Budget Analyst

United States Attorneys' Offices; Baltimore (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Attorneys' Offices in Maryland seeks a Budget Analyst to support the Executive Office with budget planning, analysis, and financial reporting across districts. The role requires interpreting budgets, tracking funds, and producing formal reports for management decisions.

The incumbent will work with senior staff to ensure timely obligations and compliance, with responsibilities expanding as training progresses. This is a full-time federal position located in the EOUSA environment.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service or
• a Ph.D. or three full years of graduate education in a related field (e.g. Accounting, Financial Management, Public Administration, Business Administration); or a combination of experience and education.

Responsibilities

• Plan and direct budget administration with senior management to support effectiveness.
• Perform routine budget administration and financial management duties for budgeting, internal controls, accounting and reporting.
• Provide a wide variety of budgetary reports covering funds, expenses and obligations.
• Monitor and track obligations and expenditures for the office.
• Verify obligations and expenditures occur on a timely basis per controls.
• Gather, extract, review, verify and consolidate narrative and statistical data for budget operations and reporting.
• Prepare and evaluate budget justifications and requests.
• Compare current funding estimates with prior year expenditures and flag significant variations.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial management

Budget reporting

Data analysis

Education

Graduate degree in Accounting/Finance

Public Administration/Business Administration

Job description

Summary

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.

Summary

For more information on the Department of Justice and the United States Attorneys' Offices, visit http://www.justice.gov/usao/.
As needed, additional positions may be filled using this announcement.
This position is also being announced to All U.S. Citizens and Nationals under 26-MD-13040425-DE.
Duties
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This position is located in United States Attorney's Office, Executive Office of the United States Attorneys (EOUSA). EOUSA is the central service office for the districts that have substantial authority to complete and provide guidance on all budgetary matters. In collaboration with EOUSA, the incumbent serves as a Budget Analyst for the districts.

Responsibilities Include The Following

• Planning and directing budget administration along with senior management staff on options to administer financial and budget matters to support the effectiveness;
• Performing routine and recurring budget administration and financial management duties which facilitate the analysis and review functions and specific operational and analytical duties for administering the United States Attorney's Office (USAO) financial management program including budget, internal controls, accounting and financial reporting functions;
• Providing a wide variety of budgetary reports covering the status of funds, expenses, and obligations;
• Monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office;
• Verifying obligations and expenditures occur on a timely basis in accordance with regulatory controls;
• Gathering, extracting, reviewing, verifying, and consolidating a variety of narrative information and statistical data needed for budget operations and financial reporting;
• Preparing and evaluating budget justifications and requests; and,
• Comparing current estimates of funding needs by line item or object class with prior year expenditures and bringing significant variations to the attention of the supervisor.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

Qualifications

To be eligible at the GS-11 level, you must meet one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level in the Federal service as defined below; or a Ph.D., equivalent doctorate degree, or three full years of progressively higher-level graduate education in a related field (e.g. Accounting, Financial Management, Public Administration, Business Administration); or a combination of experience and education.

Specialized experience

is defined as formulating, presenting, advising and executing the budget; overseeing financial management operations and tracking funds; and, composing a variety of budgetary reports using automated financial systems and databases to develop statistical reports for management use.

Combining Education and Experience:

A combination of experience and graduate-level education can be used if, when combined, are equivalent to 100 percent of the qualification requirement. Only graduate-level education in excess of the first two years can be used in this calculation. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate-level hours that exceed 36 semester hours (or your school's definition of two years of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, combine the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100 percent.

Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)-

The ICTAP provides eligible displaced Federal competitive service employees with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your agency has notified you in writing that you are a displaced employee eligible for ICTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your ICTAP eligibility; 2) you apply under the instructions in the announcement; and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well-qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide proof of eligibility to receive selection priority. Such proof may include a copy of your written notification of ICTAP eligibility or a copy of your separation personnel action form. Additional information about ICTAP eligibility is at: http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-

The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.

Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA)

-VEOA allows eligible veterans to apply and compete for positions announced under merit promotion procedures when the hiring agency is recruiting from outside its own workforce. To be eligible for a VEOA appointment, a veteran must be honorably separated and either a preference eligible or have substantially completed three (3) or more years of continuous active military service. If you are applying for a Merit Promotion announcement and wish to be considered under VEOA, you must submit a copy of the Member Copy 4 of your DD-214, in addition to any other required documents listed on this announcement.

Special Employment Consideration

- Persons with disabilities, veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more, certain other veterans, spouses of certain members of the armed forces, and returning Peace Corps volunteers are examples of individuals who are potentially eligible for non-competitive appointments. For further information, click on the links provided below . You must specify in your online questionnaire under what authority you wish to be considered and submit appropriate documentation to verify your eligibility.

Noncompetitive Appointment Authorities Links

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/competitive-hiring/#url=Types-of-Appointments

Education

All academic degrees and coursework must be completed at a college or university that has obtained accreditation or pre-accreditation status from an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. For a list of schools that meet this criteria, see http://www.ed.gov

OR

Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above education requirements if you can show that the foreign education is comparable to that received in an accredited educational institution in the United States. It is your responsibility to timely provide such evidence by submitting proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency with your application materials. More information may be found at http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ous/international/usnei/us/edlite-visitus-forrecog.html. All documentation must be in English or include an English translation.

Additional information

Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

The Department of Justice offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes, in part, paid vacation; sick leave; holidays; telework; life insurance; health benefits; and participation in the Federal Employees Retirement System.

Selective Service:

If you are a male applicant born after December 31, 1959, you must certify that you have registered with the Selective Service System, or are exempt from having to do so under the Selective Service Law. See http://www.sss.gov/.

Reasonable Accommodation Statement:

Federal Agencies must provide reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities, where appropriate. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should contact the hiring agency directly. Determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made on a case-by-case basis.

EEO Statement/Policy:

The United States government does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non‑merit factor. More information can be found here: https://www.justice.gov/jmd/media/1425556/dl?inline.

Political Appointees (Current or Former):

The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non‑Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, etc.

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