Budget Analyst

Job Title

Budget Analyst

Duties

Helps gathers, extracts, reviews, verifies, and consolidates a variety of narrative information and statistical data needed in the formulation and presentation of budget requests (e.g., estimates of the funding needs of subordinate organizational components).

Cross-checks the accuracy of budget and program data in related budgetary forms, schedules, and reports. Identifies inconsistencies, researches causes of variances, and recommends corrections to totals, subtotals, object classes, or related entries.

Compares current estimates of funding needs by line item or object class with prior year expenditures and analyzes significant changes, trends, or unusual variances requiring management review.

Researches guides to extract legal, regulatory, program, and budgetary information for use by supervisor or higher-graded analysts. Prepares summaries of narrative, quantitative, and statistical data in budget forms, schedules, and reports.

Prepares preliminary budget estimates and assists in projecting funding requirements for assigned activities based on historical spending patterns, anticipated workload, and known program changes.

Receives, reviews, and recommends approval, disapproval, or modification of budget execution requests based on availability of funds, completeness, regulatory compliance, and priority of need.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level.

Work Schedule: 0800am-4:30pm, Monday thru Friday

Telework: ADHOC only

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/ PD04063A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized