Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This position has primary responsibility for establishing and maintaining a complex integrated system of financial systems, appropriations, and services which contribute to the effective management control over facility operations.

At a minimum, these services include budgeting, workload/cost analysis, payroll, and active participation in the overall planning and managerial financial analysis and reporting.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/11/2026.

Time-In-Grade Requirement: 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: GS-11 Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include: detailed knowledge of health care center budgetary process, procedures, regulations, policies, etc., in order to formulate the health care center's annual budget plan; evaluating the impact of program changes on the health care center's budgetary goals for the purpose of making recommendations to management regarding budgetary actions necessary to achieve these goals; knowledge of budgetary and financial interrelations between agency components and organization; knowledge of accounting and cost allocation principles in order to locate and analyze sources of data that will serve as basis for budgetary projections and recommendations; evaluating actual vs.

planned expenditures and trends in the expenditures of funds for the purpose of assuring program objectives and verifying that funds are being expended properly and effectively; and, formulation process of distribution workload data as it relates to facility expenditures for preparation of cost distribution.

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a 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.

Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

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

You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond a master's degree.

(Transcript Required) You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Budget Administration Financial Analysis Financial Management Leadership 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

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:

The budget analyst will provide training to Resource Management and Health Care Center personnel in budgetary procedures.

The budget analyst will direct the Health Care Center Fund Control System providing budgetary advice and support to the Financial Resource Management Service, as well as fund control officials.

Additional duties will include but are not limited to: Prepare the facility's annual budget plan in a timely and accurate manner by employing a wide scope of analytical devices that include analysis of historical patterns, cost benefit and trend analysis, operating accounts and salary projections, data retrieval from a variety of sources and interviews with program managers and subject-matter experts.

Responsible for the management of fund distribution from approximately six appropriations into approximately 150 Fund Control Points (FCP) and salary accounts throughout the El Paso VAHCC.

Develop and maintain data-tracking methods that provide a pool of essential information about FCP spending and workload in order to maintain a viable budget; additionally, the analyst will develop and maintain computer programs related to all aspects of personal service costs and FTEE levels.

Ensures that each program has a funding level that is adequate but not excessive for its needs.

Provides management with independent and timely analysis of funding and expenditure situations throughout the fiscal year at any given time. Identify weak programs within the operating plan.

recommends reprogramming of funds as required and anticipates/predicts funding needs or surpluses.

Prepares cost benefit analyses to aid in allocation or redistribution of funds, and reviews estimates from program officials and appraises their validity.

Analyzes, revises, and recommends approval, disapproval, or changes to budget requests and justifications.

Ensures all FMS aspects of the program are met, to include training of control point clerks and control point approving officials, reporting, and auditing, so that program directives.

performance measures, and financial indicators are met.

Performs all duties and completes assignments in compliance with Federal Appropriation Law and so that facility, VISN and VACO performance measures and financial indicators are met.

Performs other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for ad-hoc telework.

Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD00337A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized