Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is in the Fiscal Office at the Mann-Grandstaff VA Medical Center (VAMC) in Spokane WA. The Budget Analyst provides day to day execution of the station level budget for two VAMC s.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement, 03/03/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-05. For a GS-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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-07 LEVEL: Special Expereince: Do you have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to at least the GS-05 level or pay band in the federal service that includes performing the following duties: Knowledge of procedures and processes for budget formulation to compile, correlate, and consolidate individual one-year estimates (e.g., for personnel salaries and expenses, travel, and minor building maintenance) and to enter the consolidated estimates in appropriate forms and schedules in accepted format.

Understanding of the quantitative relationships between program plans and budgetary data in related forms and schedules (e.g., annual work plans), to adjust such data to reflect changes in funds available, obligations, and expenditures.

Skill in writing brief factual reports detailing the purposes for which funds were obligated and expended (e.g., travel, overtime, or office supplies).OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

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%.

GS-09 LEVEL: Special Expereince: Do you have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to at least the GS-7 level or pay band in the federal service that includes performing the following duties: knowledge of the budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of the agency; the sources, types, and methods of funding for organizations and programs; and, budgetary and financial relationships between the assigned budget and programs of other agency components and organizations; knowledge and skill in the application of methods and techniques to analyze and evaluate the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, management by objectives, probability theory, etc.); knowledge of a variety of computer software systems both financial and non-financial for extracting and analyzing both long term and short-term funding for various programs; OR; Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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., if related; Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

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.

GS-11 LEVEL: Special Expereince: Do you have at least one year of specialized experience (equivalent to at least the GS-9 level or pay band in the Federal service) that includes performing the following duties: detailed, intensive knowledge of the budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of the agency; the sources, types, and methods of funding for organizations and programs; and, budgetary and financial relationships between the assigned budget and programs of other agency components and organizations; knowledge and skill in the application of methods and techniques to analyze and evaluate the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding (e.g., cost-benefit analysis, management by objectives, probability theory, etc.); requires advanced knowledge of a variety of computer software systems both financial and non-financial for extracting and analyzing both long term and short-term funding for various programs.; OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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; OR Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

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 second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.

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:

Duties include but are not limited to: Responsible for the formulation and execution of the budget for all appropriations and programs.

Develop budget estimates to include soliciting, coordinating, and consolidating input from all organizational components. Monitor actual financial, workload, and FTEE against current plan.

Ensure that all budget processes are being executed correctly and in compliance with related rules and regulations. Analyze and forecast changes and impact to budget resulting from various variables.

Identify and analyze trends in the receipt, obligation, and expenditure of funds. Perform variance analysis monthly and quarterly to make regular salary and FTEE projections.

Develop, interpret, and perform in depth analysis of facility budget distribution. Operate MS Excel or other comparable spreadsheet software at a high level to interpret data.

Produce complex spreadsheets in order to graphically display data. Perform a variety of administrative tasks using office automation software.

Use various proprietary facility or agency software programs to access information and run complex reports.

Communicate with individuals outside the organization who represent budget and program interests of other federal agencies, contractors, and private business.

Communicate with customers in a courteous, tactful, and respectful manner.

Provide a variety of reports related to the status of funds, FTEE and workload for Executive Leadership, Network, and Central Office.

Communicate with program officials and their staff regarding budget monitoring and funds expenditure.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level GS-11 without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met.

Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD70512-0, PD70474-0, and PD70475-0 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment.

A pre-placement physical examination is not required.