Summary This is a Washington National Guard Title 5 Excepted Service Technician position: BUDGET OFFICER Location: 141st Comptroller Flight Fairchild AFB, Washington 99011-9413 Air National Guard Units Appointment Type: Temporary, excepted service Advertised as: Title 5 Announcement may be used to fill one or more vacancies. To be considered, ensure you read this announcement in its entirety and complete all application requirements. Responsibilities A GS-0560-12, BUDGET OFFICER: Operates the Resource Management System, a network of commanders, resource advisors, cost center managers, and technical advisors aligned to the Wing/GSU organizational structure and oriented towards the management of appropriated funds and workdays for the accomplishment of unit missions. Provides resource managers with necessary guidance, information, knowledge, and training to accomplish mission goals and objectives. Designs presentation materials for, chairs, conducts, and documents the quarterly meetings of the Financial Working Group (FWG). Interprets guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Air Forces and Joint Services, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), and NGB/FMA and issues supplementary authoritative budget guidance. Presents the command's financial position and defends budget requirements to visitors and budget examiners. Develops data required for examining various options or scenarios related to budgetary issues that may adversely affect the organization. Serves as the principal budgetary advisor to senior leadership and top management personnel in maintaining balance, efficiency, and economy of operations to accomplish programmed objectives. Oversees budget formulation, validation, compilation, and submission, requiring the frequent contact with commanders, resource advisors, higher headquarters (ANG/FMA), and field counterparts. Develops, prepares, presents, justifies, and defends analyses and summaries of budget performance at FWG and FMB meetings, staff meetings, impromptu meetings with senior leadership, related conferences, and during compliance or readiness inspections. Prepares and disseminates budget information and guidance for the military personnel, operation and maintenance (to include minor construction), investment equipment, and military construction appropriations. Reviews all subordinate budget requests submitted by organization managers for compliance with the financial plan "call," ANG/FMA guidelines, reasonableness, accuracy, valid assumptions, and consistency with past performance. Drafts the annual financial plan commander's statement, identifying the wing's critical unfunded requirements and programmatic changes for the succeeding fiscal year. Reviews initial funding (programmed or received) and devises and carries out apportionment to base organizations ensuring financial continuity between fiscal years. Reviews, analyzes, and projects quarterly requirements for all programs and takes action as necessary to ensure the adequacy of all quarterly allotments as defined on the current funding document issued by ANG/FMA. Reviews 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quarter spend plans and allocates residual funding ensuring financial continuity between fiscal quarters. Reviews and allocates incremental funding or workday amounts according to line items on related ANG/FMA funding documents ensuring timely notification to affected unit commanders and resource advisors and preventing delay to related mission operations. Ensures the summary fund targets in the accounting records match the annual and quarterly amounts on ANG/FMA funding documents. Reviews organizational execution of discretionary funds for unusual balances, notifies affected commanders and resource advisors, and recommends corrective action. Reviews and analyzes obligation rates and submits consolidated schedules of obligations and expenditures for the Comptroller's and Wing Staff's review on a periodic basis. Compares actual obligations and expenditures against planned budgets and determines the reasons for deviations outside acceptable ranges. Ensures all unfunded requirements are captured, and any other shortfalls not previously identified, and submits prioritized list to ANG/FMA before specified due dates. Oversees the unfunded requirements rating process to gain the required recommendations and approvals during FWG and FMB meetings. Holds separate budget meetings with commanders and resource advisors, outside the FWG/FMB, to review budget execution, reprogram funds or identify requirements for revocation, request for supplemental funding needed, and determine the optimal use of resources. Performs special studies and selective reviews of budgetary programs and procedures (e.g., conversions or mission changes/additions). Analyzes, evaluates, and identifies the areas and @types of incremental funding and workdays required, initiates corrective or improvement actions where needed, and reports overall cost to ANG/FMA. As necessary, defends the leadership's position and budget requirements when visiting ANG/XP, ANG/FMA, other higher headquarters agencies, and outside audit personnel Other duties as assigned. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience, education, or training involving skills in applying problem solving techniques; and skills in communicating effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to plan and organize work. Competencies in analysis, research, writing, and judgment typically gained through college education or progressively responsible experiences. Ability to follow established methods and procedures; use practical knowledge of the operations, procedures, and policies of specific program areas or functional assignment. Such experience may have been gained in administrative, professional, technical, investigative, or other responsible work. Experience in substantive and relevant secretarial, clerical, or other responsible work may be qualifying as long as it provided evidence of the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) necessary to perform the duties of the position to be filled. Experience of a general clerical nature (typing, filing, routine procedural processing, maintaining records, or other nonspecialized tasks) is not creditable. Trades or crafts experience appropriate to the position to be filled may be creditable for some positions. SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training that provided in-depth knowledge of financial principles and procedures. Candidate must have a comprehensive understanding of the principles and concepts of the National Guard financial budget business program requirements. A candidate must have expanded experiences and training that demonstrates the abilities to lead, follow directions, read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies, and procedures. Some positions at this grade level require at least 12 months of broadening finance, accounting, or audit program experiences in leading, planning and scheduling program work in a manner that promotes an even flow and distribution of assigning work requirements. Experiences may include training and guiding employees on finance programs and assigning tasks. Experience in structuring assignments that created effective and efficient procedures with measured and improved task processes. -OR- 1 year equivalent to at least next lower grade. Must have fundamental working experiences with validated understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the budget analysis occupational series and grade. Education Education Requirements: N/A Substitution of Education for Specialized Experience: the applicant must have a completed undergraduate or graduate education, the college degree education must be in one of, or be a combination of the following required disciplines: accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitative methods, or organizational management. Such education must demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Additional Information *This is an indefinite position. If an individual employed in the excepted civil service accepts this position, he/she will receive an indefinite appointment. If a Reduction-In-Force occurs the indefinite appointee will have no reemployment rights to his/her former position or any other position. If funding level and employee manning levels permit, incumbent may be converted to permanent technician status without further competition. Financial Management Certification Requirements: A member who is not certified may still qualify for a position that requires DoD financial management certification as a condition of employment. The most qualified individual will be selected for a position. Members of the financial management workforce are required to participate in the Financial Management Certification Program; therefore, achieving certification is a condition of employment. Members of the financial management workforce must achieve the appropriate certification level for their positions within 2 years of notification of applicable certification requirements or the period of any extension. The financial management certification program supports the professional development of the financial management workforce and provides a framework for a standard body of knowledge across all DoD financial business programs. The financial management certification requirements will vary for positions dependent on the complexity and responsibility of the positions' financial management supervisory and non-supervisory business programs. Financial management certification requirements are in the conditions of employment and notes in the position description. Supervisors of financial management coded positions coordinate with the component administrator and component certification authority to determine financial management certification requirements of employees occupying financial management coded positions. -If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx). - Certain incentive(s) may be available pending funding and approval but are not guaranteed. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY: The WA National Guard is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service or other non-merit factor. If you are unable to upload a document online please send the document via email to our WA HRO Distro Box.
