Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

This Budget Analyst position is in the Finance service of the Providence VA Medical Center, located at the Providence, RI. location. This is a full time position, 40 hours weekly.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 03/19/2026.

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. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.

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 to be eligible for GS-09, GS-09 to be eligible for a GS-11) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Performs a variety of budgetary and administrative functions in implementing budgetary programs, policies, and procedures; Reviews, verifies, and analyzes data submitted for consistency with financial and program objectives, and adherence to instructions; Analysis of current and past costs in financial statements and reports; Identify, consider, and analyze the relationships between costs and scheduling of program activities and the amount in the timing of needed funding; Application of a range of standardized, budgetary regulations, practices and procedures typical of the formulation and execution phases of the annual budget process; Reviews and checks requests from allotment of funds from approved operating budgets to assure that funds are being spent for proper purposes in accordance with annual work plans and budget schedules; Relate expenditures (e.g.

accounting, data processing, and contracting) as necessary to program accomplishments and identifies spending trends. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience.

To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a completed 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 Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level.

Note: Only graduate education more than a bachelor's degree may be combined with experience to qualify.

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/.

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.

Major Duties:

Purpose of this position: to perform work by applying budget analysis theory, concepts, methods and procedures connected with the budget formulation, and execution of VA's particular programs, systems, procedures, functions, and structure of the supported organizational component/facility.

Major duties include but are not limited to: Provide advice and guidance to program and line managers on the interpretation of budget estimates and the formulation of budget requests in support of the programs of the facility.

Reviews facility budgetary and program requirements to assure their conformance with established agency policies and the intent of Congress.

Provides advice to the assigned organization on modifying budget estimates in response to the annual mid-year and fall reviews.

Reviews initial budget submission to ensure that planning guidelines are followed and the estimates for the fiscal programs are in line with targets.

Develops proposed budgetary and procedural guidance (i.e., format for budget estimates) for issuance to the organizations.

Develop summary charts providing a synopsis of the facility's budget request and highlight issues with pertinent background information so that effective budget decisions can be made.

Participates in the fund distribution process and controls and reviews assigned areas at the planning, apportionment and allotment stages.

Assists in the preparation of instructions pertaining to format, content, and underlying policy assumptions for facility preparation and submission of monthly budget operating plans.

Reviews operating plans for conformation with established policies, plans, and objectives. Evaluates operating plans for reasonableness of workload, obligations, and outlay data.

Ensures that monthly and yearly trends are reflected in the operating plan and recommends any necessary adjustments.

Reviews actual obligations, outlays, and workload levels to highlight potential operating and financial problems and take appropriate action when necessary.

Investigates and explains deviations from fiscal operating plans and program objectives.

Develops monthly analyses of program actual and possible trends with detailed explanation of significant deviations. Develops additional analysis providing historical data of programs.

Prepares special analyses, studies, and reports as requested by the supervisor and higher authority.

Initiates, develops, and conducts special studies relating to facility business lines and ancillary programs accounts. Those studies are unique and creative with little precedence for guidance.

GS-09: serves in a developmental capacity.

During the developmental assignment, full performance range and level of selected functions will not be completely delegated to the employee until incumbent has demonstrated the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary to accomplish the work at the full performance level.

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: Full Time, Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm Compressed/Flexible: Not available Telework: Yes as determined per agency policy.. Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD04134A and PD04133A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not available Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not available Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not available PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not available Financial Disclosure: Not required Notifications: Veterans' preference does not apply for internal or other current permanent Federal agency employees.

Interchange Agreements with Other Merit System: Employees who occupy medical or medical-related positions and were appointed under 38 U.S.C. 4701

or

[formerly 38 U.S.C. 4104

and

] must be serving in a full-time position without time limit and have served continuously for at least one year in this other merit system to be eligible to convert to the Title 5 System.

Some exceptions to this rule may apply if you have previously acquired tenure under a Title 5 appointment. Selectee required to serve one year supervisory/managerial probationary period.

Current and former Federal employees must submit copies of their most recent SF-50, (Notice of Personnel Action).

The SF-50 must identify the position title, series, grade, step, tenure and type of service (Competitive or Excepted).

In some cases, more than one SF-50 may be required to show a higher grade previously held. This position is covered by locality-based comparability pay.

This position is subject to review and possible re-classification in accordance with government wide Office of Personnel Management (OPM) standards. Reviews could result in a change to lower grade.