- Position Title
- BUDGET ANALYST (TITLE 32)
- Agency
- Army National Guard Units
- Announcement Number
- IL-12488634-AR-24-219 Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Thursday, July 25, 2024 to Thursday, July 24, 2025
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Eligibilities
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US Citizens. Are you a US Citizen?
2.
Are you a current National Guard member within the state for which this position is being advertised?
3.
Are you a current Permanent full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Permanent full-time status with the state National Guard.
4.
Are you a current Temporary Indefinite full-time Dual Status National Guard Technician within the state for which this position is being advertised?
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
To verify your eligibility, you must submit a copy of your Notification of Personnel Action, Standard Form 50 (SF 50) reflecting your Indefinite full-time status with the state National Guard.
Conditions of Employment
This position has requirements which must be met prior to employment, and conditions for continued employment. Your answers to the questions in this section will indicate your understanding of, or possession of, these requirements and conditions.
1.
I have a valid, current state driver's license or I am able and willing to obtain and maintain a valid state driver's license.
2.
This position requires membership in the IL Army National Guard (IL ARNG). If you are not willing or are ineligible to join the IL ARNG, please do not apply to this announcement. If selected, you MUST be or become a member of the Selected IL ARNG.
Do you possess an IL ARNG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ARNG?
Do you possess an IL ARNG membership, or are you willing to obtain, and maintain a membership in the IL ARNG?
3.
Please type your current RANK, AFSC/MOS, and UNIT in the space provided below.
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
If you are a member of another branch of service, please include your branch, rank and military specialty.
Prior service members should include their last rank held and military specialty.
Civilians should type "N/A".
(limit 20 characters)
Assessment 1
Respond to all questions. For each, choose the response that best describes your experience and/or training. Please note that your answers will be verified against the information you provide in your resume or application.
Select “Yes” or “No” to the following question(s).
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General Experience: Do you possess experience, education, or training involving skills in applying problem solving techniques; and skills in communicating effectively both orally and in writing; ability to plan and organize work; competencies in analysis, research, writing, and judgment typically gained through college education or progressively responsible experiences; ability to follow established methods and procedures; use practical knowledge of the operations, procedures, and policies of specific program areas or functional assignment?
2.
Specialized Experience: Do you possess specialized experience for the GS-9 Level, which includes at least 12 months at the lower-level GS-07, education, or training of finance budget competencies that provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures; have a good understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the National Guard financial budget business program requirements; have experiences and training that demonstrate the abilities to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulations, policies, and procedures?
Select the one statement that most accurately describes your training and experience carrying out each task using the scale provided.
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Research, consolidate, and summarize budgetary data from source documents, automated budgetary systems, accounting records, and report for use in preparing budget estimates and annual financial plans.
4.
Interpret source information and properly apply it to the budget.
5.
Review organizational historical data and/or match funding requests or projected costs of selected line items with past records to determine trends in spending and forecast annual funding needs.
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Review budget submissions for compliance with rules, regulations, and procedures.
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Serve as the functional point of contact for day-to-day budget/financial issues.
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Work with Major Subordinate Commands (MSC) and budget office counterparts to obtain, monitor, and track organization's funds.
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Work closely with supervisors/ managers and/or project managers in utilization of resources, resolving problems, and determining funding/resource requirements.
10.
Perform budget formulation work involving review and preparation of budget estimates and financial plans.
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Provide advice, assistance, and guidance on budgeting and related information and conduct analyses, reviews and special studies of budget and/or related information.
12.
Provide advice on budget and related matters such as types of funding available, effects of budgetary changes on related activities, and status and use of funds.
13.
Compile, prepare, and convey information about the budget and programs of the organization.
14.
Prepare guidance and/or interpretation of standard procedures and regulations relating to the organization's budget and financial procedures/processes.
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Perform budget execution and administration work involving the monitoring of obligations incurred and the actual expenditures of funds.
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Monitor, track, and review obligations, expenditures, reimbursable orders, and requests for allotments, identifying and reporting differences that are not in keeping with annual work plans.
17.
Compare obligations and expenditures and identify conditions over or under obligation of funds.
18.
Prepare and conduct reprogramming and adjustments of funding to cover short falls, unanticipated expenses, and/or unexpected emergencies, identifying and referring to higher level officials reprogramming actions which require prior approval.
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Your responses in this Assessment Questionnaire are subject to evaluation and verification. Later steps in the selection process are specifically designed to verify your responses. Deliberate attempts to falsify information will be grounds for disqualifying you or for dismissing you from employment following acceptance. Please take this opportunity to review your responses to ensure their accuracy. If you fail to answer this question, you will be disqualified from consideration for this position. 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 canceled, 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.