About the Position: Incumbent will be responsible for performing a wide variety of analytical duties related to program/budget planning with the formulation, justification, presentation, and execution for assigned areas. This is a Direct Hire Solicitation.
Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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 interpreting budgetary policies and regulations; reviewing budget submissions and preparing budgetary documents; preparing a variety of budget reports, worksheets, graphs and/or charts; utilizing automated financial systems, such as General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS); and providing advice or guidance to staff on budget related issues. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Accounting or Finance. (You must attach a copy of your transcripts with your application package.) OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages. (You must attach a copy of your transcripts with your application package.)
Evaluate programmed distribution of available funds against mission and workload objectives to ensure proper balance of funds distributed to support mission requirements, fixed costs, and other essential support costs.
Analyze trends in fund utilization, and prepare status reports depicting causes for major deviations from programmed targets.
Formulate the organization's budget projections and provide guidance to all operating officials on requirements for budget submissions.
Develop projections based on projected workload, historical data, current requirements, and guidance from higher headquarters.
Prepare applicable directives on budget execution and formulation procedures.
Prepare a variety of charts, graphs and/or other graphics for briefings, reports and analysis by higher level staff, utilizing automated systems to extract a variety of financial data.