Budget Analyst

This is a Direct Hire Authority (DHA) solicitation utilizing the DHA for DHA for Certain Personnel of the DoD Workforce to recruit and appoint qualified candidates to positions in the competitive service. About the Position: This position is located at Fort Bragg, NC. Establishe local budget formulation schedules, call letters, and submission templates tailored to time-phased operational requirements, autonomous systems fielding cycles, operational deployment phases, alert postures and tactical field experiments. Review submitted estimates for reasonableness, mission justification, operational validity, and compliance with statutory authorities, fiscal law, and Department of War/Defense financial regulations. Establish, maintain, and enforce internal management control systems and funds subdivision controls to ensure strict compliance with the Anti-Deficiency Act (ADA) and related fiscal mandates across all DAWG autonomous programs. Review and certify the availability and legal propriety of funds for purchase requests, commercial vendor contracts, rapid autonomous prototyping contracts, GPC thresholds, ISSAs, FOO funds, and operational travel authorizations. Direct the development and administration of the Task Force Easy/ DAWG Unfinanced Requirements (UFR) list. Develop and analyze comprehensive status-of-funds reports, burn-rate analyses, and trend forecasts to identify variance between planned operational expenditures and actual execution. Who May Apply: US Citizens In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. 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). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on education, your transcripts will be required as part of your application. Additional information about transcripts is in this document. Specialized experiencce: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 grade level in the Federal service which includes 1) Performing the full spectrum of budget formulation, presentation, execution, fiscal analysis, and fund control. 2) Monitoring and analyzing obligations and expenditure throughout the fiscal year using automated accounting and resource systems (e.g., GFEBS, DEAMS, WAWF, DTS). 3) Ensuring obligations occur in accordance with projected spending curves, operational milestones, RDT&E testing schedules, and higher headquarters expenditure benchmarks. 4) Providing advice, execution oversight, and technical guidance on day-to-day budgetary operations and financial management functions. Some federal jobs allow you to substitute your education for the required experience in order to qualify. For this job, you must meet the qualification requirement using experience alone--no substitution of education for experience is permitted.