Budget Analyst

Patent and Trademark Office • Alexandria, VA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is in the Budget Formulation Division, Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). OPB supports the USPTO mission by aligning annual performance with the strategic plan, carrying out efficient and effective budget execution, and providing actionable budget and performance information to executive management. The Budget Analyst serves as a source of technical budget information for internal and external customers and advises management on budgetary requirements. The role develops, recommends, and implements budgetary policies affecting program financing and delivery; plans, organizes, and performs budget-related work; analyzes budget estimates and the potential impacts of budget decisions; and communicates with senior leadership about budget actions needed to meet agency priorities.

The physical worksite is the USPTO campus in Alexandria, Virginia, and in-person presence is required for onsite functions. Situational telework may be available under agency policy and business-unit discretion; the agency currently allows up to 52 telework hours per leave year.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship or nationality.
• At least one year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower federal grade, GS-13.
• Experience ensuring work complies with the federal budget process and cycle, applying OMB Circular A-11 guidance on object classes and FTEs, and engaging Congress and other government agencies during the budget process.
• Experience writing, reviewing, and analyzing budget justification narratives and data, and performing budget review, justification, and preparation analyses, including identifying trends or variances, recommending actions, and assessing requests against prior-year spending behavior or performance.
• Experience formulating multi-year budget estimates, assessing out-year costs and funding initiative cost or savings impacts, evaluating effects across programs, and making recommendations to supervisors and executives.
• Experience calculating projected employee salaries using OPM guidance for multi-year cost estimates.
• Experience creating and presenting financial data visualizations, summaries, and analyses for senior management.
• Pass a background investigation and fingerprint check; the position is designated Public Trust with a moderate risk level, and a credit check may be required.
• Meet time-in-grade or time-in-band requirements by the announcement closing date, unless an applicable exception applies.
• Meet all qualification and eligibility requirements by the announcement closing date.
• Register for Selective Service if applicable.
• Complete a one-year probationary period if required after selection.
• Federal employees must receive salary payments by direct deposit.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical budget information to internal and external customers and guidance on budgetary requirements to management.
• Develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of programs.
• Plan, organize, and carry out budget-related tasks, including analyzing budget estimates and potential impacts of budget decisions.
• Communicate with senior leadership about appropriate budgetary actions to meet agency priorities.
• Ensure budget work complies with the federal budget process and cycle and applies OMB Circular A-11 guidance, including guidance on object classes and FTEs.
• Engage Congress and other government agencies during the budget process.
• Write, review, and analyze budget justification narratives and data in support of agency and administration priorities.
• Perform budget review, justification, and preparation analyses; identify data trends and variances, propose recommendations, and assess funding requests against prior-year spending behavior and performance.
• Formulate multi-year budget estimates for programs, assess impacts of execution-year changes on out-year costs, identify cost and savings impacts of funding initiatives, assess effects of program budget changes on other programs, and provide recommendations to supervisors and executives.
• Calculate projected employee salaries using OPM guidance to develop multi-year cost estimates.
• Create and present financial data visualizations, summaries, and analyses for senior-management decision-making.

Benefits

• A comprehensive federal employee benefits package is available to eligible employees; specific benefits depend on position type and should be confirmed with the hiring agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed