Business Analyst

To qualify for a Business Analyst, your resume and supporting documentation must support: A. Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify for the GS-09 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-07 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify for the GS-11 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-09 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector.

To qualify for the GS-12 grade level, specialized experience must be at the GS-11 grade level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military or private sector Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes: GS-09: Assisting with collecting and analyzing financial data.

Assisting with reviewing data needed to make recommendations on internal and external pricing reports. Assisting with analysis and providing monthly variance reports to internal and external customers on approved budgets and actual results. Assisting with budget preparation. GS-11: Developing operating budgets and programs. Performing financial analysis and justification for specific operating programs. Collecting and analyzing financial data.

Reviewing, researching, and analyzing budgetary requirements, and providing related financial guidance. Analyzing actual financial data to ensure sufficient funding authority is available. GS-12: Serving as a budget facilitator to ensure budgets meet organizational or functional requirements. Analyzing, consolidating, and communicating financial performance results and business recommendations to management. Serving as the primary financial advisor and lead coordinator for budget formulation efforts.

Conducting studies, analyzing data, developing courses of action, and making recommendations to resolve budgetary problems. Applying budget execution processes and practices to develop, implement, and advise on policies and controls for obligations and expenditures. B. Education Substitution - GS-09 and GS-11 Qualification ONLY: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work.

Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditaUon/Search.aspx . If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation.

To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess: GS-09: A successfully completed Master's degree or equivalent graduate degree OR 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL B. or J.D if related. GS-11: a Ph.D. or Equivalent Doctoral Degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a Ph.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree. C.

Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade levels GS-09 and GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages.

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 grades GS-09 and GS-11. 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.

As a Business Analyst, you will be responsible for the following duties (if selected at the GS-09 or GS-11 level, duties will be performed in a developmental capacity):,Overseeing budget formulation, execution, allocation, and resources used to support the activity’s Strategic and Business Plan goals and objectives.,Advising on the financial implications of program proposals.,Analyzing business performance; preparing and coordinating budget proposals and exhibits with the field and Headquarters Comptroller to develop an approved budget.,Formulating, monitoring, and revising operational budgets for organizations.,Determining pricing and rate-setting methodologies and performing calculations to set annual rates.,Receiving and validating funding documents for DLA Services obligations.,Receiving and processing inbound reimbursable funding documents, and billing against those documents.,Completing monthly budgetary reports, analyzing variances between planned and actual amounts, and continually reassessing end-of-fiscal-year projections.,Performing ad-hoc data analysis and presenting information in meaningful, useful ways for customers.