Budget Analyst

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About the Position: This position is located at 325th MDG Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida.

This is a Direct Hire Solicitation Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Basic Requirement for Budget Analyst: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes developing and presenting organization budget plans and/or cost estimate analysis; monitoring obligations and/or expenditures of an annual budget transactions; and utilizing financial automated systems to create budget reports and/or statistical data.

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 or in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Finance, Accounting, Business Administration, Economics, or other related field.

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 semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. Major Duties:

• Perform budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analyses of annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations/programs into a consolidated budget request.
• Review organizational historical data and/or matches funding requests or projected costs of selected line items with past records to determine trends in spending and to forecast annual funding needs.
• Monitor obligations incurred and expenditures of a budget with different types of funding.
• Conduct research and analyzes trends in the use of funds and evaluates the effects of continuing changes in program plans and funding.
• Interpret budgetary policies and regulations.
• Conduct special studies of cost programs and funding requirements to ensure the availability of funds.