Budget Officer

Full Job Description

About the Position: This position serves as a Budget Officer at Fox Army Health Center. Salary negotiation may be available for those candidates who are new to Federal service.

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.

Current Civilian Employees of the Defense Health Agency (DHA) Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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 processing or reconciling collections and payments from various sources such as third-party insurance, the center for Medicare & Medicaid services, or other federal or state agencies, keeping an updated record of all transactions utilizing financial accounting system databases such as General Fund Enterprise Business Systems(GFEBS); and performing in-depth analysis of budget requests to make informed decisions to a budget officer.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify.

For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Accountability Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Customer Service Decision Making Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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 -11).

Major Duties:

• Serve as the Budget Officer of the Resource Management Division (RMD) for Medical Department Activity, across three congressional appropriations.
• Responsible for obtaining, administratively controlling, and accounting for all funds of the command.
• Serve as a principal advisor to the Commander, on all matters pertaining to Fiscal Law and budgetary execution.
• Analyze the organization's needs and prepares consolidated program estimates and requirements to include analyzing and recommending priorities between and among requirements.
• Plan, organize, and direct the work of the Budget section of the Resource Management Department for MEDDAC.
• Assign work based on priorities and capabilities of employees.
• Establish performance standards and evaluate work performance of subordinates.