Budget Analyst

Summary

This position is located in the Budget Execution Division, Office of Planning and Budget, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Budget Execution Division is responsible for coordinating agency-wide spend plans, analyzing resources, managing controls, and reporting results. Budget analysts work collaboratively to align spending with the agency's strategic priorities and deliver critical information to agency leaders.

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 prepare budget estimates, analysis, and justifications.
• You are eager to review OMB directives and circulars; providing routine information, analysis and advice to customers.
• You are driven to review bureau and office budget submissions for reasonableness, accuracy and conformance with procedures and guidelines; monitoring the budget.
• You enjoy monitoring the budget and analyzing trends; recommending reprogramming of funds as needed.
• You enjoy performing a wide variety of administrative and analytical duties connected with the review, justification, and presentation of the budget for a bureau or major component(s) of a bureau.
• You are driven to review, analyze, and interpret existing and proposed legislation, appropriation language, executive orders, and OMB circulars and bulletins.
• You're able to become an expert in providing advice and recommendations for budgetary actions including formulation budget estimates for multi-year programs and tracking the progress of USPTO's appropriation through Congress.
• You are eager to assists with justification of budget before senior leadership within OCFO.
• You are eager to develop cost-benefit analysis of proposed budgetary and program actions and advise Agency leadership and program managers of most advantageous courses of action.

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 at least the next lower grade in the Federal service. For this position, the next lower grade level is a GS- 9.

Specialized experience for this position includes:

GS-11

• Experience in applying the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s Circular A-11 to budget execution tasks and knowledge of the federal appropriations process;
• Experience gathering and analyzing data, interpreting findings, and writing and presenting recommendations;
• Experience engaging in problem-solving with customers and peers and sharing guidance and advice on budgetary matters in accordance with law, policies, and organizational practices; and
• Experience using tools to record and monitor financial transactions to assess adherence with policy, plans, and/or budgetary best practices.

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Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree

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3 full years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree

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LL.M., if related.

GS-12

• Experience applying the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s Circular A-11 to budget execution tasks and knowledge of the federal appropriations process;
• Experience performing analytical duties related to reviewing budget transactions across multiple program areas, identifying cost and spending trends, assessing changes and their impacts, reviewing hiring plans, estimating surplus and shortfalls, and projecting year-end results;
• Experience gathering quantitative budgetary data, interpreting findings, and writing and presenting recommendations to team leaders or supervisors;
• Experience engaging in problem-solving with a variety of customers and peers and offering advice on budgetary matters in accordance with federal law, policies, and organizational practices; AND
• Experience using tools to record and monitor financial transactions to assess adherence with policy, plans, and/or budgetary best practices.

GS-13

• Experience applying the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)'s Circular A-11 to budget execution tasks and knowledge of the federal appropriations process;
• Experience performing analytical duties for multiple program areas including reviewing and analyzing diverse types of budget data, identifying cost and spending trends/variances, assessing changes and their impacts, analyzing hiring plans, estimating surplus and shortfalls, projecting year-end results and their likely impact on out-year plans, and assessing whether spending is consistent with funding requests and agency strategic priorities;
• Experience engaging in complex problem-solving with a variety of customers and leaders and offering advice on budgetary matters like shortages, shortfalls, and variances in accordance with federal law, policies, and organizational practices;
• Experience using a variety of information sources and tools to develop findings and write and present recommendations about budgeting to supervisor or agency leaders; AND
• Experience using tools to record and monitor financial transactions to assess adherence with policy, plans, and/or budgetary best practices.

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

If this position requires proof of higher education, or you are substituting education for experience, you must submit an unofficial transcript or a list of courses that includes the following information: name of accredited institution, grades earned, completion dates, and quarter and semester hours earned. Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the requirements. Please refer to General Schedule Qualification Policies for more information. You are not required to submit official documents at this time; copies are sufficient.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education: Qualifying education from colleges and universities in foreign countries must be evaluated in terms of equivalency to that acquired in U.S. colleges and universities. Applicants educated in whole or in part in foreign countries must submit sufficient evidence, including transcripts, to an accredited private organization for an equivalency evaluation of course work and degree. A listing of these accredited organizations can be found on the Department of Education's website - US Department of Education. Another listing of services that can perform this evaluation is available at the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) website. You must provide a copy of the letter containing the results of the equivalency evaluation with a course by course listing along with your application. Failure to provide such documentation when requested will result in lost consideration.

NOTE: Only education and experience acquired before the filing deadline will be considered. Report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

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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