Budget Technician

Job Title

Budget Technician

Duties

Serves as a Budget Technician for a subordinate and geographically dispersed Cyberspace Battalion

Performs a full range of budget formulation, execution, and analysis duties

Develops, compiles, and summarizes the battalion's annual and multi-year budget requests

Establishes and maintains financial records, ledgers, and databases to monitor and track the status of funds across multiple appropriations and lines of accounting (LOA)

Interprets and applies a variety of regulations, including DoD Financial Management Regulations (FMR) and command-level budget guidance

Provides authoritative advice and guidance on funding availability, financial policies, and proper procedures for requesting and expending funds

Manages the Defense Travel System (DTS), including assigning roles, maintaining traveler profiles, establishing routing lists, and updating lines of accounting

Ensures all travel authorizations and vouchers comply with the Joint Travel Regulations (JTR) and other policies

Provides training to cardholders, distributes guidance on program policies, and takes appropriate action to resolve issues, such as suspending accounts for non-payment or misuse

Gathers, extracts, and analyzes historical spending data on personnel, supplies, equipment, training, travel, and contracts to forecast future funding needs and identify spending trends