Budget Analyst

Duties

The following are the duties of this position at the GS-12. If you are selected at a lower grade level, you will have the opportunity to learn to perform all these duties and will receive training to help you grow in this position.

• Monitor and evaluate budget execution to ensure funds are executed in accordance with customer spending plans.

• Identify problem areas, research, determine, and implement corrective courses of action.

• Assist customers in preparing budget load and reprogramming requests. Identify the USSGL accounts that correspond with customer budget load and reprograming requests and prepare the entries to be recorded in the financial system. Assist customers with funding and cross-validation rule issues and provides suggestions on reprogramming's as necessary.

• Analyze budget and accounting transactions recorded in the financial system by reviewing financial system reports to ensure accurate posting to the budgetary USSGL accounts. Provide guidance to the junior budget analysts and technicians as needed.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• A one-year probationary period may be required.

• Must successfully complete a background investigation. Periodic reinvestigation is required no later than five years after selection and at least every succeeding five years.

• Public Trust

• Background Investigation will be required.

• This position requires that the successful candidate undergo personnel vetting, which includes a background investigation and enrollment upon onboarding into "Continuous Vetting." Enrollment in Continuous Vetting will result in automated record checks being conducted throughout one's employment with Treasury. The successful candidate will also be enrolled into FBI's Rap Back service, which will allow Treasury to receive notification from the FBI of criminal matters (e.g., arrests, charges, convictions) involving enrolled individuals in near real-time. For more information about individual rights, Noncriminal Justice Applicant's Privacy Rights

• FBI, FD-258 Privacy Act Statement

• FBI, and SEAD-3-Reporting-U.pdf (dni.gov).

Key Requirements:

• Please refer to "Conditions of Employment."

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• Must be U.S. Citizen or U.S. National

Qualifications

You must meet the following requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement.

The experience may have been gained in either the public, private sector or volunteer service. One year of experience refers to full-time work; part-time work is considered on a prorated basis. To ensure full credit for your work experience, please indicate dates of employment by month/day/year, and indicate number of hours worked per week on your résumé.

Specialized Experience: For the GS-11, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Experience posting and approving documents in an accounting system (such as Oracle); AND
• Experience monitoring the status of funds and/or financial transactions for an organization; AND
• Experience in researching the application of laws, regulations, and policies of budgeting and/or accounting.

OR

You must have one of the following educational options:

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree OR
• 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree OR
• LL.M., if related

OR

You may qualify using a combination of experience and education. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 36 semester hours (54 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

For the GS-9, you must have one year of specialized experience at a level of difficulty and responsibility equivalent to the GS-7 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized Experience for this position includes:

• Experience posting documents in an accounting system (such as Oracle) OR
• Experience providing technical guidance regarding budget and / or accounting related issues

OR

You must have one of the following educational options:

• master's or equivalent graduate degree, if related or
• two-full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, if related or
• LL.B. or J.D., if related

OR

You may qualify using a combination of experience and education. You may qualify on a combination of education and experience. To combine education and experience, the total percentage of experience at the required grade level compared to the requirement, as well as the percentage of completed education compared to the requirement must equal at least 100 percent. Only graduate level education in excess of the first 18 semester hours (27 quarter hours) may be combined to be considered for qualifying education.

In addition to the above requirements, you must meet the following time-in-grade requirement, if applicable:

For the GS-11, you must have been at the GS-9 level for 52 weeks.

For the GS-9, you must have been at the GS-7 level for 52 weeks.

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

OTHER INFORMATION:

• We will not pay relocation expenses.

• We may select from this announcement or any other source to fill one or more vacancies.

• This is a bargaining unit position.

• The following locations are represented by their corresponding NTEU chapter: Parkersburg, WV - NTEU Chapter 190; Hyattsville, MD/Washington, DC - NTEU Chapter 202; Austin, TX - NTEU Chapter 214; Birmingham, AL - NTEU Chapter 220; Philadelphia, PA - NTEU Chapter 223; Kansas City, MO - NTEU Chapter 225

• This position is a moderate risk position.

• We offer opportunities for telework.

• We offer opportunities for flexible work schedules.

Our comprehensive benefits are very generous. Our benefits package includes:

• Challenging work, opportunities for advancement, competitive salaries, bonuses and incentive awards.

• Eleven paid holidays, 13 days of sick leave, and 13 to 26 days of vacation time each year.

• Access to insurance programs that may be continued after you retire.

• A wide choice of health insurance plans, coverage for pre-existing conditions, and no waiting periods. We pay a substantial amount (up to 75%) of the health insurance premiums.

• A retirement program which includes employer-matching contributions.

• Learn more about Federal benefits programs at: https://help.usajobs.gov/index.php/Pay_and_Benefits

The Bureau of the Fiscal Service offers challenging and meaningful work, opportunities for advancement and internal movement to a different career path, a competitive salary, work/life balance, and generous benefits. Maximum telework and flexible work schedule options are also available. Incentives such as student loan repayment, recruitment and relocation incentives, and advanced annual leave accrual may be offered. Some remote work opportunities exist. Approval of these incentives and flexibilities are based on the position, business requirements, applicant/employee qualifications and performance, and other work-related factors.

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