Budget Analyst

Summary About the Position: This is a permanent position with US Army, Mission Support Battalion, Resource Management Office, Programs and Budget Branch located at 7701 Telegraph Road, Alexandria, Virginia. This recruitment provides promotion opportunity to the target grade of the position GS-12 without further competition when selectee is eligible and recommended by management. Responsibilities Performs various budget functions involving the formulation, justification, and/or execution of budgets for organizations, programs, or projects. Provides local budget policy and procedures, budget formulation assumptions, and formats and schedules to serviced organizations for budget submissions. Provides management with financial information such as: financial reports showing the status of receipts, obligations, and expenditures of funds; trend analyses of rates of expenditures. Develops narrative justification statements and presentation material for budget submissions and reprogramming requests. Supports the major command headquarters, US Army Corps of Engineers, Field Operating Activity for execution of of the organization budget for Civil General Expense, and Operation and Maintenance, Army funds. Requirements Conditions of Employment 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. Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Reinstatement Veterans 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. Experience required at GS-11: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which includes: analyzing trends in fund utilization; maintaining constant awareness of financial operations including the reimbursable programs within the organization; processing budget requests from units and verifying budgets to assure effective utilization of resources. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next 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. 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. Experience required at GS-12: To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one year of specialized experience which includes: providing budget formulation, execution and justification of the Civil General Expense, Operation and Maintenance (O&M), revolving and reimbursable funds to assure budget forecasts, estimates, obligations, expenditures, reimbursements of funds and submissions; analyzing, identifying and resolving reprogramming and budgetary requirements to provide viable solutions and recommendations; tracking, monitoring, generating and reporting budgeting and financial systems problems/issues to integrate, explain, justify financial reports, costs, and data; and communicating with senior officials on the overall budget processes. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11). You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: 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: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-09. GS-12: Must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent GS-11. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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: Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. One year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a CP 11 Comptroller Career Field position. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest. If selected at the GS-11 level may be non-competitively promoted the full performance GS-12 level. Management may select at any grade level.