- Position Title
- Budget Analyst
- Agency
- National Nuclear Security Administration
- Announcement Number
- 24-NRLFO-05-12212761-DE Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Wednesday, November 22, 2023 to Wednesday, November 29, 2023
For preview purposes only. To apply, please return to the USAJOBS announcement and click the Apply button.
Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Are you a SURPLUS or DISPLACED federal employee (e.g., Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP))?
If yes, confirm:
--you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy;
--you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated;
--you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
--your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or equivalent.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
If yes, confirm:
--you are located in the same local commuting area as the vacancy;
--you are applying to a position that is at or below the grade level of the position from which you were or will be separated;
--you are applying to a position that does not have greater promotion potential than the position from which you were or will be separated; AND
--your last performance rating of record is at least fully successful or equivalent.
For more information on eligibility visit: https://www.usajobs.gov/help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/career-transition/
Check the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section in the job announcement for instructions to support your eligibility to apply for this vacancy.
Preferences
1.
Select the location(s) you want to be considered for. You must choose at least one location.
2.
Select the lowest grade you are willing to accept for this position.
3.
Do any of your relatives work for the agency to which you are applying? If so, please list any applicable names below. Please enter N/A in the text box, if not Applicable. (Include: father, mother, husband, wife, son, daughter, brother, sister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew, niece, father-in-law, mother-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, stepfather, stepmother, stepson, stepdaughter, stepbrother, stepsister, half brother, and half sister).
Assessment 1
Thank you for your interest in this position. Please provide an answer for all questions.
1.
NQ-02: To meet the basic qualifications requirements at the NQ-02 level (GS-9 - GS-12), select the option that best describes your experience.
2.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
3.
NQ-03: To meet the basic qualifications requirements at the NQ-03 level (GS-13 - GS-14), select the option that best describes your experience.
4.
Please identify the position in your resume (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
5.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of, and skill applying organizational missions, functions, goals, objectives, work processes, funding sources; budget and/or finance practices, procedures, regulations, precedents, policies, sources of budgeting or financial matters, factual data, and assignment guides to relate needs and accomplishments of the organization to budget figures; the needs of serviced organizations; and to complete assignments.
6.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
7.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of budget and finance regulations, procedures, and processes to gather, compile, correlate, and consolidate accounting and financial data and the ability to use that data to independently analyze problems and make recommendations; prepare and/or reviews estimates in accepted formats; analyze and compare selected, approved, operating budget object class and line-item obligations and expenditures; determines timely use of funds to support mission and objectives; prepare brief factual reports for obligated, expended funds.
8.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
9.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of, and skill applying, budget and finance principles, practices, and methods of budget execution and the organizational structure, programs, and work methods of serviced components sufficient to determine whether obligations, expenditures, and allotments meet funding limitations, program plans, work methods.
10.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
11.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of Federal budgeting laws, regulations, and practices to formulate, justify, and execute long-range program plans, objectives, and resource requirements for a multi-million-dollar major national program; interpret and analyze impact of new/revised legislation and project potential effects on national programs.
12.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
13.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of budgeting and/or financing concepts, accounting theories and principles, and techniques; principles, practices, laws, and regulations; organization and programs of other Federal, State, and local governments, private industry, and large public organizations sufficient to understand financial and budget relationships between major NNSA, DOE and/or interagency programs; to analyze national level programs, exceptionally large and complex programs.
14.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
15.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to research and interpret laws, regulations, directives, circulars, Comptroller General Decisions and associated interpretations/guidance relating to financial management.
16.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
17.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to perform reviews and assessments of field office and contractor financial operations, assessing performance and compliance and recommending corrective actions to identified deficiencies.
18.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
19.
Select the response that best describes your knowledge of financial and budget relationships between subordinate and senior levels of financial management and budgeting within of the employing agency sufficient to review, analyze, revise, and recommend approval, disapproval, or modification of budget requests and justifications; to analyze, combine, and consolidate budget estimates into a budget document reflecting balanced, multi-year funding needs.
20.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
21.
Select the response below that best describes your knowledge of budget formulation and execution activities to develop responses to formal budget calls; review funding requests, work authorization documents, program execution documents, and local and HQ Approved Funding Programs (AFP) to ensure adequacy of budget resources in accordance with Federal Appropriations Law (time, purpose and amount) and contract ceilings and statutory limitations; and to record and certifies funds availability in Departmental budget and financial management systems.
22.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
23.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to provide oversight and analysis of the Prime Contractor's operations.
24.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
25.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to effectively plan, report, and execute financial allotments, allocations, and fund distribution activities.
26.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
27.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to independently perform reviews and assessments of field office and contractor financial operations, assessing performance and compliance and recommending corrective actions to identified deficiencies.
28.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
29.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to provide expert advice and formulate viable solutions and recommendations concerning the applicability, impact, and application of budget activities.
30.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
31.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to create, present, and deliver oral and written presentations in a clear and concise manner to peers, managers, and the most senior executives within the organization.
32.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
33.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to communicate effectively in order to influence or persuade other to accept critical or controversial findings and/or recommendations.
34.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
35.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to make oral and written presentations in a clear and concise manner to peers and managers at all levels within the organization.
36.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
37.
Select the response below that best describes your ability to perform formal written reviews and assessments, identifying deficiencies, and recommend corrective actions.
38.
Please identify the position and time period (include the month/year) which reflects this experience.
39.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all of the information included in this questionnaire is true, correct, and provided in good faith. I understand that if I make an intentional false statement or commit deception or fraud in this application and its supporting materials, or in any document or interview associated with the examination process, I may be fined or imprisoned (18 U.S.C. 1001); my eligibilities may be cancelled, I may be denied an appointment, or I may be removed and debarred from Federal service (5 C.F.R. part 731). I understand that any information I give may be investigated. I understand that responding "No" to this item will result in my not being considered for this position.