Budget Analyst

Veterans Health Administration; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Veterans Health Administration in Fargo, ND seeks a Budget Analyst (GS-9/GS-11) to form budgets, analyze expenditures, and prepare reports. The role emphasizes using standardized budgeting practices and MS Office tools to support fiscal decisions in a healthcare system.

Qualified candidates need specialized experience or higher education as outlined, with potential substitutions or combinations of education and experience for eligible grades.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in budget administration and financial reporting.
• Graduate education can substitute experience per policy.
• Combination of education and experience may meet requirements.

Skills

Budget administration

Financial data analysis

Report preparation

Education

Master's degree in related field

Graduate education (2 years)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Automated financial software

Job description

Employee will serve as a Budget Analyst located at the Veterans Healthcare System in Fargo, ND.

Qualifications To qualify for this Budget Analyst GS-9 grade level, applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following minimum qualification requirements.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-7) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Specialized experience includes performing financial work applying standardized practices of budget administration; gathering, reviewing, verifying, and consolidating a variety of financial data needed in the formulation and presentation of budget requests; using automated financial software and Microsoft Office programs to prepare budgetary and financial reports.

-OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed a master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B. or J.D., if related.

-OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate education (in excess of one year) and specialized experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

To qualify for this Budget Analyst GS-11 grade level, applicant(s) must meet at least one of the following minimum qualification requirements.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Requires one full year of specialized experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level (GS-9) in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. In addition to the specialized experience for the lower grade above, specialized experience for the GS-11 includes compiling statistical and narrative data to prepare a variety of reports, studies, fact sheets, and presentations covering status of funds; and developing analyses of actual and possible trends, investigating and explaining budgetary/fiscal deviations in obligations/expenditure.

-OR- SUBSTITUTION OF EDUCATION FOR EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Successfully completed a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

-OR- COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED): Equivalent combinations of successfully completed graduate education (in excess of two years) and specialized experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

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/.