What are the responsibilities and job description for the Budget Analyst - PBGC position at PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY CORPORATION?
This position is located in the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's (PBGC), Office of Operations (OO), Budget Department (BD).
Qualifications:
All qualification requirements must be met within 30 days of the announcement closing date.
This positon has promotion potential to the GS-13, based on successful performance.
You may qualify for this position based on specialized experience, education, or a combination of both.
Specialized Experience: In order to qualify for this position based on experience applicants must have at least one year of specialized experience at the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service or equivalent to the GS-09 grade level in the private sector applying budgetary principles, practices, and policies to analyze, formulate, monitor, or execute budgets.
Examples may include: Performing financial analysis of budgets; conducting analyses, reviews, or special studies of budget-related issues; monitoring obligations and expenditures; tracking funding usage; and assisting with the formulation, preparation, or analysis of annual or multi-year budget estimates.
Equivalent combinations of education and experience are qualifying for all grade levels for which both education and experience are acceptable.
Education: In order to qualify for this position based on education, applicants must have one of the following:
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
OR
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
OR
LL.M., if related
Time-In-Grade Requirement: In order to be eligible for this position, all current Federal employees must provide proof of meeting the time-in-grade requirement (i.e., at least 52 weeks of experience at the next lower grade level in the Federal service). This information must be in both your resume and on an SF-50. Those who do not provide proof of having met the time-in-grade requirement will be deemed ineligible for this position.
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; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application.
Responsibilities:
The candidate selected for this position will:
Perform budget formulation support by gathering, extracting, reviewing, consolidating, and formatting narrative justifications, statistical tables, historical cost data, and budget estimates for assigned accounts or program areas.
Prepare recurring budget execution summaries by tracking allocations, obligations, expenditures, spending trends, and potential shortfalls; identifies issues requiring communication to higher-level analysts, supervisors, or management.
Review routine financial, accounting, and status-of-funds reports to identify discrepancies, inconsistencies, straightforward variations, potential shortfalls, or unauthorized expenditures.
Salary : $85,447