Budget Analyst (NCR)

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/15/2024. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. Selective Placement Factor(SPF): The selective placement factor for this position is: One year of experience in budget concepts, methods, and techniques to form, execute, and administer financial management of funds for a large complex healthcare system (military, federal, state or private) comprised of multiple medical centers, clinics, and administrative services. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is defined as work that involves applying analytical techniques to evaluate the cost effectiveness of program activities, forecast multi-year fiscal requirements, and resolve complex budgetary problems; applying budget concepts, methods, and techniques to administer financial management of funds for assigned activities; utilizing cost benefit analysis to determine the effects of changes on agency budget and program milestones; communicating ideas clearly, both orally and in writing. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Analytical Reasoning Budget Administration Communication Financial Management 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is primarily sedentary, but involves use of a government furnished computer so a degree of manual dexterity and visual acuity sufficient to utilize these tools are required. Some physical effort is required in that the incumbent lifts and carries reference books, working papers and similar items to and from meetings. A moderate amount of standing and walking is required in getting to and from meeting places away from the work site. The work does not require any special physical effort. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management’s website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.
The Budget Analyst works in the Office of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the VAs Electronic Health Record Modernization-Integration Office (EHRM-IO), within the Office of the Deputy Secretary of VA (DEPSECVA) The incumbent is responsible for managing, planning, organizing, and administrating annual and multi-year budgeting in support of a range of administrative, analytical and management activities. This position is physically located in the Washington, DC EHRM-IO Program Office.