Budget Analyst

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.

• 10-Point Other Veterans’ Rating
• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• 5-Point Veterans' Preference
• Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Current DoD Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee (non-Army)
• Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Interchange Agreement
• Disabled Veteran w/ a Service-Connected Disability, More than 10%, Less than 30%
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Prior Federal Service Employee
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• United States Citizen Applying to a DCIPS Position

Army DCIPS positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 2005, DCIPS Employment and Placement.

In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or 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.

To qualify based on your experience, your resume must describe at least one (1) year of experience equivalent to at least the GG/GS-09 grade level which prepared you to do the work in this job. Specialized experience is defined as experience which includes: Assessing organizational mission requirements and preparing annual and five-year planning, programming, and budget submissions; managing and executing multiple fiscal appropriations to enable unit operations and reporting financial obligations, commitments, and expenditures using government accounting systems; and managing and overseeing Government Travel and Purchase Card programs. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level in the federal service (GG/GS-09).

OR

Completion of a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the work of the position, such as Financial Management, Accounting, or Business Administration. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

OR

The specialized experience described above, but less than one year; and at least two years of graduate education as described above, but less than the required three years. The percentage of requirements met must equal 100%. (Note: You must attach a copy of your transcripts.)

You will be evaluated on the basis of your level of competency in the following areas:

• Budget Formulation, Justification & Presentation
• Compliance
• Concepts, Policies, and Principles of Budget
• Fundamentals & Operations of Budget