Budget Analyst

Who May Apply: US Citizens

In order to qualify, you must meet the 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.

Requirement for GS-11 Budget Analyst position:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes: Experience

• Interpreting and applying appropriations law for processing a variety of funding actions.
• Monitoring records of obligations and expenditures to assure full utilization of available funding and reprogramming to meet critical deadlines.

• Identifying financial management problems in an organization's programs.
• Evaluating account balances, trends, and rate of expenditure of funds.
• Maintaining and updating status reports for district office, field offices and field activities programs and projects.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-09).

OR

Education: 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 do the work of the position, such as:financial management, accounting, auditing, actuary, cost estimation, operational research, business, or business administration.

OR

Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages

.Requirement for GS-12 Budget Analyst position:
Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes; Experience

• Providing independent financial guidance and expert technical staff support to leadership of the organization.
• Interpreting and applying appropriations law for providing advice and guidance.
• Reviewing, processing, and approving a variety of funding actions involving civil, military, and revolving funds to prevent violations of Federal appropriations law and financial regulations.
• Formulating, developing, and justifying budget estimates to establish and implement financial management practices, policies, and procedures.
• Resolve difficult financial management problems in an organization's programs.
• Coordinate work of budget and financial analysts to resolve problems and improve processes.

This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-11 or above).

Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.