Budget Analyst

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Asheville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs in the United States seeks a Budget Analyst to support VA Medical Center, National and Special Purpose Programs. The role involves analyzing funds, monitoring expenditures, and ensuring program compliance under federal guidelines.

The analyst applies knowledge of budget procedures, prepares justifications, and assists with budget requests while coordinating with internal customers and VA staff. Telework is ad-hoc; traditional hours apply.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance.
• Ability to plan, coordinate, and execute business functions, resource allocation, and production.
• Reviewing financial data and/or budget reports; assisting with justifications for funds.

Responsibilities

• Uses judgment to interpret guidelines, adapt procedures, decide approaches, and resolve problems.
• Broad knowledge of financial management regulations, practices, procedures, and policies regarding funds receipt, disbursement and accountability.
• Maintains complex fiscal transaction records and prepares required reports.
• Promotes VA missions by meeting customer needs; communicates in a courteous and respectful manner.
• Ability to query computer programs to extract information and supports standard office software use.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial monitoring

Regulatory compliance

Education

Master's degree or two years of graduate education leading to such degree

Ph.D. or equivalent degree (GS-11 option)

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Access

Outlook

Vista

Job description

Summary

This position uses knowledge of a wide range of budget-related principles - procedures - and methods to make recommendations on a variety of budgetary and administrative functions in support of the VA Medical Center - National - and Special Purpose Programs.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position - applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement - 09/24/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09.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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-09 GRADE REQUIREMENTS GS-09 Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position - and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable - this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-7 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Knowledge of procedures for assessing - evaluating - and monitoring programs or projects for compliance; Works and communicates with clients and customers; planning - coordination - and execution of business functions - resource allocation - and production; reviewing financial data and/or budget reports; Assisting with formulating justifications for requested funds. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): A master's degree (or equivalent graduate degree such as a L.L.B./J.D.) or two (2) academic years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree which demonstrates the knowledge - skills - and abilities necessary to do the work of the position. OR COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Combinations of successfully completed graduate school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for a GS-09. Only graduate education in excess of the first year may be used to qualify. GS-11 GRADE REQUIREMENTS GS-11 Specialized Experience: Applicants must possess at least one (1) year of specialized experience that equipped them with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to perform successfully the duties of this position - and that is typically in or related to the work of this position. To be creditable - this experience must have been equivalent to at least the GS-09 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes: Prepares - justifies - and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans - administers - and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization; recommending appropriate allocations and/or overseeing budget requests for conformance with program requirements. OR SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): A Ph.D. or equivalent degree or three (3) academic years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or an LL.M. if related. OR COMBINING EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (Transcript Required): Combinations of successfully completed graduate school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify for a GS-11. Only graduate education in excess of the first two years may be used to qualify. 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/.

Duties

• Duties include - but may not be limited to the following: Uses judgment to interpret guidelines - adapt procedures - decide approaches - and resolve specific problems
• Broad knowledge of a body of financial management regulations - practices - procedures - and policies concerning the receipt - disbursement and accountability of funds
• Knowledge of a wide variety of interrelated steps - conditions - and procedures or processes required to assemble - review - and maintain complex fiscal transactions
• Extensive knowledge of Department of Veterans Affairs directives - handbooks - and other financial regulations - laws - and requirements related to budget operations
• Knowledge of the negotiability - validity and genuineness of budget items - acceptability requirements of supporting documents - and Appropriation Law procedures in Federal and commercial institutions
• Knowledge of automated financial system to reconcile errors that require an understanding of nonstandard procedures
• Meets the needs of customers while supporting VA missions
• Consistently communicates and treats customers (veterans - their representatives - visitors and all VA staff) in a courteous - tactful and respectful manner
• Provides the customer with consistent information according to established policies and procedures
• Handles conflict and problems in dealing with the customer constructively and appropriately
• Maintains files and records and prepares reports that are required by the General Accounting Office - Treasury Department - and the Department of Veterans Affairs
• Ability to query computer programs to extract information
• Knowledge of Computer programs such as Microsoft Word - Excel - Access - Outlook and Vista
• Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory - qualification - and performance requirements are met
• Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level
• Work Schedule: 7:30am-4:00pm - Monday-Friday Telework: Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position
• Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD04401A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized