SENIOR BUDGET ANALYST

Full Job Description

The primary purpose of this position is to serve as the Senior Budget Analyst for the DoD Cyber Crime Center (DC3), charged with providing effective and efficient management of Air Force, Office of Secretary of Defense (OSD), Foreign Counterintelligence Program (FCIP), and General Defense Intelligence Program (GDIP) resources that are linked to strategic planning, budgeting, and performance reporting.

In order to qualify, you must meet the specialized experience requirements described in the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience at the next lower grade GS-13, or equivalent in other pay systems.

Examples of specialized experience includes mastery of the concepts, principles, practices, laws, and regulations of budgeting and/or financing; and the financial and budgetary relationships between subordinate and most senior levels of financial management and budgeting within the employing entity and/or between the organization and programs of other Federal, State, and local governments, private industry, and large public organizations sufficient to: analyze national level programs, exceptionally large and complex programs (e.g., multi-million dollar programs, contracts, and /or cooperative acquisition agreements).

FEDERAL TIME-IN-GRADE (TIG) REQUIREMENT FOR GENERAL SCHEDULE (GS) POSITIONS: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible.

One year at the GS-13 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-14 level. TIG applies if you are in a current GS position or held a GS position within the previous 52 weeks.

NOTE: Applicants applying as VEOA candidates who are current GS civil service employees or are prior GS civil service employees within the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES (KSAs): Your qualifications will be evaluated on the basis of your level of knowledge, skills, abilities and/or competencies in the following areas: Expert knowledge of concepts of budgetary methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes to govern, formulate, justify, and execute the budget for assigned budget accounts for a DoD element working under the executive agency of the Secretary of the Air Force and program management of AFOSI missions.

Comprehensive knowledge of policies, programs, organizations, functions, resources, and legislation affecting accredited digital forensic lab, training and outreach organizations that provide analysis, training, research, development, testing and evaluation for DoD and related customers, functions, resources, and users.

Comprehensive knowledge of the mission, roles, functions, organizational structures, and operation of DoD and Air Force organizations to provide command level staff guidance and/or conduct studies to determine manning and skill levels to staff organization's directorates.

Comprehensive knowledge of principles, practices of budget development and formulation to review, edit, consolidate budget estimates, ability analyze data, develop alternatives, and make recommendations to resolve budget imbalances.

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to justify, defend, present, and/or advise on budgetary processes/actions.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work.

You must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours per week.

VOLUNTEER WORK EXPERIENCE: Refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service Programs (i.e., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student and social).

Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge and skills that can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.

You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Major Duties:

Performs budget formulation work involving preparation of detailed analyses of annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for DC3 Directorates into a consolidated budget request for DC3.

Incumbent will direct and perform a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties during development, formulation, justification, presentation, execution and review phases of the Planning, Programming, Budget and Execution (PPBE).

Applies knowledge to resolve issues associated with PPBE.

Plan, direct, coordinate, and supervise budget execution, resource management and operating support within the Planning Programming, Budgeting, Execution (PBBE) cycle.

Incumbent will serve as the primary functional Lead Analyst of staff consisting of civilian and military financial managers to develop, defend and execute funding to support cyber forensics, training, analysis, information and mission assurance capabilities that directly support military operations, national threats, and Air Force priorities.

Plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee the activities of the budget office.

Incumbent will manage and direct assigned programs that are strategically aligned with specific missions and often require unique managerial complexities and demands as well as substantial uncertainties and risks.

Provides supervisor oversight. plan, direct, coordinate, and oversee the activities of the budget office. Provides technical guidance to employees on all facets of budgeting.

Supervises the formulation, justification, and execution of a multi-year budget.