also be in English or have an English translation included.

Additional information

This position is located in Washington D.C. New employees to the Justice Management Division of the Department of Justice will be required to work on site in our offices in Washington D.C. Current employees of the Justice Management Division may be allowed to remain in their duty station.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Candidates will not be hired based on their race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Probationary or Trial Period (as applicable): As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may consider:

1) your performance and conduct;

2) the needs and interests of the agency;

3) whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and

4) whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.

EEO Statement/Policy: The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. More information can be found here:

DOJ Reasonable Accommodation Policy: Federal agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis. The DOJ Reasonable Accommodation policy can be found here:

Selective Service: If you were born male, on or after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. Additional information is found at:

Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs: The Fair Chance Act prohibits Federal agencies from requesting an applicant's criminal history information before the agency makes a conditional offer of employment. If you believe a DOJ employee or Federal contractor acting on its behalf has violated your rights under this Act, you may submit a written complaint within 30 days of the date of the alleged non-compliance directly to the hiring office using the contact information listed in the announcement. Note: In accordance with 5 U.S. Code § 9202(c) and 5 C.F.R § 920.201(b) certain positions are exempt from the provisions of the Fair Chance Act.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

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