BUDGET ANALYST

Full Job Description

This position is for the DISA - CF/Office of the Chief Financial Officer in Ft. Meade, MD. **This Job Opportunity Announcement is using an additional online assessment tool to evaluate applicants.

Please review the HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED, REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, HOW TO APPLY and NEXT STEPS sections below for instructions.

Basic Requirements Time-in-Grade (GS-09): Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-07 or higher grade in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as: experience assisting in formulating and justifying budgets, analyzing budget submissions and financial data, and certifying and executing funds associated with emphasis on Security Assistance/Security Cooperation (SA/SC) programs or Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Time-in-Grade (GS-11): Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-09 or higher grade in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as: experience assisting in providing financial advisory services for a large organization with an emphasis on Security Assistance/Security Cooperation (SA/SC) programs or Foreign Military Sales (FMS).

Time-in-Grade (GS-12): Current or former federal employees who have held a GS position in the preceding 52 weeks, must meet the time in grade requirement.

Applicant must have served 52 weeks as a GS-11 or higher grade in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as: experience identifying, analyzing, and resolving a wide range of budgetary challenges; experience utilizing financial systems to research and analyze data pertaining to the budgets; experience processing and executing funding documents associated with the Security Assistance/Security Cooperation (SA/SC) programs or Foreign Military Sales (FMS); or experience with FMS sales processes from case development through implementation, execution, and closure.

Major Duties:

• Performs a wide variety of budget and analytical duties on annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for assigned programs during the formulation, execution, and evaluation phases of the Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution (PPBE) cycle.
• Performs budget administration work involving the processing of and monitoring commitments, obligations, and expenditures for program budgets with different sources and types of appropriations, allotments, transfers, reimbursable, and refunds.
• Serves as a liaison between management and program offices on issues such as budgeting strategies and techniques; use of financial management products; resource distribution; program priorities; and annual Spend Plan developments.
• Conducts variance analyses, reviews, and special studies of budget and/or related information. Assesses program budget impacts due to new or revised legislation, Programming Decision Memorandum (PDM), and/or Resource Allocation Decisions (RAD).
• Uses automated budgetary system(s) and computer-generated products in accomplishing budgeting assignments. Performs quality checks of automated system database information and advises Senior manager of any significant problems.