Summary The purpose of this position is to accurately forecast and document the organizational budget and promote organizational effectiveness and efficiency by ensuring that revenues and expenditures are being used appropriately and in a timely manner. The incumbent is the Budget Officer responsible for supervision of the Budget Section within Finance Service at the West Texas Veterans Health Care System (WTVHCS). Responsibilities This position serves as the Budget Officer responsible for supervision of the Budget Section within Finance Service at the West Texas Veterans Health Care System (WTVHCS). Incumbent performs duties with little direction or guidance, independently and with little supervision, to perform a variety of complex budgetary and administrative responsibilities in implementing the WTVHCS budgetary program, policies, and procedures. Incumbent independently researches, prepares, and defends position regarding budgetary and financial reports to management. With minimal supervision, incumbent independently compiles, consolidates reviews, analyzes, and edits those portions of budget estimates which pertain to personnel salaries and expenses. Reviews, edits and consolidates annual and multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs into an annual budget proposal. Prepares or edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs, ensures data in requests are formally and accurately documented in a wide variety of unrelated formats, schedules, and/or reports. Incumbent revises data, as necessary, for inclusion in budget reports and schedules furnished to top management, VA Headquarters, and the Veterans Integrated Service Network (VISN). With independent initiative and with little supervision, incumbent calculates standard level user cost and cost estimates of the value of the personnel salaries and expense portion of reimbursable services provided by the Service Chiefs and Fund Control Point Officials. Performing required research and staff work, incumbent drafts standards and procedures for reimbursement to be included in formal agreements with customers and organizations which purchase services. This summary is not all inclusive and does require other duties as assigned. Work Schedule: 8:00am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday Telework: Ad hoc available Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Supervisory Budget Analyst/PD003880 Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized 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, 03/26/2026. 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: detailed, intensive knowledge of the policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines of budget formulation sufficient to review, edit, and consolidate annual and multi-year budget estimates, extensive knowledge of budget execution, ability to analyze and evaluate continual changes in program plans and funding, analytical skill in performing staff work to support financial reports, and highly skilled in producing financial forecasts and forecasting templates/models. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accounting Database Management Systems Financial Management Problem Solving 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.
