BUDGET ANALYST

About the role

Opened Area(s) of Consideration: 1, 2, 3 DEFINITION OF AREA(S) OF CONSIDERATION: Area 1 - AKNG Permanent or Indefinite technicians. Area 2 - All AKNG members. Area 3 - All other current military members who are eligible to join the Alaska Army National Guard.

PDCN: D1008000 Selecting Supervisor: Angela Horn

What you will do

• Serves as the functional point of contact for day-to-day budget/financial issues.
• Works with Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) and budget office counterparts to obtain, monitor, and track organization's funds.
• Works closely with supervisors/ managers and/or project managers in utilization of resources, resolving problems, and determining funding/resource requirements.
• Compiles findings and makes recommendations for development and implementation of procedures for financial management and budgeting functions in support of organizational programs/activities.
• Performs budget formulation work involving review and preparation of budget estimates and financial plans.
• Reviews and analyzes budget requests submitted by organizational activities to ensure their consistency, accuracy, and adherence to instructions.
• Researches, consolidates, and summarizes budgetary data from source documents, automated budgetary systems, accounting records, and reports for use in preparing budget estimates and annual financial plans.
• Interprets source information and properly applies it to the budget.
• Reviews organizational historical data and/or matches funding requests or projected costs of selected line items with past records to determine trends in spending and forecast annual funding needs.
• Analyzes data for prior, current, and out year in preparing financial plans.
• Develops consolidated budget, and reviews and drafts statements for justifying funding requests.
• Reviews budget submissions for compliance with rules, regulations, and procedures.
• Performs budget execution and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of funds.
• Monitors, tracks, and reviews obligations, expenditures, reimbursable orders, and requests for allotments, identifying and reporting differences that are not in keeping with annual work plans.
• Compares obligations and expenditures and identifies conditions over or under obligation of funds.
• Prepares and conducts reprogramming and adjustments of funding to cover short falls, unanticipated expenses, and/or unexpected emergencies, identifying and referring to higher level officials reprogramming actions which require prior approval.
• Obtains and provides information concerning the propriety of using funds for specific purposes by researching appropriate legal and regulatory guides.
• Makes recommendations for transfer of funds between accounts under the same appropriation or allotment when funds are needed to cover increases in obligations or when expenditures fall below established limits.
• Verifies, enters, and adjusts budgetary data in a variety of forms, schedules, and reports.
• Monitors year-end closing to ensure proper and full use of funds.
• Provides advice, assistance, and guidance on budgeting and related information and conducts analyses, reviews and special studies of budget and/or related information.
• Provides advice on budget and related matters such as types of funding available, effects of budgetary changes on related activities, and status and use of funds.
• Compiles, prepares, and conveys information about the budget and programs of the organization.
• Prepares guidance and/or interpretation of standard procedures and regulations relating to the organization's budget and financial procedures/processes.
• Conducts budget related training of organizational personnel on budget processes, procedures, requirements, etc. Researches and analyzes available factual information, trends in the cost of accomplishing specific work objectives, and/or relationships among organizational needs/objectives.
• Evaluates results for possible effect on program plans and funding.
• Conducts special studies of financial program and funding requirements to ensure the availability of funds.
• Utilizes common budgetary methods and techniques, applies basic statistical formulas, and contrasts/compares current and historical budget and program data in conducting analyses and studies.
• Uses budgetary and other automated system(s) and computer-generated products in accomplishing budgeting/funding assignments.
• Performs quality checks of organization's automated system database information, working with appropriate point of contact to resolve any significant problems.
• Uses available computer software programs to produce required budget reports, plans, schedules, etc. Uses computer products to facilitate effective analyses of budget information.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

How you will be evaluated

Once the application process is complete, a review of your application/resume will be made to determine your Area of Consideration (AOC) and to ensure you meet the basic eligibility and minimum job requirements. Your initial rating will be based on your responses to the questionnaire in this document.

This process measures the degree to which your background matches the knowledge, skills and abilities required for this position. Your final rating will be based on our evaluation of your responses, as verified through a review of your resume and other supporting documents.

If, after reviewing your resume and or supporting documentation, a determination is made that you have inflated your qualifications and or experience, your score can and will be adjusted to more accurately reflect your abilities. Please follow all instructions carefully. Errors or omissions may affect your eligibility and rating.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics): Ability to Do the Work of the Position without More Than Normal Supervision

Documents you must provide

• To determine your qualifications for this position, you must submit a complete Application Package which includes: 1.
• Your resume showing work schedule, hours worked per week, dates of employment and duties performed.
• This is accomplished by submitting the application.
• There is nothing that needs to be attached to this application to meet this requirement.
• Any additional documentation you wish to submit for consideration.
• Your resume, curriculum vitae, the Optional Application for Federal Employment (OF 612), or any other written format you choose to describe your job-related qualifications can be submitted electronically using the document upload process.
• We recommend using the resume building within USAJOBS.
• Please log into USAJOBS, go to your "Documents", make sure you're in the "Resumes" section and select the "Upload or build resume" button, then click on "Build resume".
• Please be sure to include all of the following information in your resume: Job Information: - Vacancy Identification Number, title, grade and location for which you are applying.
• Personal Information: - Full name, mailing address (with zip code) and day/evening telephone numbers (with area code). - Country of Citizenship. - If ever employed by the Federal Government, please show the highest Federal civilian grade held, job series, and dates of employment in grade.
• Education: - High School name, city, state and zip code, date of diploma or GED. - Colleges and/or Universities attended, city, state and zip code. - Major field(s) of study. - Type and year of degree(s) received.
• If no degree received, show total credit hours received in semester or quarter hours.
• Work Experience for each paid or non-paid position held related to the job for which you are applying (do not provide copies of job descriptions): - Job title. - Duties and accomplishments. - Number of hours per week. - Employer's name and address. - Supervisor's name and phone number. - Indicate if your current supervisor may be contacted. - Starting and ending dates of employment (month and year). - Salary.
• Other Qualifications: - Job-related training courses (title and year). - Job-related skills (e.g., other languages, computer software/hardware, tools, machinery, typing speed, etc.) - Job related certificates and licenses. - Job-related honors, awards, and special accomplishments.
• (e.g., publications, memberships in professional or honor societies, leadership activities, public speaking, performance awards, etc.) Do not send copies of documents unless specifically requested.

What to expect next

Once your online application is submitted you will receive a confirmation notification by email. Your application will be evaluated by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluation is complete, you will receive another notification regarding the status of your application.

Referral to the hiring official will be IAW our agency Merit Promotion Plan and current Labor agreement. Qualified applicants may be further evaluated by a ranking panel. Referred candidates will be further evaluated and interviewed by a selection panel.

Additional information

- MILITARY GRADE REQUIREMENT: Due to the nature of this position, the military grade requirement is Sergeant First Class (SFC/E-7) to Sergeant Major (SGM/E-9) to include Warrant Officer (WO1/W-1) to Chief Warrant Officer (CW2/W-2) and Second Lieutenant (2LT/O-1) to Captain (CPT/O-3). - This is a Financial Management Level Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.

Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of this certification program. - The duties and responsibilities of your job may significantly impact the environment.

You are responsible to maintain awareness of your environmental responsibilities as dictated by legal and regulatory requirements, your organization, and its changing mission. - If you are a current Federal employee or former Federal employee, you must submit a copy of your latest SF-50 "Notification of Personnel Action" and/or a copy of the SF-50.

You may submit your most recent performance appraisal. - The National Guard is exempt from the Veterans Preference Act.

Submission of a copy of your DD-214 is not required unless you are hired for technician position. - If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/59 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. - Cost of Living Allowance (COLA): Entitled to 1.49% COLA in addition to base salary, subject to change. - Direct Deposit Program: If selected for technician position with the Alaska National Guard, you will be required to participate in the Direct Deposit Program.

(Salary will be automatically deposited to bank/credit union account). - Military Bonuses And Student Loan Repayment Program: If you are selected for this position, you should always check with your servicing incentive manager (AKARNG - J1 or AKANG - Retention Office) to verify how accepting this position will affect your entitlement prior to considering an offer of employment. - Trial Period: As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 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 trial period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.