Budget Analyst

Summary

Recruiting for one (1) Budget Analyst, GS-0560-9 (Target 11) at the East Orange, NJ VA Hospital. The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Research Program strives to promote Veteran-centered care to improve patient experience and outcomes across VA healthcare and community settings, and to advance value-driven care by providing Veterans the highest quality care at the lowest financial burden. The incumbent will align and report under the Office of Research & Development organizational chart.

Duties

Areas of Consideration: Current, permanent employees of Department Veterans Affairs and CTAP eligibles. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package: VA Total Rewards Work Schedule: Monday- Friday 8:00AM to 4:30 PM Telework: This position is considered onsite. Ad-Hoc telework eligibility will be discussed during the interview process. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst/PD46968A and PD46969A Physical Demands: The work is primarily sedentary. The position uses a computer and standard office equipment to complete tasks. Work may also require walking and standing in conjunction with travel to and attendance at meetings and conferences away from the work site. On occasion, the position may carry light items. This position involves a multi-grade career ladder. The major duties listed below represent the full performance level of GS-11. At the GS-9 grade level, you will perform assignments of a more limited scope and with less independence. You will progressively acquire the background necessary to perform at the full performance level of GS-11. Promotion is at the discretion of the supervisor and is contingent upon satisfactory performance, availability of higher level work, and availability of funds. Promotion is not guaranteed and no promise of promotion is implied. Major Duties: Reconciles cost control records with monthly, quarterly, and annual fiscal reports. These documents include but are not limited to Daily Status of Funds, Annual Budget Plan, Quarterly Analysis of Unobligated Balances, Audit Transaction List, Transaction Status Report and Running Balances. Involved in the procurement process and has appropriate roles within the IFCAP system for the R&D service fund control points (FCP). For purchases involving equipment, contracts, or services, works in conjunction with investigators and prepares all needed documents required for the purchase including justifications, specifications, vendor information, IT documentation, etc.. Serves as a Contracting Officer Representative to prepare Statement of Work, Independent Government Cost Estimates, Conduct Market Research, develop evaluation criteria and acquisition plans for equipment purchase packages, monitor contracts and and submit performance evaluations Serves as an expert on research-related budgetary policies, precedents, goals, objectives, regulations, and guidelines; and uses judgment in choosing and applying the appropriate policies, practices, and regulations for the specific funding agency or research activity. Conducts limited studies and analyses to develop required data and information for reporting purposes; and prepares administrative reports. Ensures that funds are available and being properly and effectively used to support program objectives. Performs analyses of budget requests, prepares justification statements, and compiles data to be used for forecasting obligations. Reviews, edits, and consolidates annual budget estimates for assigned organizations and programs into a single budget request. Prepares documents needed to process budget estimates, including Bills of Collections, requests budget requisitions to commit funds, writes reports that detail the purposes for which funds were obligated and expended. Edits narrative justifications and projected funding needs, and ensures that data in requests are formally and accurately documented in a forms, schedules, and reports. Prepare Statement of Work, Independent Government Cost Estimates, Conduct Market Research, develop evaluation criteria and acquisition plans for equipment purchase packages. Identifies and analyzes trends in the receipt, obligation, or expenditure of funds to ensure that objectives of the annual financial plan are being met on a timely basis. Oversee all aspects of the Research Service fiscal program in conjunction with the AO and ACOS for Research, and to strategically plan, prepare, and carry out the fiscal program for Research Service, both immediate and long-range plans. This requires the ability to develop budgetary plans, projections, and reports, and to interpret information received from ORD, the individual VA Research programs, Fiscal Service, and other sources.

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/29/2026. 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-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7, for a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-9. 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. Per Office of Personnel Management General Schedule Qualification Policies, federal employees are assumed to have gained experience by performing duties and responsibilities appropriate for their official series and grade level as described in their position description. Experience that would not normally be part of the employee's position is creditable when documented by satisfactory evidence (e.g., a memorandum from the manager, human resources director, or official documentation such as SF-52, SF-50 documenting an official detail/assignments, or other comparable documentation). The documentation must indicate whether the employee performed the duties full time or, if part-time, the percentage of times the employee performed the additional duties. To receive credit for experience in your resume that is not within the official series and grade level of your position, you must provide official documentation of such experience as indicated above. 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 sp