Financial Analyst

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About the Position: This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f.

Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located at Fort Meade, MD.

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

This position is in the Professional Work Category at the Senior Work Level within the CES Occupational Structure.

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.

See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Civilian Employees of the Organization Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Current DoD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee (non-Army) Current Permanent DoD Civilian Employee (non-Army) Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer Applying to Cyber Excepted Service Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, "CES Employment and Placement".

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package.

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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe one year of specialized experience that demonstrates the possession of knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies necessary for immediate success in the position.

Such experience is typically in or directly related to the work of the position to be filled.

Specialized experience would be demonstrated by 1) Assisting with budget strategies for major programs, such as, assessing funding options, evaluating trade offs, and advising senior leaders on resource decisions.

2) Conducting detailed impact analyses on budget and program changes to provide data-driven recommendations.

3) Preparing comprehensive budget justification materials in compliance with all federal requirements.

4) Conducting detailed financial and data analytics to support budget formulation and estimates, such as, trend analysis, data mining, and root cause analysis. Major Duties:

• Develop and justify the command’s budget submission during the PPBE Budgeting phase, ensuring alignment with mission priorities and DoD guidance.
• Prepare budget justification materials, including narrative justifications, exhibits, reprogramming requests, and responses to higher headquarters and congressional inquiries.
• Analyze the impacts of legislative, policy, and program changes on resource requirements and provide data driven recommendations to senior leaders.
• Review, validate, and consolidate budget inputs from subordinate organizations, identifying discrepancies, assessing trade offs, and recommending adjustments.
• Conduct detailed financial and data analytics to support budget formulation, defend estimates, and identify trends or systemic issues.
• Present and defend budget estimates in reviews and working groups with Army Staff, OSD, Joint Staff, and other stakeholders.
• Monitor budget execution to inform future submissions and identify emerging unfunded requirements or resource risks.