Budget Analyst

US Office of Workers' Compensation Programs; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

The U.S. Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs (OWCP) in Washington, DC seeks a Budget Analyst within the Division of Financial Administration, Branch of Budget Execution and Formulation.

The role supports the formulation, justification and execution of OWCP’s budget and requires careful data analysis and documentation. Applicants must demonstrate precise experience with budgeting, forecasting and funding distribution, and must provide dates for prior work to establish creditable specialized

Qualifications

• Experience analyzing budgets, preparing forecasts and justifications for budget formulation or execution.
• Ability to link financial planning to budget execution and formulation.
• Proficiency with spreadsheet software to analyze data, create macros and pivot tables.
• Experience preparing apportionments and allotments to distribute funding.

Responsibilities

• Prepare analyses and forecasts for budget formulation or execution.
• Link financial planning and budget execution to formulation processes.
• Use spreadsheet tools to perform data analyses, macros and pivot tables.
• Prepare apportionments and allotments to distribute funding.

Skills

Budget analysis & forecasting

Financial planning integration

Advanced spreadsheet analysis

Funding distribution & apportionments

Tools

Spreadsheet software

Job description

This position is for a Budget Analyst located in the National Office of the United States Department of Labor, Office of Workers' Compensation (OWCP) Programs, Division of Financial Administration, Branch of Budget Execution and Formulation. The Branch of Budget Execution and Formulation provides leadership, direction and performance in the formulation, justification and execution of all aspects of the OWCP budget.

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. Position titles alone cannot be used to determine if you are qualified. Please list dates in MM/DD/YY format. This is imperative in determining if whether you have at least one year of creditable specialized experience. Dates will not be assumed. For the GS-13: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-12 in the Federal Service.

Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level.

Specialized experience required for this position is defined as experience performing at least 3 of the following:

• Preparing analyses and justification, and analyses and forecasts for budget formulation or budget execution;


• Linking financial planning and budget execution to budget formulation;


• Utilizing spreadsheet software to perform data analyses and prepare macros, pivot tables, etc;


• Preparing apportionments and allotments to distribute funding