Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Department of Veterans Affairs' Veterans Health Administration provides healthcare services through the Southern Arizona Health Care System. The Budget Analyst advises managers on budget estimates and requests, reviews operating and financial plans for compliance and reasonableness, and supports fund distribution, reporting, and special studies.
Responsibilities
- Provide advice and guidance to program and line managers on the interpretation of budget estimates and the formulation of budget requests in support of the programs of the facility
- Review facility budgetary and program requirements to assure their conformance with established agency policies and the intent of Congress
- Provide advice to the assigned organization on modifying budget estimates in response to the annual mid-year and fall reviews
- Review initial budget submission to ensure that planning guidelines are followed and the estimates for the fiscal programs are in line with targets
- Develop proposed budgetary and procedural guidance (i.e., format for budget estimates) for issuance to the organizations
- Develop summary charts providing a synopsis of the facility's budget request and highlight issues with pertinent background information so that effective budget decisions can be made
- Participate in the fund distribution process and controls and reviews assigned areas at the planning, apportionment, and allotment stages
- Assist in the preparation of instructions pertaining to format, content, and underlying policy assumptions for facility preparation and submission of monthly budget operating plans
- Review operating plans for conformation with established policies, plans, and objectives
- Evaluate operating plans for reasonableness of workload, obligations, and outlay data. Ensures that monthly and yearly trends are reflected in the operating plan and recommends any necessary adjustments
- Review actual obligations, outlays, and workload levels to highlight potential operating and financial problems
- Initiate, develop, and conduct special studies relating to facility business lines and ancillary programs accounts
- Perform other related duties as assigned
Skills
- Current federal employees of the hiring agency that posted the job announcement
- This is open to current, permanent employees of the Veteran's Health Administration
- You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job
- Physical Requirements: The work required does not inherently include any physical requirements essential for successful job performance that could not otherwise be performed with accommodation or workplace adjustment
- Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP)
- For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9
- An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials
- 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: experience in analyzing current obligations against distribution of funds and historical expenditures; forecasting and producing related reports for local management, VISN, and VA headquarters; providing financial advice and assistance for interagency operating programs; detailed experience with budgetary polices, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of the agency
- Applicants may substitute education for the required experience
- To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree, or an LL.M. if related that demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of this position
- Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level
- The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level
- Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at this grade level
- A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education
- Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment
- If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education
- Resume
- SF-50/ Notification of Personnel Action
- An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials
- Most recent SF-50 if you are a current or former Federal employee
- An SF-50 showing your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials
- If you are relying on your education to meet qualification requirements: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications
Benefits
- Employees and their families will have access to a range of federal benefits designed to make their federal career very rewarding.
- Federal employees earn annual leave at a rate of 4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period, based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee.
- VA may offer newly-appointed Federal employees credit for job-related non-federal experience or active duty uniformed military service when determining the rate at which they earn annual leave; such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed.
- A highly qualified applicant may be considered for a virtual duty location, contingent on living within 50 miles of a VA Medical Center, VA facility or VA-leased space and receiving approval to work there.
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