Budget Technician

Full Job Description

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit www.justice.gov/usao/ As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.

This position is also being announced under Merit Promotion Procedures under 26-SC-12876196-ST.

GS-5: To be eligible at the GS-5 level, you must have: at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level; or four years of education above the high school level; or a combination of both specialized experience and education as explained below.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-4 level in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience providing administrative support using automated office systems such as word processing, spreadsheets, electronic mail, and databases for gathering and reporting information; filing and records management; reviewing data for erroneous issues; researching legal and regulatory material to obtain factual information for use by others.

OR, Combining Education and Experience: Successfully completed post-high school education may be used to meet the total one year of specialized experience requirement equivalent to the GS-4 grade level.

Only education in excess of the first 60 semester hours (i.e., beyond the second year) is creditable toward meeting the specialized experience requirement.

One full academic year of study (30 semester hours) beyond the second year is equivalent to 6 months of specialized experience.

GS-6: To be eligible at the GS-6 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in Federal service.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-5 level in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience assisting higher level budget officers/analyst in monitoring a unit's operating budget; preparing routine payments; running recurring reports, and inputting data into an automated financial management system; reviewing documents with financial implications to ensure they are accurate and complete; preparing travel forms and assisting staff with use of automated travel system.

GS-7: To be eligible at the GS-7 level, you must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in Federal service.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-6 level in Federal Service.

Specialized experience is defined as experience performing analysis of financial data to determine trends in obligations and expenditures; resolving routine budget inquiries; reconciling costs/accounts on a scheduled basis; preparing invoices and other fiscal items for payment; noting, clarifying, and correcting financial discrepancies; reviewing budget estimates for obvious omissions, format incompleteness or inaccurate data; and entering obligations, amendments, deliveries and all actions into an automated financial management system.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form.

Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria.

You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application.

Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/ Major Duties:

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team in the Administrative Division that is responsible for performing a variety of complex procedural and technical duties related to the formulation and execution of the district budget and financial management activities.

Typical work assignments include: Maintaining and reviewing financial documents, verifying accuracy, approving expenditures and analyzing affect to overall financial management activities; Preparing invoices and other fiscal items for payment; verifying amounts with original obligation documents; noting, clarifying and correcting discrepancies; Initiating and completing all correspondence necessary to resolve discrepancies in fiscal transactions with vendors and/or commercial firms; Using financial management systems to locate information, extract data and run reports; Preparing travel authorizations for staff and acting as liaison to troubleshoot problems and implement changes; Entering obligations, amendments, delivery and all actions into the official financial system; and Reviewing the utilization of funds, funds availability and overall budgetary process of the agency.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.