Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

The Supervisory Budget Analyst is located in the VAMC Connecticut, Office of Finance.

The purpose of this position is to accurately forecast and document the organizational budget; and to promote organizational effectiveness and efficiency by ensuring that revenue and expenditures are being used in a timely manner.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/13/2026.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performs a variety of budgetary and administrative functions in implementing budgetary programs, policies, and procedures; Reviews, verifies, and analyzes data submitted for consistency with financial and program objectives, and adherence to instructions; Analysis of current and past costs in financial statements and reports; Identify, consider, and analyze the relationships between costs and scheduling of program activities and the amount in the timing of needed funding; Application of a range of standardized, budgetary regulations, practices and procedures typical of the formulation and execution phases of the annual budget process; Reviews and checks requests from allotment of funds from approved operating budgets to assure that funds are being spent for proper purposes in accordance with annual work plans and budget schedules; Relate expenditures (e.g.

accounting, data processing, and contracting) as necessary to program accomplishments and identifies spending trends.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Budget Administration 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.

Physical Requirements: The work is mostly of sedentary nature. Some walking, stooping and bending is required.

A stress related environment often caused by the many reports, budget deadlines, monthly, and quarterly requirements.

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:

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

Incumbent performs budgeting for relatively unstable operating programs which require reprogramming several times a year i.e.

when patient workload decreases or increases, the Supervisory Budget Analyst can withdraw funds from one Service and utilize it more efficiently in another.

Responsible to assess and trend financial performance and cost effectiveness through the assimilation of budgetary and accounting data systems.

Performs other duties as assigned by the Deputy CFO and CFO.

Prepares analytical briefings and reports for executive management to use in the decision-making process based on a wide variety of special studies, using financial and clinical data to do cost/benefit and program analysis.

Prepares bi-weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly financial reports for use by upper­ level management and Local and VISN Service Line Managers and to record historical data for use in future budget formulations.

Reviews and reports on all components of the VERA model which is the primary 2 methodology that VHA uses to distribute the Medical Center operating budgets to the VISN.

This is an extremely sophisticated and complex program. Performs other duties as assigned by the Deputy CFO and CFO.

Performs complex analytical studies, financial analysis, program planning, and outcomes evaluations.

Analyzes and trends financial data to identify potential problem areas, provides objective assessments, prioritizes issues, and takes appropriate actions ensuring key issues are reported to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer and Chief Financial Officer.

Resolves difficult problems of prediction and forecasting due to uncertainties or changes in operating programs and gaps in experience data of the operating programs budget; fluctuations in patient census cause the demand for drugs to increase or decrease; changing salary estimates due to constant occurrence of vacant positions and amount of lag time required to fill positions.

The incumbent is responsible in the distribution of funds to various control points, analyzing actual expenditures as compared to the plan, and making projections to indicate needed adjustments in the budget plan.

These projections included the impact that current trends will have on subsequent budgets and the Veterans Equitable Resource Allocation (VERA) model.

As a financial expert the Supervisory Budget Analyst is responsible for establishing and maintaining an integrated system of financial staff services that contribute to effective management control over facility/program operations.

Supervises and manages a group of employees (GS 11 and below) in the execution of financial management program that supports the Medical Centers Services and the VISN leadership.

Work Schedule: Monday- Friday; 07:30 am- 04:00 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized Telework: VA supports the use of telework as a way to help attract and retain talented individuals in public service, increase worker productivity, and better prepare the agency to operate during emergencies.

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

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD000860 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Required This position is not a Bargaining Unit position.

This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay. May be required to attend conference at other facilities or other VA sites on occasion.

Current Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action).

The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held.

Time-in-Grade Restriction: 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.

The grade may have been in any occupation but must have been held in the Federal service.

Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701

or

[formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104

and

] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System.

Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. Veterans' preference does not apply for other current permanent Federal agency employees.