Budget Analyst

Summary

About the Position: This position is with the U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC), Directorate of Resource Management within the Budget Branch. This position may be filled at either the Development DJ-02 or the Full Performance Level DJ-03. DJ 02: $40,736 - $88,356 DJ 03: $74,678 - $116,362 This position provides promotion opportunity to the DJ-03 grade level without further competition when eligible and recommended by management.

Duties

• Serves as the budget analyst for the ERDC reimbursable programs, ensuring compliance in accordance with fiscal law, policy, and funding guidance.
• Reviews, analyzes, and tracks incoming Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs),7600Bs, project orders, Direct Fund Cites, and other reimbursable documents.
• Develops, monitors and reconciles reimbursable funding documents in Corps of Engineers Financial Management System (CEFMS), ensuring funds are properly obligated, expended, and reported.
• Coordinates funding discrepancies, deobligations, and initiates adjustments in a timely manner with financial points of contact.
• Resolves reimbursable billing issues.
• Provides expert guidance on reimbursable policy.
• Reviews G-invoicing orders and General Terms and Condition (GTC) agreements for accuracy before accepting and transmitting funding.
• Maintains and provides complete documentation to support reimbursable transactions to the USACE Finance Center when requested.
• Utilizes knowledge of various funding types, to include military, civil, USACE Revolving Fund, and Flex-4 to properly accept funding documents.
• If selected at the DJ-02 level, duties will be performed in a developmental capacity.

Qualifications

Who May Apply: Only applicants who meet one of the employment authority categories below are eligible to apply for this job. You will be asked to identify which category or categories you meet, and to provide documents which prove you meet the category or categories you selected. See Proof of Eligibility for an extensive list of document requirements for all employment authorities. Current Civilian Employees of the Command Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan Land Management Workforce Flexibility Act Military Spouses, under Executive Order (E.O.) 13473 Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Reserve (MR) and National Guard (NG) Technician Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD Military Spouse Preference (MSP) Eligible Priority Placement Program, DoD MR and NG Preference Eligible Tech Receiving Disability Retirement Priority Placement Program, DoD Retained Grade Preference Eligible Veterans Employment Opportunity Act (VEOA) of 1998 In order to qualify, you must meet the education and/or experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. To Qualify at the DJ-02 (GS-5/10) grade level: General Experience: Three years progressively responsible experience, 1 year of which was equivalent to at least the GS-04 grade level, which includes: 1) Assisting with routine reconciliation of accounts and coordinating with financial contacts to identify and correct billing discrepancies; 2) Utilizing automated financial systems to input, track, and monitor reimbursable orders, obligations, and expenditures; 3) Reviewing and processing incoming interagency agreements, reimbursable purchase requests, and Direct Fund Cites; and 4) Verifying funding documents are compliant with fiscal policies. This definition of general experience is typical of work performed at the next lower grade/level position in the federal service DJ-01 (GS-04). OR Education: Four year course of study leading to a bachelor's degree. OR Combination of Education and Experience: A combination of education and experience may be used to qualify for this position as long as the computed percentage of the requirements is at least 100%. To compute the percentage of the requirements, divide your total months of experience by 36. Then divide your total number of completed undergraduate semester hours (or equivalent) by 120. Add the two percentages. To Qualify at the DJ-03 (GS-11/12) grade level: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to the DJ-02 (GS-09) grade level in the Federal service which includes: 1) Providing authoritative policy guidance and advisory support to resolve complex billing issues, deobligations, and audit-readiness requests; 2) Analyzing completed reimbursable programs for compliance across military and civil direct, revolving funds, and Flex-4 funding types; 3) Reconciling reimbursable funding documents in Corps of Engineers Financial Management Systems from acceptance to closeout; and 4) Interpreting General Terms and Conditions agreements and interagency orders to validate accuracy and compliance. This definition of specialized experience is typical of work performed at the second lower grade/level position in the federal service DJ-02 (GS-09). OR Education: Ph.D or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. [remove LL.M., if unrelated] in a field which demonstrates the knowledge, skills, and abi…

Education

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://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.