Budget Analyst

Army National Guard Units • Bismarck, ND

14d

About The Position

This is a North Dakota National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service position with the ND Joint Staff. Military membership is not required. The Budget Analyst performs routine budget analysis functions in assigned areas, including assisting with budget estimates and justifications and interpreting and applying directives, policy, guidance, and circulars. The position carries out moderately difficult and complex, well-precedented assignments to develop knowledge of occupational principles, methods, and techniques. The employee plans and completes successive work steps independently, addressing problems and deviations according to instructions, policies, training, and accepted practices.

The analyst prepares or edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs and ensures budget-request data is accurately documented in forms, schedules, and reports. The employee provides advice, interpretation, and guidance to customers and leadership; prepares documents such as newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, and letters; and uses software including word-processing, spreadsheet, programming-language, and plotting tools.

The position requires federal employment suitability, the ability to obtain and maintain a Tier 1 security clearance, and completion of specified fiscal training. Irregular or overtime hours may be required, and the employee may travel for temporary duty. The position is designated as Essential Personnel and may require duty in preparation for or response to a state emergency or disaster declaration. Permanent change-of-station costs will not be paid.

Requirements

• Meet federal employment suitability requirements as determined by a background investigation.
• Be able to obtain and maintain a Tier 1 security clearance.
• Meet the position's Lautenberg Amendment restrictions; a qualifying domestic-violence conviction disqualifies an individual from performing the duties.
• Complete required training in Fiscal Law, Resource Management Information Course (RMIC), Contracting Officer Representative (COR), and Automated Fund Control Order System (AFCOS).
• Establish effective professional working relationships with coworkers and customers and contribute to a cooperative work environment.
• Specialized experience: one year at the GS-07 level or equivalent, including tracking expenditures by account and type; analyzing and evaluating program-plan and funding changes and their budget effects; and working knowledge of automated data-processing software used to enter, track, manipulate, and retrieve data for analysis and reporting.
• Alternatively, qualify through a related master's or equivalent graduate degree, two full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or a related LL.B. or J.D. Related fields include accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, and organizational management. Transcripts are required when qualifying through education.
• Alternatively, qualify through a combination of the stated specialized experience and qualifying graduate education; only graduate education beyond the first year (18 semester hours) is creditable in the combination.
• Applicants must provide detailed experience information, including dates, position title, how the experience was gained, and hours worked per week; resumes or applications copied verbatim from position descriptions will not be considered.
• Applicants claiming Priority Placement Program or Military Spouse Preference eligibility must meet the applicable requirements and provide required documentation.
• Applicants subject to the Military Selective Service Act must be registered to be eligible for appointment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing budget estimates and justifications.
• Interpret and apply directives, policies, guidance, and circulars.
• Perform moderately difficult and complex, well-precedented assignments to apply occupational principles, methods, and techniques.
• Plan and carry out successive work steps independently and handle problems or deviations according to instructions, policies, training, or accepted practices.
• Prepare or edit narrative justifications and projected funding needs.
• Ensure budget-request data is formally and accurately documented in forms, schedules, and reports.
• Provide advice, interpretation, and guidance to customers and leadership.
• Draft or prepare newsletter items, responses to routine inquiries, reports, letters, and related documents.
• Use word-processing, spreadsheet, programming-language, plotting, and other software to facilitate work.
• Complete required training in fiscal disciplines, including Fiscal Law, RMIC, COR, and AFCOS.
• Travel in military or commercial vehicles for temporary duty assignments when required.
• Perform essential-personnel duties in preparation for or response to a state emergency or disaster declaration when required.

Benefits

• Federal employees and their families have access to a comprehensive benefits package; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level