Business Analyst

DLA Careers; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

DLA Careers is seeking a Business Analyst in the Philadelphia area to support the Department of Defense finance and budgeting processes. The role focuses on budget formulation, execution, and monitoring, along with analyzing financial performance and advising on pricing strategies.

Strong coordination with HQ comptroller is expected. The ideal candidate will have experience in government budgeting, financial management, and policy-aligned recommendations to improve program outcomes.

Qualifications

• One year of specialized experience in budget formulation, execution, and financial analysis.
• Experience identifying valuation discrepancies and applying pricing rules.

Responsibilities

• Budget formulation, execution, allocation, and monitoring of resources to support strategic plans.
• Provide guidance on financial implications of program proposals.
• Analyze financial performance, consolidate findings, and communicate recommendations to management.
• Formulate, monitor, and revise operational budgets for organizations.
• Determine pricing methodology and execute price changes.
• Process funding documents and manage reimbursable internal orders.
• Facilitate end-to-end business cycle design aligned with strategic direction.

Job description

Summary

See below for important information regarding this job.

Duties

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• As a Business Analyst you will be responsible for the following duties:
• Responsible for budget formulation, execution, allocation, and monitoring the use of resources to support the goals and objectives of the Strategic and Business Plans of the activity.
• Provides guidance regarding financial implications of program proposals.
• Analyzes business performance, prepares, and coordinates the various budget proposals/exhibits with the field and Headquarters Comptroller in order to create an approved budget.
• Formulates, monitors, and revises operational budget for organizations.
• Determines the pricing methodology to apply to the activity’s products and executes price changes.
• Receives, validates, and accepts funding documents as well as creates and maintains the associated reimbursable internal orders.
• Facilitates the end-to-end business cycle design as fully synchronized with DLA’s continually evolving strategic direction and transformation programs.

Requirements

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• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• This position requires DoD Financial Management Level 2 certification within 2 years in accordance with DoD Instruction 1300.26, DoD Directive 5118.03 and section 1599d of Title 10, U.S.C. Once obtained, you must maintain and improve proficiency.

Conditions of employment

• Must be a U.S. citizen
• Tour of Duty: Flexible (https://www.dla.mil/Careers/Join-Our-Team/Benefits/#Work)
• Security Requirements: Non-Critical Sensitive
• Appointment is subject to the completion of a favorable suitability or fitness determination, where reciprocity cannot be applied; unfavorably adjudicated background checks will be grounds for removal.
• Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA): Non-Exempt
• Selective Service Requirement: Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service.
• Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
• Bargaining Unit Status: No
• Selectees are required to have a REAL ID or other acceptable identification documents to access certain federal facilities. See https://www.tsa.gov/real-id for more information.
• This position requires DoD Financial Management Level 2 certification within 2 years in accordance with DoD Instruction 1300.26, DoD Directive 5118.03 and section 1599d of Title 10, U.S.C. Once obtained, you must maintain and improve proficiency.

Qualifications

To qualify for a Business Analyst, your resume and supporting documentation must support:

B. Education Substitution: Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Education must be from a college or university accredited by an organization approved by the U.S. Department of Education. See http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/Search.aspx. If using education to meet basic qualifications, YOU MUST SUBMIT A TRANSCRIPT as supplemental documentation. To qualify based on education in lieu of specialized experience, you must possess a PH.D. or Equivalent Doctoral Degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to a PH.D. OR equivalent doctoral degree.

• Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular competencies to successfully perform the duties of the position and is directly in or related to this position. To qualify at the GS-11 level, applicants must possess one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-09 level or equivalent under other pay systems in the Federal service, military, or private sector. Applicants must meet eligibility requirements including time-in-grade (General Schedule (GS) positions only), time-after-competitive appointment, minimum qualifications, and any other regulatory requirements by the cut-off/closing date of the announcement. Creditable specialized experience includes:
• Serves as a primary expert budget facilitator ensuring the budget meets the requirements of their organization or functional area.
• Identifies valuation discrepancies and changes and coordinates with the appropriate financial analyst(s) to ensure appropriate actions are taken to investigate/resolve/research substantial changes in inventory values.
• Applies pricing rules and ensures they comply with the overall pricing methodology that has been established by higher level authorities (the financial analyst).
• Analyzes financial performance results, consolidates findings and communicates financial/business performance recommendations to management.
• Combination: Combinations of successfully completed post-high school education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements for grade level GS-11 and may be computed by first determining the applicant's total qualifying experience as a percentage of the experience required for the grade level; then determining the applicant's education as a percentage of the education required for the grade level; and then adding the two percentages. The total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grade GS-11.

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.

Education

Are you using your education to qualify? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: Unofficial transcripts are acceptable at time of application.

GRADUATE EDUCATION

One academic year of graduate education is considered to be the number of credits hours that your graduate school has determined to represent one academic year of full-time study. Such study may have been performed on a full-time or part-time basis. If you cannot obtain your graduate school's definition of one year of graduate study, 18 semester hours (or