Budget Analyst - Recent Graduate

Department of Energy Headquarters; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Department of Energy Headquarters in the United States offers the Recent Graduates Program, a dynamic, one-year developmental opportunity promoting careers in the Federal Government for recent graduates. Successful completion may lead to non-competitive conversion to a term or permanent position.

As a GS-7 Budget Analyst you will support budget formulation and execution, prepare routine reports, monitor obligations and expenditures, and assist in narratives and justifications.

Qualifications

• Budget analysts support formulation and execution activities.
• Prepare routine budget reports and narratives.
• Monitor obligations and expenditures to ensure compliance.
• Analyze budget estimates and reasonableness for project needs.

Responsibilities

• Ensure reports are accurate, concise, comprehensive, and on time.
• Coordinate formulation of budgets and execution of funding transactions.
• Prepare routine and recurring budget reports.
• Assist in preparation, review and consolidation of budget narratives, estimates, and justifications.
• Monitor obligations and expenditures; review and forecast funding needs.
• Analyze budget estimates and narratives for reasonableness and adequacy.

Skills

Budget analysis

Budget formulation

Budget execution

Report preparation

Data analysis

Education

Foreign education accepted (eligibility evaluation)

Job description

• Hiring Agency: Department of Energy Headquarters

The Recent Graduates Program is a dynamic, one-year developmental program that promotes careers in the Federal Government to recent graduates. Recent Graduates who successfully complete Program requirements may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a term or permanent position in the civil service.

Key Responsibilities

This position offers varying full performance levels (e.g., GS-11, GS-12, or GS-13 equivalent) depending on the specific needs of the selecting Program Office. Further details regarding specific grade levels and responsibilities will be discussed during the interview process. As a GS-7 Budget Analyst you will: Ensure that reports are accurate, concise, comprehensive, and on time.

Coordinate formulation of budgets as well as execution of funding transactions in accordance with DOE budgetary policy and guidelines. Conduct a variety of routine, limited analyses requiring knowledge of budget formulation and execution. Prepare a variety of routine and recurring budget reports relative to the availability of funds, and the status of expenses, and obligations.

Assist in the preparation, review and consolidation of budget formulation narratives, estimates, and justifications. As a GS-9 Budget Analyst you will: Perform budget formulation, execution and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of funds as well as development of budget materials.

Monitor, track, and review obligations, expenditures, reimbursable orders, and requests for allotments, identifying and reporting differences that are not aligned with annual work plans and actions taken regarding budget requests. Review organizational historical data and/or matches funding requests or projected costs of select line items with past records to determine trends in spending and forecasts annual funding needs.

Analyze budget estimates and narratives for reasonableness and adequacy as related to increases, decreases, or change in project scope or outcome. Assist in preparing supporting data, documentation, and narrative and quantitative budget justification estimates and statements. Please note there may be many vacancies that may be filled in any of the below locations. This is NOT a remote position. You will have to report to the duty station you are selected for.

Please select the top 2 locations you are willing to report to and/or relocate to.

Requirements & Education

FOREIGN EDUCATION: Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. You must show proof the education credentials have been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in a conventional U.S. education program. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

For special instructions pertaining to foreign education and a list of organizations that can evaluate foreign education, see the Department of Education website. If you are qualifying on foreign education, you MUST submit proof of creditability of education as evaluated by a credentialing agency. Refer to OPM Instructions.

What constitutes a valid certificate program: The Pathways Programs regulation (see 5 CFR 362.102) defines certificate program as post-secondary education at either: A qualifying educational institution (trade or vocational school, 2-year or 4-year college or university, or graduate or professional school) equivalent to at least one academic year of full-time study that is part of an accredited college-level, technical, trade, vocational, or business school curriculum.; OR A qualifying career or technical education program of at least one year that awards a recognized postsecondary credential.

What types of programs would meet the eligibility criteria for a qualifying career or technical education program?

Three types of programs meet these criteria: Federally administered educational programs that provide rigorous academic content, technical skill proficiency, and a recognized postsecondary credential to prepare the individual for further education and/or a career in a current or emerging profession.; Registered Apprenticeship Programs; and Federally administered local, state, national, or international volunteer service programs.

What is a Federally administered career or technical education program?

A Federally administered career or technical education program is subject to programmatic oversight by a federal agency that includes: The nature and scope of work to be performed by participants, The type(s) and scope of training to be provided to participants, The types of skills participants will acquire or develop during the program (e.g., teaching, environmental, business, scientific, public health/health care, languages), The level and extent of mentoring participants will receive, and The metrics for successful completion of the program.

Programmatic oversight may be reflected in partnership or cooperative agreements.

Which agency is hiring for this position?

This position is with Department of Energy Headquarters, Department of Energy.

What is the salary for this position?

The posted pay range is $50460 – $100315/yr.

What is the application deadline?

Applications close on 2026-11-17.

Who is eligible to apply?

This position is open under the 'Graduates' hiring path.