Budget Analyst

This vacancy is for a Budget Analyst in the Office of the Secretary within the Chief Financial Officer and Assistant Secretary for Administration, Office of Budget in the Department of Commerce. As a Budget Analyst, the incumbent plans, organizes, and carries out a major, substantive budget for a significant program component, ensuring the effective integration of program and budget planning.

As a Budget Analyst, you will perform the following duties: Provide long-range analysis of the potential effects of budgetary actions on national economic, social, and political objectives. May develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of national programs. Track progress of bureau appropriations through Congress. Justifies budget before OMB staff. Reviews, approves, disapproves, and recommends the amount and timing of allotments of funds to agency components and programs. Develop proposed appropriation language in support of new or revised program and budgetary requirements. May develop, recommend, and implement budgetary policies affecting the financing and accomplishment of national programs. Provide advice to top management on the Federal budget process. Provides authoritative interpretations of Congressional legislation and OMB policies and precedents. This position is also advertised under OS-OB-DE-26-13023620, which is open to Delegated Examining eligible applicants. You must apply to both announcements if you want to be considered for both. This Job Opportunity Announcement may be used to fill other Budget Analyst GS-0560-14, FPL GS-14 positions within the Department of Commerce in the same geographical location or local commuting area with the same qualifications and specialized experience.

You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this position. This position requires a SECRET CLEARANCE: Any required investigations and clearances must be completed before the selectee can be placed in the position. You must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance. This may include a credit check, a review of financial issues, as well as certain criminal offenses and illegal use or possession of drugs. A probationary or trial period may be required. Selective Service: Males born after 12/31/59 must be registered or exempt from Selective Service (see https://www.sss.gov/). If you receive a conditional offer of employment for this position, you will be required to complete an Optional Form 306, Declaration for Federal Employment, and to sign and certify the accuracy of all information in your application. All Federal employees are required to have Federal salary payments made by direct deposit to a financial institution of their choosing. Bargaining Unit Position: No Confidential Financial Disclosure Report (OGE form 450): No Permanent Change of Duty Station (PCS) Expense: Will not be paid License required: No Drug Test Required: Yes - This position is subject to pre-employment drug testing and random drug testing thereafter. Time-in-grade/band requirements must be met by the closing date of the announcement unless eligible for special hiring authority, reinstatement eligible, non-current Federal employee applying as a VEOA eligible, which do not require time-in-grade/band.