Budget Analyst.

US Army Corps of Engineers; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

US Army Corps of Engineers in Portland, OR is seeking a Budget Analyst to monitor overhead funding execution and prepare forecasted reports for leadership. You will collaborate on annual DOH budget inputs and track monthly performance against allocations.

Responsibilities include processing A/E contractor payments and accruals, validating invoices, and resolving discrepancies. Strong Excel skills and knowledge of federal financial management are required.

Qualifications

• Experience using Excel for budgeting and reporting.
• Knowledge of federal financial management concepts.
• Ability to analyze funding and expenditures for budgets.

Responsibilities

• Monitor overhead funding execution and expenditures.
• Develop forecasted, ad-hoc, and status reports for divisions.
• Process contractor payments and monthly accruals; validate invoices.
• Coordinate with Project Managers on funding and life-cycle plans.

Skills

Excel

Budget tracking

Financial analysis

Data visualization

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration/Financial Management/Accounting/Economics

Tools

SAM

Finance software

Job description

Duties

• Monitor and analyze project and departmental overhead (DOH) funding execution, evaluating labor/expenditure trends and recommending corrective actions to meet fiscal goals.
• Research financial databases to develop recurring, forecasted, and ad-hoc status of funds, obligation, and expenditure reports for division leadership and product review meetings.
• Collaborate on the formulation of annual DOH operating budget requirements and conduct monthly tracking to ensure proper fiscal performance and adjustments.
• Process Architect-Engineer (A/E) contractor payments and monthly accruals, validating invoices against year-to-date totals and System for Award Management (SAM) data.
• Conduct quarterly Unliquidated Obligation (ULO) reviews and coordinate bi-weekly labor and CADD balances with Project Managers to maintain adequate funding coverage.
• Financially receive external work requests (MIPRs, customer orders, interagency funds), establishing work items, resource plans, and life-cycle funding schedules.
• Prepare, originate, and amend procurement requests, purchase orders, and commitments in accordance with Federal appropriation law and fiscal guidelines.
• Investigate and resolve fiscal discrepancies, including rejected labor charges, accounting errors, and customer order funds repositioning.
• Guide personnel on proper financial coding (work items, org/resource/work category codes) and provide data load and monitoring support for automated project management systems.

Conditions of employment

• Appointment may be subject to a suitability or fitness determination, as determined by a completed background investigation.
• Financial Management Certification (Level 1 at the GS-05 and GS-07; Level 2 at the GS-09) within 2 years of placement into the position.

Qualifications

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

• 30 Percent or More Disabled Veterans
• Current Department of Army Civilian Employees
• Current Department of Defense (DOD) Civilian Employee (non-Army)
• Domestic Defense Industrial Base/Major Range and Test Facilities Base Civilian Personnel Workforce
• Executive Order (E.O.) 12721
• Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan
• Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act
• Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473
• Non-Department of Defense (DoD) Transfer
• Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Interchange Agreement Eligible
• People with Disabilities, Schedule A
• Postal Service/Peace Corps and Other Unique Authorities
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible
• Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement
• Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible
• Reinstatement
• Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998

In order to qualify, you must meet the experience and/or education 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

(GS-05) General Experience: Three years progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level, which includes creating spreadsheets to organize and manipulate data utilizing Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet software and providing customer service in an office for a large organization. This definition of general experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-04).

OR

Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Financial Management, Accounting, Economics, etc.

OR

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 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages. Transcripts are required at the time of application.

There is no time in grade requirement at the GS-05 level.

(GS-07) Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes utilizing excel (or similar) software and other automated financial management software to perform budget, accounting, and/or fiscal tasks. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-05).

OR

Education: One full year of graduate level education in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work of the position, such as: Business Administration, Financial Management, Accounting, Economics, etc.

OR

Superior Academic Achievement: Successful completion of all the requirements for a bachelor's degree with Superior Academic Achievement. In order to be creditable under this provision, Superior Academic Achievement must have been gained in a curriculum that is qualifying for the position to be filled, such as that identified in Education above. Superior Academic Achievement is based on:

• Class Standing - Applicants must be in the upper third of the graduating class in the college, university, or major subdivision, such as the College of Liberal Arts or the School of Business Administration, based on completed courses; OR
• Grade-Point Average (G.P.A.) - Applicants must have a grade-point average of either (a) 3.0 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B" or better) as recorded on your official transcript, or as computed based on 4 years of education, or as computed based on courses completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum; or (b) 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 ("B+" or better) based on the average of the required courses completed in the major field or the required courses in the major field completed during the final 2 years of the curriculum.; OR
• Honor Society Membership - Applicants may be considered eligible based on membership in one of the approved national scholastic honor societies listed by the Association of College Honor Societies (https://www.achsnatl.org/).

OR

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) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement for placement at the GS-07: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-05).

(GS-09) Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience which includes 1) using formulas and pivot tables in excel or similar spreadsheet software; 2)monitoring, tracking, and validating proper commitments, obligations, and expenditures on a project; 3)extracting and consolidating financial data from multiple databases to create financial spreadsheets, charts, and graphs; 4) communicating with peers and internal customer on funding, resourcing and similar budget related matters; 5) explaining and summarizing the reasons for changes in funding needs or expenditures for specific line items; and/or 6) reviewing and making recommendations on budget execution documents based on availability of funds and compliance with regulatory requirements. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service (GS-07).

OR

Education: Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 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: Business Administration, Financial Management, Accounting, Economics, etc.

OR

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 first year (total graduate semester hours minus 18) by 18. Add the two percentages.

Time in Grade Requirement for placement at the GS-09: Applicants who have held a General Schedule (GS) position within the last 52 weeks must have 52 weeks of Federal service at the next lower grade or equivalent (GS-07).

Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit:

Additional information

• A Relocation Incentive may be considered.
• A Recruitment Incentive may be considered.
• Enhanced Leave Accrual may be considered.
• Advanced Rate of pay may be considered.
• Management may select at any of the grade levels announced.
• Noncompetitive promotion potential to target grade.
• Male applicants born after December 31, 1959, must complete a Pre-Employment