BUDGET OFFICER (Title 5)

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS: To qualify an applicant for any GS-0560 position, apply and evaluate the applicant’s competencies (Skills, Knowledge, Abilities, and Behaviors), military and civilian experiences, completed private or public education programs, learned skills, obtained knowledge, endorsed abilities, and civilian or military training program accomplishments. The following qualification factors are applicable to the budget analysis positions: -Skilled in collecting and analyzing data effectively, efficiently, and accurately; -Ability to plan and coordinate difficult and complex programs; -Ability to develop, apply, and adjust financial plans and policies to attain agency objectives; -Ability to select, develop, and supervise a subordinate staff; -Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships, not only with subordinate staff, but with all levels of key management officials, the latter particularly requiring the exercise of tact, ingenuity, and resourcefulness; -Skilled in presenting formal training presentations and briefings; and, -Ability to make oral and written presentations in a clear and concise manner; -Ability to apply a high level of sound and independent judgment in the solution of financial problems and in the administration of a financial management program; -Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. -Knowledge of agency operating programs; -Knowledge of financial principles, methods, techniques, and systems; -Ability to clearly enunciate English without impediment of speech that would interfere or prohibit effective communication; -Ability to write English in reports and presentation formats; -Ability to communicate clearly and effectively; -Skilled in training, mentoring, and problem solving; and, -Skilled in applying procedures and directives by reading and interpreting program material. GENERAL EXPERIENCE: All on-board Title 5 Excepted Service employees assigned to Series GS-0560 positions, must be certified at the next higher grade-level before considered as eligible for merit promotions to that level; and must have a minimum of one-year on-the-job experience in the grade immediately below the next higher level in the grade immediately below the next higher level (GS-11) in the 0560 series. However, a new hire applicant must have competent experiences that are commensurate/equivalent to the budget analysis program business with demonstrated understandings of the program’s principles and concepts defined by the NG Title 5 Excepted Service Series GS-0560 position descriptions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: To qualify for the GS-0560-12 Non-Supervisory Position, the candidate must be eligible for entry into the position’s financial management certification career program based on the position’s GS-grade before final approval and appointment is processed. A candidate must have at least 36 months of finance budget experiences and competencies that provided in-depth knowledge of financial principles and procedures. Candidate must have a comprehensive understanding of the principles and concepts of the National Guard financial budget business program requirements. A candidate must have expanded experiences and training that that demonstrate the competencies to lead, follow directions, read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies and procedures. Knowledge of the general budget programming process to serve as an advisor and consultant to top management regarding budgetary matters. Knowledge of budget activities of organizational programs to review, edit, analyze and recommend approval or disapproval of proposed operating budgets and budget requests or requests for reprogramming and allotments. This knowledge is used to analyze budget estimates, considering multiple periods of execution in both single and multi-year appropriations, and to consolidate such estimates into a balanced document for both planning and monitoring purposes. Knowledge of financial management objectives of higher authorities to ensure policies comply with precedents and controls, and to provide guidance to management officials. Knowledge of the principles, practices, precedents, systems and techniques of budgeting, e.g., the DOD planning, programming and budget execution, zero-based budgeting and incremental budgeting, along with the ability to interrelate funding and manpower requirements and expense concepts to formulate and justify civilian and military budgets considering multiple periods of execution in both single and multi-year appropriations. This is also used to coordinate and review the budget formulation and justification for the organizational. This knowledge is required of both military and civilian budgeting processes, which are dissimilar and require special knowledge unique to each process. Knowledge of appropriation accountability, regulatory/statutory limitations, scope and latitude permitted by law and regulations, manpower accounting principles and procedures, management information systems and subsystems, and the relationship between the budget and accounting and reporting systems sufficient to execute the operating budget and provide advice on budget execution to management officials. Detailed knowledge of basic legislation and policies, procedures and regulations controlling budget processes to oversee the budget program. Requires skill in interpreting and applying the concepts and practices of the planning, programming, and budgeting systems used in DOD and/or the ARNG/ANG. ***As a condition of continued employment in the GS-0560-12 position, dependent on the position’s certification level, the employee must complete the higher financial management certification within 24 months of appointment to the position.***
THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION. This National Guard position is for a BUDGET OFFICER (Title 5), Position Description Number T5152000 and is part of the OK JFHQ, National Guard.