Budget Analyst

Qualification requirements in the vacancy announcements are based on the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Qualification Standards Handbook, which contains federal qualification standards. This handbook is available on the Office of Personnel Management's website located at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/ EDUCATION: There is no positive education requirement for this position.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent in difficulty and responsibility to the next lower grade level in the Federal Service. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. This experience need not have been in the federal government.

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). 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.

To qualify at the GS-13 level: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Applicants must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 in the Federal service. Specialized experience MUST include all of the following: Reviewing budget estimates, justification statements, and execution plans for office programs in preparation of budget development; and Providing recommendations for use of financial resources in support of budget submissions or ensuring executions are in line with program plans.

As a Budget Analyst, you will perform the following duties: As a budget analyst, perform a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties connected with the formulation, justification, presentation, execution and review of budgets for an assigned programmatic or functional component of the Department of Commerce (DOC). Prepare worksheets, budget forms, and statistical summaries needed to formulate the required budget. Regularly communicate budgetary issues with management, staff, and external organizations.

Provide guidance for priorities for use of financial resources. Provide advice, guidance and recommendations to program managers and officials on all aspects of assigned budget areas to ensure consistency between programs, while adhering to the Office of Management and Business (OMB) and Congressional policies, guidance and requirements.

Determine the need for and prepare all necessary requests and supporting justifications for apportionments, re-apportionments, supplemental appropriations, allotments, deferrals and rescissions for submission. Monitor and reports on the rate of expenditures of funds and inform management officials of trends toward over- or under-obligation of funds. Analyze allotments and other similar funding requests.

Monitor the execution of the approved budget and ensure that all obligations, expenditures and disbursements meet legal and regulatory requirements, and that sufficient funds are available to carry out operations.