- Position Title
- Budget Analyst
- Agency
- Bureau of Reclamation
- Announcement Number
- BOR-CPN-25-DE-12664515-MC Opens in new window
- Open Period
- Monday, January 13, 2025 to Sunday, January 26, 2025
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Eligibilities
1.
Do you claim Veterans’ Preference?
2.
Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
To claim CTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from the agency hiring for this position? AND
- You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- 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; AND
- 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 the equivalent.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in The Department of the Interior with CTAP eligibility?
3.
Interagency Career Transition Assistance Plan (ICTAP)
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
To claim ICTAP eligibility, please confirm:
- You are a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than the agency hiring for this position? AND
- You are located in the same local commuting area of the vacancy; AND
- 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; AND
- 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 the equivalent.
- Your agency notice, such as a Reduction in Force (RIF) separation notice or a Proposed Removal/Separation notice; AND
- Your most recent annual performance appraisal rating of record; AND
- Your most recent SF-50, or equivalent personnel action, noting current position, grade level, and duty location.
Are you a current or former federal employee displaced from a position in a federal agency other than The Department of the Interior?
4.
Reasonable Accommodations for taking the online assessments are provided on a case-by-case basis only to qualified individuals with a disability covered by the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended.
Do you have a disability (physical or mental) that you believe will interfere with completing the online assessments and require a Reasonable Accommodation?
Preferences
You are applying under the Delegated Examining announcement. If you want to be considered under the concurrent Merit Promotion announcement, you must submit a separate application under that announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
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.
Certificates of Eligible Applicants for this position may be shared with other Federal agencies at their request. This may include other Offices within the Bureau of Reclamation, other Bureaus within the Department of the Interior, and/or other Federal agencies. If your information is shared with another office/bureau/agency, you will be notified. Do you authorize the sharing of your information with other Federal agencies? If you respond "No" to this question, your information will not be shared and you will not be considered for employment by the requesting agency.
4.
Where did you learn about this vacancy?
5.
If you selected OTHER as your response to the question above, please elaborate on your answer.
6.
Have you ever permanently held the full performance GS grade level, or higher, as listed in this job vacancy?
7.
Please list the dates that you permanently held the grade. (Example: From 10/01/2001 to 9/30/2003)
You WILL NOT be considered for this announcement if you fail to submit ALL the applicable required documentation in the announcement (i.e. transcripts,DD-214's, SF-15, VA letter, SF-50's, PE Registration, etc.) by the CLOSING DATE of this announcement. Please call the Human Resources Office phone number listed on this announcement for clarification or further information.
To verify your claimed eligibility to apply for this position vacancy, you must submit all supporting documentations outlined in the Required Documents section of this job announcement.
8.
I understand this is NOT a remote position.
9.
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.
Conditions of Employment
If selected, you will be subject to an initial suitability review, determined by a background investigation.
1.
This position is designated as a Non-Sensitive/Low Risk position. It requires a fully completed and favorably adjudicated SF85 Background Investigation (T1 or equivalent) that is current (within the last 5 years). This is a condition of employment.
Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
Are you willing to undergo a comprehensive background investigation which includes, but is not limited to, contact with all references, employers, co-workers, personal associates, and a review of your driving record, credit history, criminal history, and military service?
Assessment 1
1.
GS-11 Choose one answer which best describes your experience in accordance with requirements for Budget Analyst positions at this level. Specialized experience at this level is defined as: experience in budget formulation and budget execution, analyzing financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations and evaluate continual changes in program plans and funding; obtaining, compiling, and summarizing information and quantitative data for use by others; analyzing conflicting information; developing budget estimates and justifications; identifying, analyzing and resolving budgetary problems or preparing or editing narrative justifications and projected funding needs
2.
GS-09 Choose one answer which best describes your experience in accordance with requirements for Budget Analyst positions at this level. Specialized experience at this level is defined as: reviewing documents to resolve routine or recurring accounting and budgetary discrepancies; entering data into accounting systems and correcting invalid/incorrect entries; monitoring accounts and sub-accounts balances to ensure accuracy and recommending appropriate action; examining invoices or other payment /funding documents for proper documentation, authorization, accounting codes and other justifications; determining proper coding and accounting to update automated systems; providing information about budget procedures to program managers and staff and submitting recurring reports on account balances and status of funds; conducting audits of various transactions used in disbursing funds to determine the appropriateness of the disbursement; and sorting and filing budget documents.
3.
Select the response that best reflects your experience in developing and implementing a program budget to accomplish organizational activities.
4.
Select any of the following funding mechanisms you have used to execute a budget.
5.
Select the response that best reflects the highest level of your responsibility in budget development.
6.
Select all statements that apply to areas in which you have applied budget experience.
7.
Select any of the following documents you have routinely used to ensure the validity and propriety of the budget execution process.
8.
Select any of the following budget execution tasks you have routinely performed.
9.
Select the response that best describes your experience in applying the principles and practices of budget execution to determine whether obligations, expenditures and requested allotments are within funding limitations in the approved budget.
10.
Select the response that best characterizes the level of support you have typically provided in the formulation and/or execution of an organizational budget.
11.
Select any of the following tasks you have performed in formulating a budget.
12.
Select the response that best characterizes your experience in using an automated financial system to analyze, formulate and execute a budget.
13.
Select the response that best characterizes your experience in using a Financial and Business Management System (FBMS) for financial analysis and budget management.
14.
Select the response that best characterizes your experience in communicating budget-related information to managers or supervisors.
15.
Select the one statement that best describes your ability to retain composure under stressful situations when dealing with a variety of people.
16.
I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, all 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.