Budget Officer

Department of the Air Force Headquarters • Lackland AFB, TX

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About The Position

The Budget Officer serves as a budget analyst fully responsible for the technical aspects of the 35th Intelligence Squadron’s budget, cost, and resource management for specific programs and appropriations. This is a GG-12 position in the Defense Civilian Intelligence Personnel System (DCIPS), at the full-performance work level equivalent to GS-12. The selectee’s salary will be set within the grade equivalent to a GS/GG grade based on qualifications.

The position develops and consolidates budget requests, monitors budget obligations and expenditures across different funding sources, advises cost center managers and organizational leadership, and conducts budget and cost analyses. It also advocates for and directs implementation of new automated budgetary systems site-wide.

The position is designated special-sensitive and requires eligibility for access to Sensitive Compartmented Information (SCI), other intelligence-related special-sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret Special Access Programs (SAP). The employee must sign a nondisclosure agreement, pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing, and comply with Financial Management Level 2 certification requirements. Travel on military or commercial aircraft for temporary duty may be required. Work outside normal duty hours, including evenings, weekends, or holidays, shift work, and emergency overtime may also be required.

Requirements

• U.S. citizenship is required.
• Must meet specialized experience requirements under OPM Qualification Standards for General Schedule Positions, Administrative and Management Positions.
• Experience must demonstrate knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies needed to perform the position; qualifying experience may be military, private-sector, or government experience.
• Knowledge of organizational budgetary and cost methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies, and processes for formulating, justifying, and executing assigned budget accounts, including the Defense Travel System and Government Charge Card and Purchase Card Programs.
• Knowledge of installation missions, functions, goals, objectives, work processes, funding sources, and factual information sources relevant to budgeting, such as accounting reports, payroll records, work reports, inventory, and supply data.
• Knowledge of automated data processing concepts and systems capabilities for budget and funding work, and security practices for safeguarding classified information.
• Skill applying methods such as cost-benefit analysis, zero-based budgeting, amortization, depreciation, and revenue and cost allocation to analyze the effects of changes in program plans and funding.
• Skill in formulating, justifying, and/or executing assigned budgets and programs.
• Ability to gather, assemble, and analyze data; prepare budget estimates; develop alternatives; and recommend solutions to budget or funding problems.
• Ability to communicate effectively orally and in writing to justify, defend, present, and advise on budgetary processes and actions.
• Must be eligible for access to SCI, other intelligence-related special-sensitive information, or involvement in Top Secret SAPs, and sign a nondisclosure agreement.
• Must pass initial and periodic short-notice drug testing.
• Must comply with Financial Management Level 2 certification requirements.
• Must maintain current certifications.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• Must complete a two-year DCIPS trial period; depending on position type, a one-year probationary period or two-year trial period may apply.
• Must use direct deposit for federal employment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed analyses of annual and/or multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs and consolidate them into a budget request.
• Monitor obligations incurred and actual expenditures for budgets with different sources and types of funding.
• Provide budgeting and related information, advice, and guidance to cost center managers and organizational leadership.
• Conduct analyses, reviews, and special studies of budget, cost, and related information.
• Advocate for and direct site-wide implementation of new automated budgetary systems.

Benefits

• Comprehensive federal employee benefits package for the employee and family.
• Disabled veteran leave may be available to eligible veterans hired on or after November 5, 2016, with a service-connected disability rating of 30% or more.
• Eligible selectees for foreign-area employment may receive benefits such as Living Quarters Allowance or government quarters, post allowance, and home leave, subject to approval and eligibility.

What This Job Offers

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