Budget Analyst

GS-12:
To be eligible at the GS-12 level, you must meet the following condition, as defined below: Specialized Experience

Specialized Experience:
One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-11 level in Federal service that involved performing budget or financial management work which demonstrates knowledge of budget and finance principles, practices, and methods to perform budget execution, formulation, financial reporting, and internal control functions.

Examples of specialized experience include:

• Compiling and communicating fiscal information, orally and in writing to peers and higher-level government officials, including the development of formats for reports, studies, and charts;
• Completing budget schedules and worksheets and consulting with program officials regarding those items that need interpretation, clarification, or additional support;
• Working with the financial system and understanding its relationship to the budget process for reporting, analysis, and review of programs;
• Demonstrated application of financial management tools, financial management procedures, and applicable federal regulations, principles, directives, and practices for processing governmental transaction;
• Inputting and maintaining funding control data in the financial system, ensuring that the information is consistent with appointments;
• Guiding and preparing/collecting required information for designated fund control representatives;
• Collecting, clarifying, and consolidating program requests for funding, scalability, narrative justification, and impacts to funding decrements; or
• Comparing obligations and expenditures with program budgets and providing periodic presentations and reports to management on account balances; and provides analytical reports of reconciliation issues, including volume of inconsistencies, delays in processing, and facilitates corrective actions; or drafting procedures, instructions, and policy guidance for use by operating officials in planning and estimating funding needs for travel, personnel, and non-personnel expenses.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)- The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.