Budget Analyst

National Park Service; Harpers Ferry (WV); Remote; USD 85,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework eligible

Job summary

The National Park Service seeks a Budget Analyst to serve as a consultant and advisor in all phases of budget and financial management matters.

The incumbent provides leadership to managers of budget programs in budget formulation and execution, formulates and executes financial plans, and ensures sound control of obligations and appropriations. This telework eligible position offers a pay range of $85,447 to $113,142 per year.

Qualifications

• You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred.
• Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.
• Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.
• For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications

Responsibilities

• Formulates and establishes effective and sound control procedures to ensure control of obligations so that deficits are not incurred and obligations do not exceed the approved apportionment.
• Periodically reviews report of unobligated balances and prepares status and justification reports.
• Determines need for reapportionments based on reviews and initiates requests.
• Formulates and executes broad financial plans and policies affecting the authorization and use of funds.
• Provides technical direction and leadership to improve efficiency and effectiveness of financial management operations at all levels.

Job description

You will serve as a Budget Analyst with National Park Service. The incumbent serves as a consultant and advisor in all phases of budget and related financial management matters. Provides leadership to managers of budget programs in budget formulation and execution.

Key Responsibilities

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Formulates and establishes effective and sound control procedures to ensure control of obligations so that at no time are deficits incurred in any appropriation and obligations do not exceed the approved apportionment for any period. Periodically reviews report of unobligated balances and prepares status and justification reports.

Determines need for reapportionments based on these reviews and initiates requests for same. Formulates and executes broad financial plans and policies affecting the authorization and use of funds.

Prepares, recommends, and justifies the allocation of funds based on analysis of the budget presentation, legislative directives, workload analyses, annual work plans, field estimates and reports, and financial studies and investigations to achieve a sound financial management program in the National Park Service (NPS) and to ensure equitable and correlated distribution of funds.

Provides technical direction and leadership to improve efficiency and effectiveness of financial management operations at all levels. Duties will be developmental in nature when filled below the full performance level.

Requirements & Education

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position.

Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work.

Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs.

For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $85447 – $113142/yr.

Is this position remote or telework eligible?

This position is eligible for telework.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-10-21.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Fed Transition' hiring path.