Budget Analyst

U.S. Army Cyber Command; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Army Cyber Command in Adams, PA seeks a budget and financial management professional for a Cyber Excepted Service (CES) position. This role operates under the Excepted Service and requires adherence to DoD and U.S. Code requirements.

Key responsibilities include preparing periodic cost and performance reports, monitoring budget plans, maintaining records to prevent over-obligation, and updating budget estimates using expenditure data.

Qualifications

• Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of graduate education in accounting or business administration.
• Combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%.
• Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs and other organizations.

Responsibilities

• Preparing periodic cost and performance reports to identify variances in operational spending.
• Monitoring budget plans or programs to ensure obligations are in accordance with regulatory controls.
• Maintaining budgetary records to prevent over-obligation.
• Utilizing expenditure data to revise annual budget estimates.

Education

Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of graduate education in accounting or business administration

Job description

About the Position:

This position is a DOD Cyber Excepted Service (CES) personnel system position in the Excepted Service under 10 USC 1599f. Employees occupying CES positions are in the Excepted Service and must adhere to U.S. Code, Title 10, as well as Department of Defense Instruction 1400.25. This position is located in Adams, Pennsylvania.

CYBER EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITIONS ARE NOT SUBJECT TO THE TWO-PAGE RESUME LIMIT. YOUR FULL RESUME WILL NEED TO BE UPLOADED TO YOUR USAJOBS PROFILE USING THE DOCUMENT TYPE "OTHER DOCUMENTS".

Who May Apply:

Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities.

Current Army Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Employee Current Army Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS) Employee Current Department of Army Civilian Employees Applying to Cyber Excepted Service (CES) Positions Army CES positions apply Veteran's Preference to preference eligible candidates, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., in accordance with the procedures provided in DoD Instruction 1400.25, Volume 3005, 'CES Employment and Placement'.

If you are a veteran claiming veterans' preference, as defined by Section 2108 of Title 5 U.S.C., you must submit documents verifying your eligibility with your application package. In order to qualify, you must meet the one year requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document.

Specialized Experience

1. preparing periodic cost and performance reports to identify variances in operational spending;
2. monitoring budget plans or programs to ensure obligations are in accordance with regulatory controls;
3. maintaining budgetary records to prevent over-obligation;
4. utilizing expenditure data to revise annual budget estimates.

Education / Degree Requirements

Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: accounting and business administration.

Combination of Education and Experience

A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 12. Then divide the total number of completed graduate semester hours (or equivalent) beyond the second year (total graduate semester hours minus 36) by 18. Add the two percentages.