Supervisory Budget Officer at Portland

JOB SUMMARY:

Vacancy Identification Number (VIN) 901767  OPEN TO AGENCY EMPLOYEES ONLY

Our Mission: To fulfill President Lincoln’s promise – “To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan” – by serving and honoring the men and women who are America’s Veterans. How would you like to become a part of a team providing compassionate care to Veterans?

As a VA professional, your opportunities are endless. With many openings in the multiple functions of VA, you will have a wide range of opportunities and leadership positions at your fingertips. Not only is it the largest, most technologically advanced integrated health care system in the Nation, but we also provide many other services to Veterans through the Benefits Administration and National Cemeteries. VA professionals feel good about their careers and their ability to balance work and home life. VA offers generous paid time off and a variety of predictable and flexible scheduling opportunities.  For more information on the Department of Veterans Affairs, go to http://www.vacareers.va.gov/

Special Employment Consideration:  VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply, including those eligible for hiring under 5 CFR 213.3102(u), Schedule A, Appointment of persons with disabilities [i.e., intellectual disabilities, severe physical disabilities, or psychiatric disabilities], and/or Disabled veterans with a compensable service-connected disability of 30% or more. Contact the Agency Contact on the last page of the JOA for information on how to apply under this appointment authority via the Selective Placement Coordinator.

KEY REQUIREMENTS

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.

DUTIES:Back to top

This position is located in Fiscal Service at the Portland VA Medical Center. The incumbent will perform a specified portion or portions of the full range of budget analysis assignments. 

Major Duties:

As a budget analyst for the Medical Center, the incumbent is responsible for the formulation and execution of the budget for all appropriations and programs at the medical center. Budget plan includes FTEE and workload as well as monetary plans. Development of the plan requires interpretation and in depth analysis of the medical centers budget distribution and solicitation, coordination and consolidation of input from all organizational components. Incumbent uses skill in analyzing and forecasting patient programs, services offered, employee turnover, and new technology when detailed historical data is scanty or unavailable. Monitors all changes to the plan throughout the year. Monitors actual financial, workload and FTEE against the plan. Identifies potential problem variances and reports to the supervisor. Performs variance analysis monthly and quarterly and makes regular salary and FTEE projections. Continually advises supervisor on actions necessary to meet end-of year targets. Ensures control point clerks and officials remain on track to meet their budgets by monitoring the rate of expenditure of budgeted funds and by communication with program officials and their staff. Provides budgetary assistance to administrative officers or others with special purpose funding responsibility. Develops budget estimates to be used to answer Requests for Proposal or Grant Funding opportunities for new programs. Provides data to the Budget Committee and Position Management Board to assist in decision making for the resources of the facility. Analyzes funding requests and makes recommendations on agenda items to the supervisor. Tracks approved funding actions. Provides a variety of reports related to the status of funds, FTEE and workload for upper management. Prepares and submits budget reports to the supervisor for VISN 20 and VACO requests and suspenses.The incumbent will provide technical assistance to lower level budget section staff, including training and production of the Budget and Travel section of the Fiscal Service. Executes the organizational structure of the service as defined by the CFO. The incumbent will ensure the guidelines, performance standards, work review and reporting requirements are implemented and appropriate. Will recommend selection, evaluation, initiation of promotion, adverse and other personnel actions for the members of the section, and selects, supervises and performs all supervisory function over the activities of subordinates. 

 

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday 8am - 4:30pm 

Position Description Title/PD#: 207240

Relocation Incentive is authorized for this position.

QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:Back to top

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement.

Time-in-grade:  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.

Specialized Experience: Applicants 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: Skill in budget formulation, preparation and review, providing assistance to Service Chiefs and Program Managers on budget execution and application of funds. Preparing program analysis, preparing complicated and detailed budgetary reports, salary projections, studies and reports for the basis of decision making at multiple levels. Ability to develop work assignments, provide technical assistance to lower level section staff.

There is no educational substitution for the GS-12 level.

You will be rated on the following Knowledge, Skills, Abilities and Other characteristics (KSAOs) based on your application for this position.

Knowledge of a wide range of the principles, procedures, and concepts of government budgeting, to include laws, regulations, process structures, and interrelationships with other key areas such as government accounting, cost accounting, workload volumes, and managerial information systems.

Knowledge and skill to analyze various cost reports, computer printouts and accounting source documents to monitor actual obligations vs. budget plan to ensure that program objectives are being met.

Ability to analyze historical spending trends and projects needs to provide a basis for suggested funding levels used in budget planning for future years and in determining whether current funding requests are appropriate.

 

IN DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE, PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s).

PLEASE NOTE:  Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement.)  Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.  Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.  If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.

 

Physical Requirements: In this position, the person sits at a desk and works on a computer. Person may have to attend meetings in other buildings on the PVAMC campus. Sitting (up to 8 hours), walking (up to 4 hours), standing (up to 4 hours). 

 

Veterans Preference: When applying for Federal Jobs, eligible Veterans should claim preference on the Occupational Questionnaire in the section provided and provide a legible copy of your DD214(s) and/or documentation related to your active duty service which shows dates of service, character of service (honorable, general, etc.), or dates of impending separation.

Additionally, disabled veterans and others eligible for 10-point preference (such as widows or mothers of eligible Veterans) must also submit an SF-15 "Application for 10 Point Veterans Preference" with required proof as stated on the form.  For more information, please review the information for disabled Veterans in the application checklist or visit http://www.fedshirevets.gov/job/vetpref/index.aspx.

HOW YOU WILL BE EVALUATED:

Your résumé and/or supporting documentation will be verified. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your rating or consideration for employment.

Country: USA, State: Oregon, City: Portland, Company: Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration.