Budget Analyst

If selected for this position, you will join a well-respected team that is responsible for budget and financial management work in support of the U.S. Attorney's Office, Northern District of Illinois. Typical work assignments will include:

• Gathering and consolidating narrative information and statistical data needed for budget operations and financial reporting;
• Researching legal, regulatory, program, and budgetary information;
• Monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office;
• Verifying that obligations and expenditures occur on a timely basis in accordance with regulatory controls;
• Providing information based on the products of the financial management system;
• Analyzing expenditure data to identify variables affecting costs;
• Preparing annual administrative budgets and operating plans;
• Providing a wide variety of budgetary reports.

• You must be a U.S. Citizen or National.
• Initial appointment is conditioned upon a satisfactory pre-employment adjudication. This includes fingerprint, credit and tax checks, and drug testing. Continued employment is subject to a favorable adjudication of a background investigation.
• You must be registered for Selective Service, if applicable.
• If selected, you may be required to complete a one year probationary period.
• Time-in-Grade: Federal employees must meet time-in-grade requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement.
• You must meet all qualification and eligibility requirements within 30 days after the closing date of this announcement and before placement in the position.

GS-9: To be eligible at the GS-9 level, you must meet one of the following conditions, as defined below: Specialized Experience, Education or a combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-7 level. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing budget or financial management work which demonstrates knowledge of budget and finance principles, practices and methods. Examples of specialized experience include entering obligations into financial management system, processing invoices for payment, preparing financial documentation for audits, reviewing budget and program data for accuracy, monitoring obligations and expenditures, compiling budget requests, and preparing travel expenses and payments.

Education: One of the following types of education in a closely related field (e.g., Accounting, Financial Management, Public Administration, Business Administration): a Master's or equivalent graduate degree (such as an LL.B.); OR 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree.

Combining Education and Experience: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements. In order to qualify based on a combination, graduate education must be in excess of 1 full year. To calculate your percentage of graduate education, first determine the total number of graduate hours that exceed 18 semester hours (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study), then divide the total number of your excess graduate semester hours by 18 (or your school's definition of one year of graduate study). To calculate your percentage of qualifying experience, divide your total number of months of qualifying experience by 12. Now, add the two percentages together. The sum of the percentages must equal at least 100%.

Career Transition Assistance Plan (CTAP)-The CTAP provides eligible surplus and displaced competitive service employees in the Department of Justice with selection priority over other candidates for competitive service vacancies. If your Department of Justice component has notified you in writing that you are a surplus or displaced employee eligible for CTAP consideration, you may receive selection priority if: 1) this vacancy is within your CTAP eligibility, 2) you apply under the instructions in this announcement, and 3) you are found well-qualified for this vacancy. To be well qualified, you must satisfy all qualification requirements for the vacant position and receive a score of 85 or better on established ranking criteria. You must provide a copy of your written notification of CTAP eligibility with your application. Additional information about CTAP eligibility is at http://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/.