Budget Analyst

Major duties include but not limited to:

• Monitors Fund Control Points (FCPs) to ensure obligations and expenditures are costed properly and established within budget ceilings.
• Provides cost/budget reports to Service Chiefs Facility Leadership and VISN Staff for facility programs.
• Performs budgeting for unstable operating programs that require reprogramming during the year to accommodate changes in patient workload FTE increases pay raises etc.
• Analyze financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for appropriate actions.
• Resolve difficult forecasting challenges due to changes in programs or gaps in historical data.
• Formulate personal service cost estimates based on complex payroll requirements for management reporting.
• Extract data from various automated systems for use in budget analysis and reporting.
• Utilize VISTA and FMS to distribute funds received on station to the correct appropriation and individual FCPs.
• Extensive use of Microsoft Excel and Access to track monitor and analyze funding for multiple programs.
• Communicate effectively with staff within various services to effectively execute their budgets.
• Meets regularly with department leadership to discuss budget needs and concerns regarding the appropriateness of items to be purchased execution of spend plans or failure to execute.
• Provides basic budget oversight training to new supervisors.
• Work with individual program offices to ensure spend plans are in place and executed by end users in advance of any cut-offs.
• Accurately and efficiently provide roll-up data from Annual Business Plan submissions to management with a very short time frame for high level decisions on resource allocation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Work Schedule: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm Monday - Friday
Telework: This position may be authorized for Ad-hoc telework.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD93044A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized.
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
• To be considered for this position you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and questionnaire this position requires an online assessment. The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959
• Subject to background/security investigation
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements ( Effective May 7 2025 drivers licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)

As a condition of employment for accepting this position you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public determining if your employment advances the public interest we may consider:

• your performance and conduct;
• the needs and interests of the agency;
• whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and
• whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service.

Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification in writing that your continued employment advances the public interest.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 07/20/2026.

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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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 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.

You may qualify based on your experience as described below:

• Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include but are not limited to: prior experience in budget planning comparative analysis cost accounting revenue and reimbursements resource allocation and use of financial systems.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Budget Administration
• Financial Analysis
• Computer Skills
• Oral Communication
• Stress Tolerance

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 although the incumbent is expected to be able to perform some light physical activity.

For more information on these qualification standards please visit the United States Office of Personnel Managements website at

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.