Budget Analyst

Federal Communications Commission; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

The Federal Communications Commission, located in Washington, DC, seeks a Budget Analyst to support the Office of the Managing Director’s Financial Operations Center. The role requires in-depth experience with budgeting, financial analysis, and the preparation of briefings for senior leaders.

Candidates should demonstrate expertise in budgeting processes, cost analyses, and working with general ledger systems, delivering clear analyses and spending plans for decision-makers at the executive

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing, formulating and executing complex budgets.
• Developing detailed budget justifications and spending plans.
• Conducting complex cost analyses, workload projections, and financial modeling.
• Preparing and delivering budget briefings, presentations, and written analyses for senior executives.
• Understanding and working with general ledger accounting.
• Interpreting and developing budgetary guidance.

Responsibilities

• Plan, formulate, and execute budget functions independently.
• Interpret statutes, appropriations, regulations, policies, and OMB guidance to analyze budgetary issues.
• Conduct independent budgetary and financial analyses; develop and evaluate budget estimates, spending plans, and justifications.
• Communicate complex budgetary and financial issues through high-level briefings, presentations, and reports.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial modeling

Cost analysis

Executive briefings

General ledger

Budget guidance

Job description

This position is located in the Office of the Managing Director (OMD), Financial Operations Center (FOC), Budget Center, Federal Communications Commission (FCC) located in Washington, DC. RELOCATION EXPENSES WILL NOT BE PAID. THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT MAY BE USED TO FILL ADDITIONAL POSITIONS WITHIN 90 DAYS.

Interested candidates should be passionate about the ideals of our American republic, committed to upholding the rule of law and the U.S. Constitution, and committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government.

Hiring decisions will not be based on race, sex, color, religion, or national origin.

Applicants must meet eligibility and qualification requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Current Federal employees asking to be considered under Merit Promotion procedures must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. Candidates must meet all of the specialized experience requirements outlined below in order to be deemed as qualified. Specialized Experience GS-13 IN ORDER TO BE DEEMED AS QUALIFIED, CANDIDATES MUST HAVE ONE YEAR OF SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE WHICH IS EQUIVALENT TO THE GS-12 GRADE LEVEL IN THE FEDERAL SERVICE.

Specialized Experience IS DEFINED AS:

1. Experience analyzing, formulating and executing complex budgets.
2. Experience leading the development of detailed budget justifications and spending plans.
3. Experience conducting complex cost analyses, workload projections, and financial modeling.
4. Experience preparing and delivering budget related briefings, presentations, and written analyses for senior executives.
5. Experience understanding and working with general ledger accounting.
6. Experience interpreting and developing budgetary guidance.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: 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). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.

SME REVIEW At the time of application you are required to take an external skills-based assessment which is based upon government-wide recognized competencies and consistent with OPM Merit Hiring Plan requirements and the Chance to Compete Act. Should you receive a passing score of 70 or higher, your application will be reviewed by subject matter experts to determine if you meet the OPM qualification requirements for this position.

COMPETENCIES Ability to independently perform all aspect of budget functions such as planning, formulation and execution. Ability to independently interpret and apply complex statutes, appropriations, regulations, policies, and OMB guidance to analyze budgetary issues. Ability to independently conduct complex budgetary and financial analyses; develop and evaluate budget estimates, spending plans, budget justification. Ability to independently analyze and communicate complex budgetary and financial issues through high-level briefings, presentations, written analyses, and other analytical products.