Budget Technician

Veterans Health Administration; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Veterans Health Administration, Budget Technician within the Office of Research and Development (ORD), VISN 10, plays a key role in auditing expenditures and supervising financial activities for research programs. The position requires careful coordination with contracting staff and program managers to ensure accurate budget status and compliance with federal guidance.

Applicants must meet Time-In-Grade requirements, provide SF-50 documentation, and demonstrate one year of specialized

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience equivalent to GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation.
• Auditing, tracking and monitoring of expenditures from funding sources.
• Working with contracting staff to establish, monitor, renew, and troubleshoot contracts to support investigator and program needs.
• Processing and tracking purchase documents, and providing updates regarding status of the purchase.
• Preparing budgetary and financial audit reports.
• Working closely with a variety of managers, staff and customers to provide guidance, answer questions, and resolve budget conflicts.

Skills

Accounting

Financial Management

Customer Service

Contracting/Procurement

Job description

The position serves as a Budget Technician within the Veterans Heath Administration (VHA), Office of Research and Development (ORD), VISN 10.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 09/11/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50, \"Notification of Personnel Action\" to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year time-in-grade. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade. Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. AND You may qualify based on your experience as described below.

Specialized Experience:

You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

1. Auditing, tracking and monitoring of expenditures from funding sources;


2. Working with contracting staff to establish, monitor, renew, and troubleshoot contracts to support investigator and program needs;


3. Processing and tracking purchase documents, and providing updates regarding status of the purchase;


4. Preparing budgetary and financial audit reports;


5. Working closely with a variety of managers, staff and customers to provide guidance, answer questions, and resolve budget conflicts.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

Competencies for this position:

• Accounting


• Financial Management


• Customer Service


• Contracting/Procurement

Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description.

Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties.

To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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; religions; 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.

Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit OPM's web site at http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/standards/indexes/alph-ndx.asp.