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, Applying travel regulations to process travel authorizations and vouchers, ensuring compliance with established policies. 2.

Assisting with budget administration by tracking travel expenditures and preparing reports for financial analysis. 3.

Communicating travel system procedures and requirements to users and providing routine helpdesk support.

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:

• Analyze travel expenditures to ensure alignment with the operating budget.
• Formulate budget estimates for travel based on organizational requirements and historical data.
• Interpret travel regulations and policies to ensure legality and completeness of all travel documentation.
• Conduct post-payment reviews of settlement vouchers to verify compliance with government and agency standards
• Advise travelers and staff on the proper use of the Defense Travel System (DTS).
• Resolve user-reported system errors and procedural issues related to travel authorizations and payments.