Budget Analyst

Veterans Health Administration; Fayetteville (NC); On-site; USD 65,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The Fayetteville VA Medical Center, part of the Veterans Health Administration, is seeking a Budget Analyst to support budget formulation and execution for its fiscal programs.

Applicants must meet time-in-grade requirements and specialized experience as described in the announcement; education options include a Ph.D. or equivalent degree. This role emphasizes analysis, reporting, and collaboration with services to ensure compliant financial operations.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-09 in the normal line of progression.
• Examples include reviewing and analyzing organizational budgets.
• Examples include compiling statistical data for reporting, studies, and presentations.
• Using operating systems and software to manipulate data and produce reports.
• Communicating and assisting services with budget matters and electronic financial systems.

Responsibilities

• Apply budget analysis theory, concepts, methods and procedures to VA programs.
• Support budget formulation and execution within the VA's fiscal framework.
• Assist with data manipulation and reporting for budget-related decisions.

Skills

Budget analysis

Data reporting

Software proficiency

Communication

Education

Ph.D. or doctoral degree

3 years of graduate education

LL.M. (related)

Job description

The position is located in the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Mid-Atlantic Health Care Network (VISN 6), Fayetteville VA Medical Center, Fiscal Service Fayetteville, NC. The Budget Analyst supports the VA mission by applying budget analysis theory, concepts, methods and procedures connected with the budget formulation, and execution of VA's particular programs, systems, procedures, functions, and structure of the supported organizational component.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/14/2026.

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-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. Award 50's do not provide sufficient information and will not be accepted for the purpose of verifying 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:

Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-09 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to:

• Reviewing and analyzing organizational budgets
• compiling statistical data for reporting, studies, and presentations
• utilizing operating systems and software to manipulate data and produce reports
• communicating and assisting services with budget matters and electronic financial systems

OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED - MUST HAVE DATE DEGREE WAS CONFERRED OR AWARDED). or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related.

OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond successfully completed graduate level education (in excess of the first year or 18 semester hours) and specialized experience to meet total experience requirements. NOTE: If using education combined with specialized experience to qualify, a copy of your transcript is required.

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/.