BUDGET ANALYST

Summary This is a Funds Control Officer position in the Office of Inspector General (OIG), Office of Mission Support - Budget Directorate. The incumbent will perform a variety of budget functions as well as day-to-day management and control of funds ensuring compliance with internal controls and federal statutes and regulations. OIG is an independent office within EPA. We consist of auditors, program analysts, investigators, and others with extensive expertise. Come join us! Responsibilities As a BUDGET ANALYST GS-0560-9 you will perform a variety of budget functions including formulation, execution, and review of budget estimates for assigned organizations with various sources and types of funding, analysis of resource levels, as well as day-to-day management and control of funds ensuring compliance with internal controls and federal statutes and regulations.Your typical work assignments may include: Performing budget formulation and execution duties, and funds control tasks (e.g., funds availability checks, Appropriations Law compliance, recording and adjusting obligations, reconciling unliquidated obligations, processing deobligations and adjustments) in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and agency procedures. Monitoring and reporting on status of funds, including variance analyses, and providing recommendations for remediation to senior staff, as appropriate. Generating a variety of routine and ad hoc reports, analyses, data requests to support budget formulation and budget execution needs, management decisions, and external reporting requirements. Maintaining audit ready documentation consistent with internal control requirements. Entering, conducting queries, and reconciling budget formulation and execution data in financial and feeder systems. Applying mathematical and basic quantitative methods and digital tools to compile, analyze, reconcile, and present budget data for EPA OIG programs and operations. Performing budget formulation duties to support EPA OIG programs and operations, including reviewing, editing, and consolidating budgetary, narrative, and justification materials to support annual and multi-year funding estimates and requests. Coordinating routinely with acquisition/contracting, human resources, information technology, and other program offices to plan work, resolves discrepancies, and meet budget cycle deadlines. Developing clear written and oral guidance and communications to support budget execution and formulation processes, timelines, and documentation requirements for EPA OIG program offices. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications You may qualify for the GS-09 grade level, if you possess at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-07 grade level in the federal sector, or the equivalent in the private sector. Specialized experience is experience that has equipped the candidate with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position. For this position, your specialized experience must demonstrate you have performed at minimum, four (4) of the five (5) following duties: Monitoring and tracking resources and/or expenditures to apply funds control practices in accordance with applicable statutes, regulations, and procedures. Entering, querying, and reconciling budgetary data in financial systems and analyzing financial data to provide recommendations to support decision-making. Generating reports, narratives, briefing materials, or justifications to support budget formulation, execution, management decisions, and/or funding requests. Applying mathematical and quantitative methods (e.g., prorations, percentages, ratios, and fractions) to support budgetary processes and financial planning. Utilizing spreadsheet tools, including pivot table, lookup, and conditional formatting functions to compile, analyze, and present financial or budgetary data. OR Education: Two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to a master's degree or master's or equivalent graduate degree; OR two (2) full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree; OR LL. B or J.D., in a related field of study to the position (e.g., Business Administration, Accounting, Finance Management, Economics, Public Administration). Education at the graduate level must be in an accredited college or university and must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to perform the duties of the position (You must provide supporting transcripts). OR Combination of Experience and Education: Graduate level education can be used if, when combined, are equivalent to 100% of the qualification requirement. Only graduate level education in excess of the first full year can be used in this calculation. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate level hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of specialized experience, divide the total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100% (You must provide supporting transcripts) Your resume will be reviewed to determine your technical qualifications for this position based on the required specialized experience. Your resume must not exceed two (2) pages. Evidence of the above specialized experience must be supported by detailed documentation of duties performed in positions held. Your resume is the means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience or based on job titles alone. If your resume does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). NOTE: If you exaggerate or falsify your experience, education and/or your responses to questions, your ratings are subject to change, or you may be removed from employment consideration. 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. Applicants must meet the qualifications for this position within thirty (30) days of the closing date of this announcement Education ARE YOU USING YOUR EDUCATION TO QUALIFY? You MUST provide transcripts or other documentation to support your educational claims. Unless otherwise stated: (1) official or unofficial transcripts are acceptable, or (2) you may submit a list with all your courses, grades, semester, year, and credit for the course. All materials must be submitted by the closing date of the announcement. PASS/FAIL COURSES: If more than 10 percent of your undergraduate course work (credit hours) were taken on a pass/fail basis, your claim of superior academic achievement must be based upon class standing or membership in an honor society. GRADUATE EDUCATION: One academic year of graduate education is the number of credits hours 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 27 quarter hours) should be considered as satisfying the requirement for one year of full-time graduate study. FOREIGN EDUCATION: If you are using education completed in foreign colleges or universities to meet the qualification requirements, you must show the education credentials have been evaluated by a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign education programs and such education has been deemed equivalent to that gained in an accredited U.S. education program; or full credit has been given for the courses at a U.S. accredited college or university. For further information, visit: https://www.ed.gov/laws-and-policy/higher-education-laws-andpolicy/college-accreditation. Additional Information Selectees will be required to complete a "Declaration of Federal Employment", (OF-306), prior to appointment and the appropriate background investigation forms to determine suitability for Federal employment. False statements or responses on these forms can jeopardize your employment opportunity and subject you to disciplinary action, including removal from Federal service. The selectee will be required to complete a Personal Identity Verification (PIV) process that requires two forms of identification from the I-9 Form. We will compare information provided on the I-9 Form to records available from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. The system confirms employee's identity and eligibility to work in the United States. Learn more about e-verify, including your rights and responsibilities. Upon appointment, you may be required to complete a Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, OGE-450. You will need to provide the information annually. You must meet time in grade requirements within 30 days of the closing date of this announcement. EPA OIG provides reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process, please contact the Human Resources Specialist listed in this vacancy announcement. Payment of relocation expenses is NOT authorized. All the information you provide will be verified by a review of the work experience and/or education as shown on your application, by checking reference and through other means, such as the interview process. Any exaggeration of your experience, false statements, or attempts to conceal information may be grounds for not hiring you or for firing you after you begin work. Additional selections may be made through this vacancy announcement.