Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service.

About the Position: Serves as a Budget Analyst for the 75th Ranger at Fort Benning, Georgia. Your resume must be two pages or less.

Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below.

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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social).

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.

Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1.

Reviewing travel requests and expense reports to ensure compliance with organizational travel policies and regulations. 2.

Assisting in budget formulation or execution by researching financial data and reconciling expense records. 3. Providing system support or user training for travel and expense management software.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D.

in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.

To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12.

Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Troubleshoot system errors to resolve user issues within automated travel software.
• Generate recurring reports to provide management with program oversight data.
• Analyze budgetary data to identify resource impacts and project long-range expenses.
• Reconcile financial accounts to correct discrepancies in commitments, obligations, and disbursements.
• Advise travelers and managers on travel policies, procedures, and entitlement allowances.
• Develop training materials to instruct system users on travel and expense software.