Budget Officer

Summary

You will serve as a Budget Officer with National Park Service. The incumbent duties involve consultation and advisory service for Park Management, coordination, and direction of the work of the parks inter-divisional budget team and continuing direct contact with the Pacific West Regional Office Comptroller, the NPS Budget Officer, and other field and Washington Officials.

Duties

Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: The Budget Officer plans, directs, and coordinates the activities of the Budget/Finance Branch in the Division of Administration, directly supervising Budget Analysts and technician(s) as well as Supervisory Budget Analysts. Responsible for consulting with and advising park managers on all aspects of budget formulation, budget execution, and fiscal reporting. Plans and directs analysis of past financial performance to advise and inform management decisions for future budget requests and allocation of available financial resources to the highest operational and capital investment priorities of the park. Apply knowledge of appropriations law, permanent NPS authorities, NPS Budget structure, OMB and Congressional budget cycles, and park operations to advise management on funding strategies. Establishes effective cash and debt management programs and directs scheduled internal control reviews of park cash and debt management activities. Allocates a variety of funds to responsible park managers and establishes & maintains controls to assure allocations are within regional allotments. Monitors rates of obligation for all programs, and identifies potential problems (over, under or inappropriate expenditures); recommends reprogramming actions to ensure that available funds are utilized consistent with Congressional intent, to accomplish highest priority needs. Manage a large staff on a park-wide basis involved in budget, expenditures, income and associated fund sources. Directly supervise two GS-12 Supervisory Budget Analyst and one non-supervisory GS-12 Financial Analyst, indirectly supervise four GS-11 Budget Analysts, four GS-09 Budget Analysts and two GS-07 Budget Technicians.

Qualifications

All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/05/2026-unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Experience: To qualify, you must possess at least one full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 level in the Federal service (obtained in either the public or private sectors). Specialized experience is experience that equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to successfully perform the duties of this position. Examples of specialized experience include, but not limited to: oversight and analysis of budget plans; financial management; interpreting financial policies, rules, and regulations to ensure the allocation and execution of funds is compliant with the appropriations law and organization goals and priorities. You must include hours per week worked. Volunteer Experience: 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). 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.

Education

This position does not allow substituting education for experience.