Budget Analyst

National Park Service; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

National Park Service in San Francisco seeks a Budget Analyst to support park-wide budget teams. You will review budgets, provide financial planning advice, prepare summaries, and monitor allocations to ensure compliance with laws and policies.

You will identify trends, conduct periodic reviews, and help managers with guidance on financial management matters from regional sources and the DOI. This role is on-site in the San Francisco area.

Qualifications

• Budget analysis skills
• Financial planning understanding
• Policy compliance awareness

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze budgets to ensure proper use of funds according to allocations, policies, procedures, laws, and required formats.
• Provide financial planning advice, including needs versus funding; determine submission formats and coordinate and consolidate requests for the park.
• Prepare budget summaries for submission, compile status of funds, adjust accounts, and prepare support justifications for reprogramming requests.
• Review and analyze requests for adjustments in allocations, transfers of funds between units and agencies, and special funding distributions.
• Establish and maintain a current and functional control record of all assigned allocations and authorizations received and disbursed.
• Analyze and summarize financial reports.
• Identify and evaluate trends and potential problems.
• Conduct periodic financial reviews to ensure rate of expenditures are within approved funding levels.
• Drafts a variety of financial reviews, instructions, and procedures.
• Participate in reviewing and analyzing directions and procedures on financial management matters from Region, WASO, & DOI and develop guidance for managers to accomplish objectives.

Job description

You will serve as a Budget Analyst with National Park Service.

The Budget Analysts works on budget teams that serve all divisions park wide.

Some of the major duties you will perform include but not limited to the following:

• Review and analyze budgets to ensure preparation and use of the funds are in accordance with allocations, policies, procedures, laws, and required formats.
• Provide financial planning advice, including needs versus funding; determine submission formats and coordinate and consolidate requests for the park.
• Prepare budget summaries for submission, compile status of funds, adjust accounts, and prepare support justifications for reprogramming requests.
• Review and analyze requests for adjustments in allocations, transfers of funds between units and agencies, and special funding distributions.
• Establish and maintain a current and functional control record of all assigned allocations and authorizations received and disbursed.
• Analyze and summarize financial reports.
• Identify and evaluate trends and potential problems.
• Conduct periodic financial reviews to ensure rate of expenditures are within approved funding levels.
• Drafts a variety of financial reviews, instructions, and procedures.
• Participate in reviewing and analyzing directions and procedures on financial management matters from Region, WASO, & DOI and develop guidance for managers to accomplish objectives.