Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This position is located in Finance Service of the Eastern Colorado Health Care System. The incumbent serves as Budget Analyst for the health care system budget.

The incumbent performs routine budget administration functions in the formulation, execution, and review of assigned portions of the appropriated fund budget.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 04/06/2026.

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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9.

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: Specialized Experience GS-09: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Ability to Formulate and revises the annual budget estimate for base support activities and components (e.g., communications, personnel management, automated data processing, maintenance, supply, and transportation).

Performs Researches, compiles, and summarizes data concerning personnel salaries and expenses and similar object class and line item information needed to formulation of budget estimates.

Ability to verify obligations and expenditures occur on a timely basis in accordance with the annual work plan and regulatory controls, and are within amounts programmed.

Ensures transfer of funds between object class and line item accounts under the same appropriation or allotment when funds needed to cover increases in obligations or expenditures fall within established limits.

Ability to checks the accuracy and adequacy of budget justification data submitted in support of budget estimates or requests for allotments by comparison with source documents (e.g., employment statistics, project reports, payroll records, and supply inventory records.) Has knowledge of budgetary and financial relationships with workloads of organizational components to determine whether funds are being obligated and expended in accordance with goals and objectives of the installations annual work plan.

Provides service directors and their representatives with procedural and regulatory guidance concerning availability of or limitations on the use of funds for supplies, travel, equipment, contracts, and related expenditures.

OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Master's or equivalent degree or 2 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

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

You must have a combination of specialized experience and more than 1 full year of graduate level education.

Specialized Experience GS-11: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-9 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Has the ability to accurately forecast and document the organizational budget; and to promote organizational effectiveness and efficiency by ensuring that revenues and expenditures are being used in a timely manner.

Prepares or edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs, and ensures that data in requests are formally and accurately documented in a wide variety of unrelated forms, schedules, and reports.

Analyzes forecasts for customers such as the agency and the public their demands for services; and for changes in nature, type, and cost of services produced.

Has knowledge of the policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of budget formulation sufficient to review, edit, and consolidate annual and multi-year budget estimates for assigned medical facility organizations and programs into a single budget request.

Ability to perform analyses of budget requests; considers unforeseen factors and shifts in program direction and emphasis, as well as requests not included in planned programs; and explores alternative sources of funding.

Ability to accurately forecast and document the organizational budget; and to promote organizational effectiveness and efficiency by ensuring that revenues and expenditures are being used in a timely manner.

Ability to prepare documents needed to process budget estimates, request for supplemental appropriations, requests for reprogramming apportionments and allotments from higher headquarters needed to finance new programs or program changes brought about by legislative action.

OR Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D.

or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

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

You must have a combination of specialized experience and more than 2 full years of graduate level education.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week.

Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities.

Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

Physical Requirements: The position has no physical demands. The work is performed in an office setting.

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: Reviews, edits, and consolidates annual and multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs into a single budget request.

Prepares or edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs, and ensures that data in requests are formally and accurately documented in a wide variety of unrelated forms, schedules, and reports.

Analyzes forecasts for customers such as the agency and the public their demands for services; and for changes in nature, type, and cost of services produced.

Monitors the execution of a budget with many different sources and types of funding such as direct multi-year appropriations, allotments from many different appropriations, transfers of funds from other agencies, reimbursements for services performed, revenue from working capital funds, and trust accounts.

Identifies and analyzes trends in the receipt, obligation, or expenditure of funds to ensure that objectives of the annual financial plan are being met on a timely basis, and that funds are available and being properly and effectively used to support program objectives.

Conducts special studies and analysis to develop required data and information for reporting purposes; and prepares administrative reports. Prepares and presents financial briefings.

Prepares documents needed to process budget estimates, request for supplemental appropriations, requests for reprogramming apportionments and allotments from higher headquarters needed to finance new programs or program changes brought about by legislative action.

Performs analyses of budget requests; considers unforeseen factors and shifts in program direction and emphasis, as well as requests not included in planned programs; and explores alternative sources of funding.

Develops justification and impact statements, and compiles data to be used for forecasting obligations.

Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level 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: 8:00am - 4:30pm, Monday-Friday Telework: This position may be authorized for telework on a situational, Ad Hoc basis. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD14212A and PD14190A 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