Lead Management Analyst

Veterans Benefits Administration; United States; Sur place; USD 110 000 - 150 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Veterans Benefits Administration is seeking a Lead Budget Analyst to coordinate internal audits, manage reviews of contract, budget, and program operations, and ensure compliance with laws and regulations. The incumbent works within the Medical Disability Examination Office (MDEO) on the Acquisitions and Budget Staff, reporting to senior leadership and guiding budget development efforts.

This role requires in-depth knowledge of federal budget processes, time-in-grade eligibility, and ability to

Qualifications

• Experience in federal budget formulation and execution.
• Ability to analyze program requirements and prepare budget documents, including justification and impact analyses.
• Leadership responsibilities: provide technical guidance, review others' work, and coordinate cross-functional budget activities.

Responsabilités

• Lead or supervise budget development processes to support organizational goals.
• Coordinate cross-functional budget activities and ensure timely completion of assignments.
• Advise leadership on budgetary implications and present program budgets and analyses.

Description du poste

The incumbent is a member of the Medical Disability Examination Office (MDEO) on the Acquisitions and Budget Staff. The mission of MDEO is to ensure Veterans receive timely and high-quality disability examinations worldwide. The incumbent plans, coordinates, and conducts internal audits and management control of reviews of MDEO contract, budget, and program operations to evaluation compliance with laws and regulations.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement: 10/19/2026.

TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT

As a current Federal, GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-14 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-13 level. If you are a current VBA employee requesting reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS- 14 or higher and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least None. 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. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENT

You may qualify based on your experience as described below: GS-14 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: The applicant must document experience with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of a Lead Budget Analyst and that is typically gained through work in or directly related to federal budget formulation and execution. Applicants must demonstrate experience applying an in-depth knowledge of complex laws, regulations, policies, and Federal legislation governing the planning, development, justification, presentation, and execution of a federal budget. Experience must include analyzing and evaluating program requirements, developing budget estimates, preparing a variety of budget documents-including program justifications, impact analyses, and briefing materials-and advising leadership on budgetary implications. In addition, applicants must demonstrate experience performing lead or senior-level responsibilities such as providing technical guidance to staff, reviewing the work of others for accuracy and compliance, leading budget development processes, coordinating cross-functional budget activities, and ensuring the timely completion of assignments in support of organizational goals.

Volunteer 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; 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.

Full vs. Part-Time Employment: Full-time employment is considered to be at least 35 hours per week. Part-time experience will be credited on a pro-rated basis; when including part-time employment in your resume you must specify the average hours worked per week.

Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary, the employee sits comfortably to do the work. There may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying of light items, such as papers, books, small parts; or boxes. No special physical demands are required to perform the work.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.