Summary

The position(s) covered by this vacancy announcement is in the Department of Defense (DoD) Acquisition Workforce Personnel Demonstration Project (AcqDemo). For more information please see: ACQDEMO

Responsibilities

As a Budget Analyst at the NH-0560-4 some of your typical work assignments may include: Provide authoritative advice on all aspects of financial management, with primary focus on programming and budgeting. Build and defend program budget exhibits and congressional requests for information. Review, analyze, consolidate and revise budget estimates, justification statements and budget execution plans. Conduct studies and analyses of financial execution of programs. Recommend and/or implement remedial action to correct adverse trends and situations. Make appropriate adjustments to current-year accounts and future-year budgets. Formulate, justify, and execute the agency budget for multiple appropriations. Formulate organizational strategies, tactics, and budget/action plans to acquire and allocate resources. Lead team of financial integrators and formulation analysts in developing, compiling, and refining budget documents, congressional requests for information, and responding to external tasks and drills.

Requirements

Conditions of Employment

Qualifications

You may qualify at the NH-04 if you fulfill the following qualifications: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the NH-03 or GS-13 grade level in the Federal service: - Demonstrated experience formulating and justifying program objective memorandums and President's budget submissions.

• Expert knowledge of RDT&E, Procurement, and O&M appropriations and their characteristics, uses, applications, and structure.

• Expert knowledge of budgetary policies, processes, practices regulations and laws, principles, and procedures in order to program and budget for resources among multiple appropriations and program elements.

• Expert knowledge of agency goals, resources, objectives, organizations and functions, and policies and organizations in order to research, plan, coordinate, and prepare financial reports and documents.

• Knowledge of automated data processing concepts and systems capabilities to effectively complete assignments.

• Expert knowledge of the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process.

• Knowledge of Department of Defense Acquisition processes.

• Expert skill in communicating orally and in writing in order to brief executive leadership and to draft budget documents and congressional requests for information.

• Experience in leading teams to and coordinating the activities of multiple stakeholders to produce integrated final products. 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). 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.

Education

Substitution of education may not be used in lieu of specialized experience for this grade level.

Additional Information

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA): To be eligible for a VEOA appointment under Merit Promotion procedures, the veteran must be a preference eligible or a veteran separated after 3 years or more of continuous active service performed under honorable conditions. Interagency Career Transition Assistance Programs: This program applies to employees who have been involuntarily separated from a Federal service position within the competitive service or Federal service employees whose positions have been deemed surplus or no longer needed. To receive selection priority for this position, you must: 1) meet ICTAP eligibility criteria; 2) be rated well-qualified for the position; Well qualified is defined as possessing the type and quality of experience that exceeds the positions minimum qualifications. and 3) submit the appropriate documentation to support your ICTAP eligibility. For more information: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/. Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities: For more information on noncompetitive appointment authority eligibility requirements:

Person with Disabilities- Schedule A

Special Hiring Authorities for Veterans

Other Special Appointment Authorities

Special Hiring Authority for Certain Military Spouses Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx ) To receive consideration please make sure you select ALL appropriate eligibilities in the application questionnaire. Other Notes:

ACQUISITION POSITION: This position requires Acquisition Workforce Level III Certification in Business-Financial Management prior to hiring is not essential but must be accomplished within 24 months after entry into this position. Selectee must acquire 80 continuous learning points every two years. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Selectee or incumbent must be able to obtain the appropriate certification level for their position. This is a Financial Management Level 3 Certified position. IAW Public Law 112-81 and DoD Policy the incumbent shall comply with the requirements of DoD FM Certification program within the allotted timeframe.Only experience and education obtained by the closing date of this announcement will be considered. Re-employed Annuitant: This position does/does not meet criteria for re-employed annuitant. The DoD criteria for hiring Re-employed Annuitants can be found at:

http://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/140025/1400.25-V300.pdf