Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the 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 Joint Activities located at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Only resumes up to a total of two pages will be accepted.

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 performing routine budget and administration functions in the formulation, execution, and review of a Command budget accounts; tracking all obligations and executions to advise staff of potential financial issues; and utilizing budget execution and formulation automated systems to resolve budgetary problems.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge skills and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as Business Administration, Accounting, or Finance.

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

• Perform routine budget administration functions in the formulation, execution, and review of Command and subordinate units travel and other assigned programs.
• Consolidate budget estimates covering projected annual operating expenses for the Command.
• Review Spend Plan projections for validity and compliance with rules and regulations.
• Utilize budget technical systems to research and resolve budget problems and provide assistance on funding matters.
• Maintain fiscal controls of annual funding and expenditures of assigned accounts to ensure no anti-deficiency or fiscal law violations.
• Develop briefs and reports to advise commanders and managers on the financial status and execution trends of the budget.