Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is assigned to the Budget Management Section within Fiscal Service.

The incumbent is responsible for financial reporting, monitoring, analyzing, and projecting the financial resources of the medical center.

The incumbent performs a wide variety of budgetary functions in the collection, analysis, formulation, and execution of the medical care appropriations and all programs operating within the Chalmers P.

Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/17/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement for GS-11: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service.

An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials.

If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement.

In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment.

You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience (equivalent to the GS-9 grade level) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization, experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA's) and other characteristics to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience includes: Reviewing budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs into a single budget request, monitors the execution of a budget with many different sources and types of funding such as direct multi-year appropriations, allotments from many different appropriations, transfers of funds from other agencies, reimbursements for services performed, revenue from working capital funds and trust accounts, Preparing budget estimate documents, requests for supplemental appropriations, requests for reprogramming apportionments and allotments.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have three years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. degree or Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree.

OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

To calculate, first identify the percentage of required education you have earned (when substituting, you cannot use the first 60 semester hours that you earned).

Then identify the percentage of required experience you possess. Add the two percentages. The total percentage must equal at least 100 percent to qualify at the GS-11.

For example, an applicant who has 9 semester hours of graduate level education (i.e. 50% of graduate education required) and 6 months of creditable specialized experience (i.e.

50% of the required experience) would equal 100% of the required experience for the position A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Major Duties:

Duties typically performed include but not limited to the following: Assisting in the preparation of budget estimates and justifications; interpreting regulations, directives, and circulars; providing information and advice to program managers.

Reviewing service, care line and facility budget submissions for reasonableness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and guidelines.

Monitoring budget; recommending reprogramming of funds as needed. Formulates the annual budget and operating plan.

Prepares quantitative and analytical data required during the formulation, execution and review process.

Receives the call for the budget for internal operating programs, interprets the call and prepares instructions for use by the organization.

Works closely with operating officials to assure complete understanding and compliance with basic requirements.

Receives general instructions with the call for the budget for distinct program areas and interprets those instructions to accommodate distinct program area situations; and prepares local guidance on procedures for submitting estimates.

Meets with operating officials to discuss and interpret what is required in the forecasts and estimates.

Performs operational budget execution duties, studies and audits on control and use of funds throughout the year; and assures that obligations incurred and resulting expenditures of funds are in accordance with pertinent laws and regulations.

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 7:30am-4:00pm Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD91994A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized