Budget Technician

Summary

This position is located in the Nutrition and Food Services (NFS) within the Department of Veterans Affairs Health Administration. The primary purpose of the position is to perform a wide range of clerical and technician work supporting budget analysis and administration with responsibility for purchasing food - equipment - supplies - and services; providing cost accounting and budgetary statistics; and preparing reports that indicate status of funds for subsistence and supplies for NFS.

Qualifications

IN ORDER TO QUALIFY FOR THIS POSITION AT THE GS-6 LEVEL YOU MUST MEET THE FOLLOWING: SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have at least one (1) year of specialized experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge - skills - and abilities to successfully perform the duties of this position. To be creditable - experience must have been equivalent the GS-05 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience includes administering and maintaining budgets from various fund sources; works with purchasing requests; entering and tracking budgetary transactions into a computerized budgeting system; performing clerical duties in support of finance or accounting operations; and preparing correspondence and reports. NOTE: 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. 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/.

Duties

• ***THIS IS NOT A VIRTUAL POSITION - YOU MUST LIVE WITHIN OR BE WILLING TO RELOCATE WITHIN A COMMUTABLE DISTANCE OF THE DUTY LOCATION*** Major duties and responsibilities include but not limited to: Administers budget for several fund control points
• Maintains budget control records and assures funds are used in accordance with the operating budget
• Records - reports - processes - and keeps track of budgetary transactions such as credit - receipt - transfer - allotment - withdrawal - obligation - or outlay of funds
• Prepares various documents to assist with formulating and analyzing current budget
• Reviews fund requests from staff for completeness and adequacy
• Exercises fund control authority and establishes internal methods of control to ensure funds are used in accordance with operating plans and regulations
• Advises on the status and availability of funds
• Tracks expenditures and compares with budgeted - projected - and on-hand inventories
• Develops - formulates - and provides essential data for budget forecasts based on studies of past expenditures - service requirements - program plans - and workload forecasts
• Maintains reports and ledgers to support for cost accounting operations
• Compiles - consolidates - checks - and arranges funding data to cover projected annual operating expenses
• Performs calculations to assess the services' subsistence and supplies - equipment - and personnel costs
• Prepares documents and correspondence as needed to assist with the needs of the service
• Performs timely and accurate data entry support
• Assists with development of internal tracking mechanisms for the purpose of quality assurance and control
• Assists with maintaining time and attendance records
• Validates transactions and researches data to resolve inconsistencies
• Utilizes various accounting systems - applications and filing systems for tracking and resolving discrepancies
• Formulates multipurpose and formatted spreadsheets and reports using computer software/applications
• Extracts data from various sources and analyzes cost accounting data
• Performing other duties as assigned
• Work Schedule: Monday-Friday - 8:00am to 4:30pm Recruitment & Relocation Incentives: Not authorized Critical Skills Incentive (CSI): Not approved