Budget Analyst

Budget Analyst

This Budget Analyst position is within the Hospital and Specialty Medicine Business office at VA Puget Sound Healthcare System. The incumbent, under general guidance of the business manager, performs routine budget administration functions in the formulation, execution, and review of assigned positions of the appropriated budget of assigned service lines. Duties include but are not limited to:

• Coordinates and assists in the development, preparation, and justification of annual funding needs and revises the annual operating budget for a large Service Line.
• Researches, compiles and summarizes data concerning personnel salaries and expenses, other elements of resources needed for budget estimates.
• Determines the costs/benefits of various courses of action or operational methods.
• Maintains historical service line budget data and elements of resource usage to determine trends in expenditures and proposes budget adjustments.
• Assists in the formal budget presentations and informal reviews that take place within the VA Puget Sound Health Care System prior to submission.
• Provides information to VA Puget Sound Fiscal personnel that may be called upon to provide background information and/or expert testimony to defend operations and program.
• Executes the budget in conformance with Puget Sound Health Care System and VA guidance, priorities and limitations.
• Reviews requests for additional funds and unfinanced requirements to ensure consistency, accuracy and adherence to policy and priorities.
• Prepares budget execution reports, status of funds, actual/planned performance, deviation analysis, current trends, future projection and other reports as needed.
• Ensures obligations incurred and resulting expenditures of funds are in accordance with existing laws and regulations.
• Serves as a fund Control Point Official with delegated authority to authorize obligation of funds, to establish and maintain administrative control of such funds and to impose restrictions on the use of funds to prevent over obligation.
• Reviews current and prior year transactions and reports to ensure all obligations and expenditures are properly documented and recorded.
• Recommends reallocation of funds between elements of resource and fund control point accounts to cover increases in obligation/expenditures within established funding limits.
• Serves as the Hospital and Specialty Medical Services Government Procurement Card Agency Program Coordinator.
• Coordinates with Fiscal service the assignment of a control point clerk and control point officer for each fund control point.
• May be assigned to a variety of special projects, either independently or in concert with other Hospital and Specialty Medical Services or Medical Center Staff.
• All other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm

Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on an as needed (ad hoc) basis, determined by the needs of the service. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.

Virtual: This is not a virtual or remote position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/ PD407370

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not authorized

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to do the work. However, there may be some walking, standing, bending and carrying of light items like papers or books. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.