Supervisory Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

The incumbent reports directly to the Executive Director (ED), Office of the Revolving Funds (ORF), serving as the Supervisory Budget Analyst with technical expertise for budgetary authority and guidance for managing the budget reimbursable process between the Department and programs that are directed and overseen by various General Administration (GenAd) VA Staff Offices.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 02/05/2026.

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-15 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-14. 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.

See the Required Document section below for more information regarding the SF-50s needed to verify time-in-grade.

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-14 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Preparing, justifying, and administering all aspects of the budget formulation and execution process to include calculating salaries and benefits, facilitating budget estimates, submitting budget requests, as well as developing, issuing, tracking, and closing out agreements.

Identifying issues and analyzing information to draw accurate conclusions, ensuring careful attention to detail.

Dissecting problems and information into their meaningful parts and uses logic and judgment to evaluate alternatives and develop solutions.

Experience developing new methods and techniques applying budgetary and analytical techniques to include cost-benefit analysis, program evaluation review techniques, and life-cycle management approach to prepare analysis and formulate recommendations of existing budgetary programs.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Reasoning Customer Service Financial Management Stakeholder Management Strategic Thinking 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.

Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary. No physical demands are required to perform the work. Occasional instances of moderate walking and standing may be required.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

The Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP) and Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP) provide eligible displaced Federal/VA competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies.

To be qualified you must submit appropriate documentation (a copy of the agency notice, your most recent performance rating, and your most recent SF-50 noting current position, grade level, and duty location) and be found well-qualified for this vacancy.

To be found well qualified, applicants must meet the following qualifications: Writing and providing appropriate budgetary and funding provisions for inter-agency agreements for GenAd Staff Offices.

Examining policy issues and strategic planning with a long-term perspective; determines objectives and set priorities; anticipates potential threats or opportunities.

Driving the budget process for monthly budget execution reviews, which includes mid-year budget review and the development of unfunded requirements for GenAd Staff Offices.

Coordinating all aspects of assigned accounts for GenAd Staff Offices during the three major budget cycles of the Department's budget formulation process: Program plan and budget estimates for the internal budget build; the Department's budget request to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB); and the President's budget and Congressional budget justifications.

Reviewing, analyzing, evaluating, editing, and reporting budget estimates and justifications submitted by the GenAd Staff Offices for accuracy of technical information, format, mathematical accuracy, adequacy of supporting narrative, justification, and conformance with budgetary policies and guidelines, making recommendations for changes and revisions to budget plans and programs to ensure funding is spent effectively and efficiently Information about ICTAP and CTAP eligibility is on OPM's Career Transition Resources website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Major Duties:

Major duties include, but are not limited to: Advises (ED) and upper levels of VA management for (GenAd) on all aspects of budget execution, reimbursement program evaluation and analysis.

Executes reimbursable activities for oversight and budgetary support to GenAd Staff Offices and special programs either direct or reimbursable funded for centralized programs executed from the VA Central Office (VACO).

Develops, coordinates, and maintains a wide array of actions required to execute department level directives and instructions on implementing budget policies in developing budget estimates and submitting budget requests Develops and publishes annual instructions for processing fiscal year reimbursable agreements for GenAd Staff Offices to meet rigid budget timelines to prevent service interruption and ensure continued operations; Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 8:00 a.m.

- 4:30 p.m. Compressed/Flexible: Available with supervisory approval Telework: Available - Ad Hoc telework (situational telework) as determined by the agency policy.

Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: PD192310 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required