Budget Analyst

Major duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Assist in providing budget administration functions travel functions certifications of fiscal transactions control execution and review of assigned portions of the appropriated funds budgeted to the VASNHS.
• Provide financial advice and performs financial assistance work for internal agency operating programs.
• Performs budget work for internal operating programs in support of one or more of the phases or systems involved in budget administration including the formulation presentation or execution of a budget.
• Performs budget formulation duties involved in the process of preparing detailed analyses and estimates of annual funding needs for one or more future budget years.
• Acts as primary Purchase Card Coordinator.
• Receives the call for the budget for internal and external operating programs.
• Reviews historical operating data and trends to prepare and/or validate estimates and to see how funds were utilized within administered programs and prepares estimates of future requirements.
• Prepares estimates for projected operating budget(s) and prepares justification for the estimates based on a variety of information.
• Compiles and coordinates the presentation materials for assigned areas of the budget.
• Identifies and executes reprogramming actions.
• Plans and conducts studies to determine the requirement for updated financial information.
• Enters budgetary data into a variety of forms schedules and reports.

Work Schedule: Monday to Friday 8:00 am - 4:30 pm.
Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process.
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD03954A
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized

• You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this 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 or trial 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 09/30/2026.

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-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9 grade level. 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 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-9 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 and presenting written analysis budget estimates and justifications; reviewing historical budget data and estimates; analyzing evaluating and interpreting reports and data; identifying predicting and executing reprogramming actions and program changes; planning and conducting studies to determine the requirement for updated financial information. OR
• Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or
  LL.M. if related. OR
• Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond a masters degree.

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

• Accountability
• Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning
• Attention to Detail
• Budget Administration
• Customer Service
• Decision Making
• Financial Analysis
• Flexibility
• Integrity/Honesty
• Interpersonal Skills
• Learning
• Problem Solving
• Reasoning
• Self-Management
• Stress Tolerance
• Teamwork

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.

Preferred Experience:

Financial Systems and Data Integrity

• Professional experience utilizing federal accounting and specialized healthcare databases such as IFCAP (Integrated Funds Distribution Control Point of Sale) and FMS (Financial Management System) to enter track reconcile and report on budgetary data.

Fund Control and Execution

• Experience monitoring and reconciling quarterly and annual fund distributions at the service line or department level. This includes verifying the availability of funds processing funding documents tracking obligations and identifying variances to prevent anti-deficiency violations.

Budget Formulation Support

• Assisting with the compilation analysis and historical trend review of historical fiscal data to support the development of annual budget estimates and cost projections for staffing supplies and equipment.

Analytical Reporting

• Experience extracting raw financial data to generate recurring and ad-hoc status of funds reports utilizing advanced spreadsheet functions (e.g. pivot tables VLOOKUPs) to translate complex financial metrics into clear actionable summaries for program managers and leadership.

Healthcare Core Operations Support

• Familiarity with the unique funding structures of a federal medical center including specialized healthcare resources allocations medical supply chains and the tracking of clinical or administrative fund control points.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary with no special physical demands required. The work may require some physical effort such as standing walking bending sitting or carrying mail or other documents.

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