Budget Analyst

Summary

This position is located in the Budget Formulation Division, Office of Planning and Budget (OPB), Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The OPB supports the mission of the USPTO by ensuring that the agency's annual performance supports the strategic plan, through efficient and effective budget execution, and by providing actionable budget and performance information to executive management.

Duties

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The physical worksite for this position is located in Alexandria, Virginia. Presence at the Alexandria, VA campus is required for this role, as it includes on site functions that must be performed in person. Position may be eligible for situational telework in accordance with agency policy/business unit discretion. The agency currently allows for 52 hours of telework per leave year.

This position serves as a budget analyst. This is your next ideal career move if:

• You are driven to serve as a source of technical budget information for internal and external customers and guidance on budgetary requirements to management.
• You are eager to develop, recommend and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of programs.
• You are driven to planning, organizing, and carrying out budget related tasks including analyzing budget estimates and potential impacts of budget decisions on national economic, social and political objectives.
• You enjoy communicating clearly and effectively with senior leadership to discuss the appropriate budgetary action to be taken in order to meet agency priorities.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

• Applications will only be accepted from United States Citizens and Nationals.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related competencies.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• Required to pass a background investigation and fingerprint check.
• Must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable (www.sss.gov).
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.
• Suitable for Federal Employment
• Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. OPM Qualifications Standards are available here.

Specialized Experienceis experience that has equipped applicants with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, you must possess one full year (52 weeks) of specialized experience equivalent to the next lower grade in the Federal service: For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS- 13.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

• Experience in ensuring work complies with the federal budget process and cycle; ensuring work follows circular A-11, specifically applying guidance on object classes and FTEs; and engaging Congress and other government agencies during the budget process; and
• Experience in writing, reviewing, and analyzing budget justification narratives and data to ensure support of agency and administration priorities and in performing analytical duties related to budget review, justification, and preparation, to include identifying data trends/variances, proposing recommendations, and assessing if funding requests are consistent with prior year spending behavior/performance; and
• Experience in formulating multi-year budget estimates for programs to include assessing how changes in the year of execution will impact out-year costs; understanding and identifying cost and savings impact from funding initiatives; understanding and assessing how changes to a program's budget will impact the budget of other programs; and provide recommendations to supervisors and executives; and
• Experience in calculating projected employee salary using OPM guidance to determine a multi-year cost estimate; and
• Experience creating and presenting financial data visualizations, summaries, and data analysis used for senior management for decision making

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

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience at this grade level.

Additional information

Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible which do not require time-in-grade/band.



This is a Public Trust position and has a risk level designation of "moderate".

Relocation Expenses are not authorized and will not be paid.

More than one selection may be made from this announcement if additional identical vacancies in the same title, series, grade, and unit occur within 90 days from the date the certificate was issued.

All application materials become the property of the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

Benefits

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A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new windowLearn more about federal benefits.

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