Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

The Budget Analyst assigned to this position serves as an expert on research-related budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, and functions as primary fiscal, budgetary, logistics, and contracting expert.

Duty Location: Department of Veterans Affairs, Buffalo, NY.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position, and that is typically in or related to the work of this position.

To be creditable, this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 level in the Federal service.

Specialized experience includes: skill in formulation, justification, and execution of budgets within a healthcare or research environment; analyzing and formulating annual research budgets; analyzing and evaluating contract and grant budgets; monitoring control point expenditures; utilizing databases and information systems to compute and analyze data; and preparing recurring and non-recurring reports.

OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess at least 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education or master's or equivalent graduate degree or LL.B.

or J.D., if related. This education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position.

(Transcripts required with application) OR COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Combination of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

(Transcripts required with application) 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 IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION, YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** This position involves a multi-grade career ladder.

The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-11. At the GS-9 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence.

You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11.

Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher-level work, and availability of funds.

Duties include, but may not be limited to the following: Functions as the primary fiscal, budgetary, logistics, and contracting expert.

Serves as an expert on research-related budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines; and uses judgment in choosing and applying the appropriate policies, practices, and regulations for the specific funding agency or research activity.

Exercises judgment in decision making, regarding the balance of the overall budget to ensure proper emphasis on critical areas.

Provides procedural and regulatory guidance concerning availability of or limitations on the use of funds.

Ensures obligations incurred and resulting expenditures of funds are in accordance with pertinent, research and procurement regulations.

Ensures regulatory provisions are applied to the appropriation and budgetary process of research applications.

Reviews and ensures grant budget requests are complete, appropriate, and justified for project needs to determine an appropriate starting date.

Assembles historical data on costs trends, and forecasts, allocates and tracks fiscal expenditures and human resources demand.

Maintains cost accounting ledgers for current and prior year appropriations assigned to research. Formulates and executes short-and-long term budget plans.

Reconciles cost control records with monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal reports. Performs studies and audits on control and use of funds throughout each fiscal year.

Analyzes historical financial operating data and spending patterns.

Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative (COR) designee for the service and oversees areas of acquisition administration and contractor's performance, as it pertains to Research & Development.

Performs other related duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved