Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experience and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden.

The position is vital within the Office of Research and Development (ORD) and the facilities where research programs are conducted.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/24/2026.

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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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: 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: experience developing budgetary plans, projections, and reports; experience in administrative support, maintaining records, financial accounts and records auditing; and experience in budget administration including formatting, presentation, and execution of a budget.

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 graduate degree; or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; or LL.B.

or J.D., if related. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond 1 full year of graduate level education or superior academic achievement.

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:

This is a non-bargaining unit position.

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible Schedule: Not Available Telework: Available Duty Location Status: Will work from a VA owned or leased space Position Description Title/PD#: Budget Analyst/ PD46968A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary.

The position uses a computer and standard office equipment to complete tasks.

Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. On occasion, the position may carry light items.

Major Duties: Budget administration roles related to budgeting, accounting, fund control, strategic planning of funds, travel, contracts, and all Research budget execution.

Review approved funding and ensure it is posted accurately.

Allocate funds to individual Investigator accounts based on an analysis of activity budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding.

Provide accurate guidance to Investigators and staff as the Subject Matter Expert on Research Budgets.

Prepare and/or oversee the distribution of monthly statements for approximately 50 individual accounts.

Review budget statements and projections with Investigators to answer questions that may arise or make adjustments when necessary.

Maintain an automated accounting system showing budget projections, FTEE levels, and data by individual research appropriation, individual research project and records of all purchases and transfers.

Monitor carry-over amount in accordance with ORD allowances without loss of funding.