Budget Analyst

1. Serves as the functional point of contact for day-to-day budget/financial issues. Works with MAJCOM and budget office counterparts to obtain monitor and track organizations funds.
2. Performs budget formulation work involving review and preparation of budget estimates and financial plans. Reviews and analyzes budget requests submitted by organizational activities to ensure their consistency accuracy and adherence to instructions.
3. Performs budget execution and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of funds. Monitors tracks and reviews obligations expenditures reimbursable orders and requests for allotments identifying and reporting differences that are not in keeping with annual work plans.
4. Provides advice assistance and guidance on budgeting and related information and conducts analyses reviews and special studies of budget and/or related information. Provides advice on budget and related matters such as types of funding available effects of budgetary changes on related activities and status and use of funds.
5. Uses budgetary and other automated system(s) and computer-generated products in accomplishing budgeting/funding assignments. Performs quality checks of organizations automated system database information working with appropriate point of contact to resolve any significant problems.

Conditions of employment

• U.S. Citizenship Required
• Males must be registered for Selective Service see
• This posn is subject to provisions of the DoD Priority Placement Program
• Disclosure of Political Appointments
• Safeguards classified or sensitive budget-related information and/or files
• Work may occasionally require travel away from the normal duty station on military or commercial aircraft
• Employee may be required to work extended or other than normal duty hours to include evenings and weekends
• Incumbent may be assigned to an emergency response team and be required to participate in readiness training applicable team training/education and exercises.
• conti: In the event of an actual emergency incumbent may be recalled and required to respond to the assigned team.
• This is a Financial Management Level 1 Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012 Public Law 112-81 Subtitle F-Financial Management Section 1599d
• conti: Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of this certification program.
• A background check is required

Qualifications

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-07 or equivalent in other pay systems. Examples of specialized experience includes knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods practices procedures regulations precedents policies and other AF MAJCOM and installation guides which apply to assigned budget accounts (e.g. organizational components programs services object classes and/or line items) to perform and advise on budget administration tasks and to identify and refer those reprogramming actions which require prior approval to officials at higher echelons.

OR
EDUCATION: masters or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D. if related

OR
COMBINATION OF EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION: Combination of education and experience must equal to at least 100%.

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-07 level is required to meet the time-in-grade requirements for the GS-09 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:

1. Knowledge of commonly used budgetary methods practices procedures regulations policies and processes to formulate justify and execute assigned budget in support of the mission structure goals work processes and programs of assigned activities/organizations.
2. Knowledge of automated data processing software programs and capabilities used to accomplish budget/funding
   tasks.
3. Skill in gathering assembling and analyzing source of factual information such as that found in accounting reports payroll records work reports or inventory and supply data.
4. Skill in preparing written forms schedules and reports related to the obligation and expenditures of funds.
5. Ability to make oral presentations on the budget and conduct budget-related training to a variety of audiences.