Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

About the Position: Incumbent serves as a Budget Analyst, Civilian Pay Services Representative and Customer Service Representative (CSR) for the Budget and Accounting Branch, Resource Management Office for USAG Dugway Proving Ground at Dugway, Utah.

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job.

You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current US Army Garrison Dugway Providing Ground Resource Management Office employees with competitive status Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Consideration will also be given to current Army employees with personal competitive status.

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: 1) Analyzing funding data to prepare budget estimates; 2) Gathering budget data to support funding requests; 3) Analyzing budget reports for assigned organization; and 4) Preparing budget reports for senior leadership.

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: Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration.

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.

Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-09).

Major Duties:

• Serves as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) on formulating budgetary and program requirements, providing direct guidance to managers and end-users across the Garrison.
• Serves as the civilian pay services representative and customer service representative (CSR), assisting employees, DFAS, and the CPAC in resolving a wide variety of payroll-related problems.
• Acts as the main Point of Contact (POC) and technical authority for the Defense Civilian Pay System (DCPS) and the Automated Time and Attendance Production System (ATAAPS).
• Serves as the SME and administrator for all temporary duty (TDY) and local Permanent Change of Station (PCS) travel programs for U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Dugway Proving Ground.