Budget Analyst

Summary

You will serve as a Budget Analyst with US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Budget Analyst manages budget execution, fund certification, financial reporting, and budget formulation, ensuring fiscal accountability, compliance, and effective resource management. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.

Duties

The Budget Analyst manages and reconciles assigned budgets, ensuring fiscal accuracy, compliance, and timely execution. The role monitors fund utilization, certifies funding requests, prepares status-of-funds reports, and resolves discrepancies using Financial and Business Management System (FBMS), SAP, and the Budget Tracking System. The analyst supports annual budget formulation through cost analyses, projections, and documentation, while recommending improvements to budget processes and providing data-driven guidance to program managers. As a Budget Analyst the duties include but are not limited to the following: Establishes and maintains accurate budget tracking systems for the assigned current and prior-year budgets; oversees budget execution, implements expenditure controls, and prevents over-obligation. Monitors budget status and fiscal records in accordance with FBMS requirements; reviews reports, financial documents, and accounting records; coordinates with program managers and staff to ensure continuous oversight of fund utilization, availability, and budgetary progress. Formulates, executes, monitors, and reconciles assigned budgets; closes out prior-year funds, executes current-year funds, and develops out-year budgets; ensures compliance with all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior budget policies and control procedures. Analyzes historical financial data to develop budget projections; identifies funding needs, trends, deficiencies, and potential problem areas; implements corrective actions within delegated authority or provides recommendations to program managers and project leaders. Serves as an expert user of FBMS Business Warehouse and SAP reporting tools; interprets data requests, develops queries, and produces ad-hoc reports to meet financial information needs; extracts and delivers relevant real-time and stored data reports to program managers, project leaders, and support staff. Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/29/2026 - unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: 1. One (1) year of full-time specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) assisting with establishing and maintaining budget tracking systems to track and report the status of current and prior-year budgets; 2) assisting in monitoring budget status in FBMS, reviewing financial reports and accounting data, coordinating routine budget information with program staff, and tracking fund use to support ongoing budget oversight; 3) assisting with formulating, executing, monitoring, and reconciling assigned budgets; supporting prior-year closeout and current-year fund execution; contributing to developing out-year budget inputs; and helping ensure compliance with Service and Departmental budget policies; 4) assisting with analyzing historical financial data to prepare budget projections, identifying routine funding needs or issues, performing basic trend analyses, and providing recommendations or corrective actions to program managers; and 5) serving as a basic user of FBMS Business Warehouse and SAP reporting tools to interpret financial data requests, running queries, producing ad-hoc financial reports, and providing useful budget information to program managers and project leads. -OR- 2. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M, in a field of study directly related to the position. You must include transcripts. - OR- 3. Successful completion of a combination of graduate education and specialized experience, as described above, may be used to meet 100 percent of the qualification requirements for this position. Only graduate education beyond the first two (2) years may be combined with specialized experience. To combine graduate education and specialized experience, first take the amount of qualifying graduate education beyond the second year and divide that number of semester hours by 18. Then take the number of full-time months of specialized experience and divide that number by 12. Add the resulting percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. 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; 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.

Education

You must submit a copy of your transcript(s) to support claimed education if substituting education for experience. Transcripts must include your name, school name, grades, credit hours earned, major(s), grade point average or class ranking, and date the degree was conferred, if applicable. A typed list of courses, grades, semester/quarter hours, GPA, etc. will not be accepted. Non-submission may result in being rated not qualified for the position. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable, but if you are selected for this position and you used your education to qualify, you must provide official transcripts before you begin work. Foreign Education: To receive credit for education completed outside the United States, you must show proof that the education has been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs. For more information on how foreign education is evaluated, visit: https://www.ed.gov/about/initiatives/international-affairs/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications How You Will Be Evaluated

Your qualifications will be evaluated based on your application materials (e.g. resume, supporting documents), the responses you provide on the application questionnaire, and the result of the additional assessment(s) required for this position. To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. Your resume must not exceed 2 pages. Only the document submitted as the "Resume" under the Documents section will be used to determine your qualifications/eligibility and for rating purposes. In the event you submit more than one resume, only the latest submission will be reviewed. You will be assessed in the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities, and other characteristics): Analytical Thinking Financial Management Planning and Evaluating Technical Competency - Budget To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process. In addition to the application and application questionnaire, this position requires successful completion of additional assessment(s), including a structured resume review. These assessments measure the critical competencies listed above that are required to successfully perform the job. All qualified non-competitive applicants and the best-qualified Merit Promotion applicants will be referred to the hiring manager for consideration. Overstating your qualifications and/or experience in your application materials or application questionnaire may result in your removal from consideration or your score may be lowered. Cheating on an assessment may also result in your removal from consideration. Applicants who include vulgar, offensive, or inappropriate language or information in their application package will be ineligible for further consideration for this position. Current or former displaced Federal employees who are surplus, displaced, or involuntarily separated have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP). To be considered under CTAP, you must be well-qualified, score at least 85 (i.e., meet the minimum qualification requirements, including any selective placement factors; education, and experience requirements), and be able to perform the duties of the position upon entry. DUE WEIGHT: Please submit 1) a copy of your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation and 2) a list of any awards (e.g. superior performance awards, special act or achievement awards, quality step increase, etc.) you received in the last 5 years. Any performance appraisal/evaluation and award documentation you provide will be forwarded to the selecting official. The selecting official will review this documentation and give it due weight consideration during the overall selection process. If you do not have your most recent performance appraisal/evaluation, you must submit a statement as to why it is not available. Please indicate if any prior performance appraisals/evaluations were at an acceptable level. Other Information

Additional vacancies may be filled using this job announcement. All DOI employees, their spouses, and minor children may not acquire or retain any claim, permit, lease, small tract entry, or other rights granted by the Department in Federal lands, with limited exceptions. Additional ethics prohibitions can be found here, DOI Ethics Prohibitions | U.S. Department of the Interior. Duty Station: This position requires on-site presence. The selected applicant will be expected to report to one of the following Agency offices, with the specific workstation to be determined by the Agency upon selection. A total of one (1) candidate will be selected Georgia, Townsend North Carolina, Columbia North Carolina, Manteo North Carolina: Wadesboro South Carolina, Hardeeville South Carolina, McBee The salary will be based upon the geographic locality pay once selected. Locality pay tables may be found at: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/salaries-wages/2026/general-schedule/. Please Note: If selected, you may be placed at a regional office, field office, current duty station, or other DOI-owned or leased worksite at the discretion of management. Additional questions regarding placement should be reserved for the interview process. Physical Demands: Work is sedentary and performed in a typical office setting. The work may occasionally require walking, standing, bending, or carrying light items such as books, files, or small office equipment. Work Environment: The work takes place in a typical office setting with comfortable temperature, lighting, and ventilation. Travel may be required. Telework: The duties of this position are suitable for telework only during an emergency or natural disaster.