Budget Analyst

Summary About the Position: This position is located with the Headquarters, US Army Forces Command, G-8 Budget Division Fort Liberty NC, which is centrally located hours away from the beautiful beaches of North Carolina and the scenic Blue Ridge and Smoky Mountains. Fort Liberty is known as the "Home of the Airborne and Special Operations Forces." It is a culturally diverse area with both rural and city populations and is co-located at Fayetteville, NC. Responsibilities Allocates funds to projects and programs based on analysis of budget estimates, historical expenditures, projected workload, and approved funding. Conducts special studies, analysis of trends, and develops projections in the identification of variances in the rates of expenditures and obligations, as compared to actual performance of the financial plan. Provides senior leaders and representatives with recurring and ad hoc financial reports, findings, and presentations of the status of: receipts, obligations, and expenditures of funds. Performs personnel management responsibilities by establishing priorities and making work assignments for two or more budget analysts. Provides recommendations on high dollar contracts to Senior General Officer leadership. Develops recommendations on how to reduce prior year de-obligations of funds. Retrieves financial data from system databases such as GFEBS. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce Executive Order (E.O.) 12721 Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 People with Disabilities, Schedule A Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the 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. One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service which includes experience in 1) Analyzing and tracking funding of a large scale civilian payroll program (over $100M); 2) Developing budget policies and procedures throughout a command; 3) Assessing the impact of changes pertaining to assigned areas, making budgetary adjustments and recommendations to higher level echelon; 4) Developing cost factors, ratios, test and other mathematical modules to evaluate the status of funds; and 5) Determining cost-benefits of alternative budget and program actions; and 6) Retrieving substantial amounts of data from financial system databases (i.e., GARMY, GFEBS) to analyze financial performance and create informative reports for senior leadership. You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas: Financial Management Financial Management Analysis Technical Competence Time in Grade Requirement: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-12). Education Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you much meet the qualification requirement using experience alone no subsitution of education for experience is permitted. Additional Information Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment Certification Statement for Selective Service Registration. You will be required to provide proof of U.S. Citizenship. Two year trial/probationary period may be required. Direct deposit of pay is required. Selection is subject to restrictions resulting from Department of Defense referral system for displaced employees. If you have retired from federal service and you are interested in employment as a reemployed annuitant, see the information in the Reemployed Annuitant information sheet. This is a Career Program (CP) 11 - Comptroller position. You may claim military spouse preference (MSP). If a MSP applicant is determined best qualified and selected, placement must be at the full performance level for priority consideration. Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application. Payment of Permanent Change of Station (PCS) costs is not authorized, based on a determination that a PCS move is not in the Government interest.