Summary Serves as the Supervisory Budget Analyst located in the Budget Section of Fiscal Service within the Amarillo VA Health Care System's (AVAHCS) reporting directly to the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Financial Officer. Incumbent manages and leads the preparation, justification, and execution of the budget and is also responsible for the management of internal audit functions. Responsibilities Major Duties: Serves as Budget Analyst for the medical center operating budget, including all phases of program planning and analysis. Determines requirements and establishes priorities, provides guidance to managers and supervisors concerning formulation, planning, and execution of the operating budget. Provides advice and guidance to management officials on all budgetary matters. Develops and implements policies and procedures, advises management on the proper use of funds, ensures managers maintain adequate funding levels and controls throughout the year, provides reports and budget updates, etc. Implements procedures and controls to minimize probability of the occurrence of an Anti-deficiency violation. Develops and coordinates the planning, formulation, and execution of the budget. Conducts long range budget planning, provides projections based on variable factors, evaluates how budgetary changes impact program goals and operations, and provides recommendations on budget allocation and resulting changes in program operations. Monitors and tracks obligations/expenditures through continuing dialog with officials and staff, review of written documents and examination of records. Prepares budgetary information and data summaries on a wide variety of forms and documents for inclusion in routine and special reports. Drafts and implements policies and procedures for managing budgetary and fiscal operations and plans. Determines necessity for establishment of new systems, methods or techniques for adhering to provisions. Reviews and analyzes requests by service chiefs for reprogramming and fund adjustments, and recommends approval or disapproval. Formulates the operating program budget and manages and monitors fund distribution for the operation of the medical center. Prepares quantitative and analytical data required during the formulation, execution and review processes. Conducts reviews, analyses, and evaluation of the use of funds for budgetary planning and day to day fund management. Performs major reprogramming several times annually and minor reprogramming on a frequent basis. Other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00am - 4:30pm Telework: This position may be authorized for telework. Telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Ad-hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Budget Analyst/PD006900 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not Approved Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized Requirements Conditions of Employment You must be a U.S. Citizen to apply for this job Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment. Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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. Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 01/27/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of budget execution to monitor the execution of a budget with many different sources and @types of funding, analyze and evaluate continual changes in program plans, funding, and their effect on financial and budget program milestones, ability to analyze financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and/or budgetary actions, possesses keen analytical skill in performing staff work to support financial reports used in determining the impact of changes in personnel salaries, expenses, and related costs on levels of program effort for current and future-year budgets, and highly skilled in written and oral communication of technical data topics to include budget planning, programming, budgeting, and executing of public funds. . You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accounting Auditing Financial Management Information Management Oral Communication 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; religions; 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. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work is sedentary. Some work may require movement between offices, hospitals, warehouses, and similar areas for meetings and to conduct work. Work may also require walking/standing, in conjunctions with travel to and attendance at meetings and/or conferences away from the work site. Incumbent may carry and lift light items weighing less than 15 pounds. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. Education There is no educational substitution at this grade level. Additional Information Receiving Service Credit for Earning Annual (Vacation) Leave: Federal Employees earn annual leave at a rate (4, 6 or 8 hours per pay period) which is based on the number of years they have served as a Federal employee. Selected applicants may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience or military service experience. This credited service can be used in determining the rate at which they earn annual leave. Such credit must be requested and approved prior to the appointment date and is not guaranteed. This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies. If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement. Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.
