Budget Analyst

Summary This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is located at Fort Bragg, NC. Learn more about this agency Duties Help • Establishe local budget formulation schedules, call letters, and submission templates tailored to time-phased operational requirements, autonomous systems fielding cycles, operational deployment phases, alert postures and tactical field experiments. • Review submitted estimates for reasonableness, mission justification, operational validity, and compliance with statutory authorities, fiscal law, and Department of War/Defense financial regulations. • Establish, maintain, and enforce internal management control systems and funds subdivision controls to ensure strict compliance with the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) and related fiscal mandates across all DAWG autonomous programs. • Review and certify the availability and legal propriety of funds for purchase requests, commercial vendor contracts, rapid autonomous prototyping contracts, GPC thresholds, ISSAs, FOO funds, and operational travel authorizations. • Direct the development and administration of the Task Force Easy/ DAWG Unfinanced Requirements (UFR) list. • Develop and analyze comprehensive status-of-funds reports, burn-rate analyses, and trend forecasts to identify variance between planned operational expenditures and actual execution. Requirements Help Conditions of employment • Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation. • This position requires the incumbent be able to obtain and maintain a determination of eligibility for a Top Secret security clearance or access for the duration of employment. • This position has a Temporary Duty (TDY) or business travel requirement of 25% of the time. • Appointment to this position is subject to a one year probationary period unless the appointee has previously met the requirements as described in 5 CFR Part 11. • FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 2 Certified position, certification requirement is a condition of employment. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action. • This position is subject to a pre-employment drug screening, and random testing thereafter, to include testing based on reasonable suspicion and testing due to direct involvement with an on-duty accident. Qualifications Who May Apply: US Citizens 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. Specialized experiencce: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes 1) Performing the full spectrum of budget formulation, presentation, execution, fiscal analysis, and fund control. 2) Monitoring and analyzing obligations and expenditure throughout the fiscal year using automated accounting and resource systems (e.g., GFEBS, DEAMS, WAWF, DTS). 3) Ensuring obligations occur in accordance with projected spending curves, operational milestones, RDT&E testing schedules, and higher headquarters expenditure benchmarks. 4) Providing advice, execution oversight, and technical guidance on day-to-day budgetary operations and financial management functions. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience aloneno substitution 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. • This position requires a 1 year probationary period during which the agency evaluates your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In making this determination, the agency may consider your performance and conduct; agency needs and interests; whether your continued employment supports organizational or Government goals; and whether it promotes the efficiency of the Federal service. Continued employment requires written certification that it advances the public interest. • 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(n) Comptroller Career Program position aligned under the Human Capital & Resource Management (HC/RM) Career Management Directorate. • Multiple positions may be filled from this announcement. • Salary includes applicable locality pay or Local Market Supplement. • 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. • The selecting official has requested a competitive and non-competitive candidate list for this vacancy. If you are eligible for the non-competitive list, you will be evaluated on basic and/or minimum qualifications, as applicable. While required to answer the assessment questions, noncompetitive candidates will not be evaluated against the competitive rating and ranking criteria. The selecting official may select from any of the candidate lists. Expand Hide additional information Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits. Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.