Budget Analyst

About the company

This position is located within the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service (FMCS), Headquarters, Office of Financial Resources.

Your tasks

The Budget Analyst is responsible for a range of functions within financial management, including, but not limited to, budget formulation, budget execution, administrative management, systems accounting, and serving as a technical advisor. In this position, you will: Distribute allocated funds within an automated financial system in accordance with budgeted amounts. Develop budget execution plans within an automated financial system to meet time-phased requirements. Analyze trends in fund utilization to prepare cost and performance reports. Investigate significant variances from the budget. Provide budgetary advice to the Director of Financial Resources and administrative staff. Explain budget limitations and program requirements to Director of Financial Resources. Analyze program and budget guidance to determine the impact on operations. Review requests for the reprogramming of funds to ensure local approval limitations. Analyze the reasonableness of data and the consistency of estimates.

Requirements

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the particular competencies/qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position and is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level includes: 1) Independently perform a variety of complex budgetary functions; 2) formulate, justify, and execute the budget for assigned programs; 3) analyze the impact of legislative and regulatory changes on the budget; 4) provide authoritative advice on all phases of the budget process; 5) develop and present detailed budget briefings to supervisor; and 6) resolve complex funding issues that arise during budget execution.

Time in grade: Current federal employees applying for a promotion opportunity must meet time-in-grade (TIG) requirement of 52 weeks of service at the next lower grade level in the normal line of progression for the position being filled. This position requires submission of a 2-page resume and completion of a USA HIRE assessment based on selected competencies. Candidates scoring above 90 on the USA HIRE assessment will be considered best qualified. Your resume will then be reviewed by an HR Specialist and a Subject Matter Expert to determine if you meet the specialized experience and qualification requirements as outlined in the announcement. If you are found minimally qualified, a rating panel will review your resume.

Your resume must have complete information. Please ensure your resume accurately reflects the duties and responsibilities under each position you have held with each employer. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. It is your responsibility to make sure your resume states complete information for each job entry (beginning and ending dates of employment stated as MM/YYYY; and total hours worked per week). If your resume does not provide enough information regarding your work history for us to make a creditable qualification determination, your application package may be rendered disqualified and you will no longer be considered for this position.

Part-time or unpaid experience: Credit will be given for appropriate unpaid work on the same basis as for paid experience. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. To receive credit for such experience you must indicate clearly the nature of the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the number of hours per week spent in such employment.

Other

Basis for Rating: The rating panel will evaluate applicants' resume, then place them into one of the following categories: Highly Qualified, Well Qualified and Qualified.

• Highly Qualified - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and has extensive skills and experience in most of the job related competencies above.
• Well Qualified - Meets the minimum qualification requirements and has a moderate amount of skills and experience in most of the job related competencies above.
• Qualified - Meets the minimum qualification requirements, but may have a limited amount of experience in several of the job related competencies.

Qualifications must be met by the Closing Date: You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by 11:59pm EDT on the closing date of this announcement. After you submit this application, you will receive an e-mail informing you that a USA Hire assessment is required. You will have 48 hours from the closing date of this announcement, 10/28/2026, to complete the assessment as this assessment is part of your application.