About this role
Job SummaryYou will serve as a Budget Analyst with US Fish and Wildlife Service. The Budget Analyst manages budget execution, fund certification, financial reporting, and budget formulation, ensuring fiscal accountability, compliance, and effective resource management. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate.
QualificationsAll qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 10/29/2026 - unless otherwise stated in this vacancy announcement. Competitive candidates must also meet Time-in-Grade requirements as defined in 5 CFR 300, Subpart F. For current Federal employees, if hours worked per week are not included on your resume, you must submit a non-award SF-50 as part of your application to be used to validate your work schedule and determine the amount of specialized experience that you will be granted. An award SF-50 will not be acceptable documentation for which to consider your amount of qualifying experience. For periods of time that reflect military service, the DD-214 or Statement of Service is sufficient to meet the work schedule requirement as the service dates will be reflected. For all other applicants who are not current federal employees, your resume must state either "full-time" (or "40 hours a week") or "part-time" with the number of hours worked per week to ensure proper crediting of specialized experience. Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: 1. One (1) year of full-time specialized experience comparable in difficulty and responsibility to the GS-09 grade level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as: 1) assisting with establishing and maintaining budget tracking systems to track and report the status of current and prior-year budgets; 2) assisting in monitoring budget status in FBMS, reviewing financial reports and accounting data, coordinating routine budget information with program staff, and tracking fund use to support ongoing budget oversight; 3) assisting with formulating, executing, monitoring, and reconciling assigned budgets; supporting prior-year closeout and current-year fund execution; contributing to developing out-year budget inputs; and helping ensure compliance with Service and Departmental budget policies; 4) assisting with analyzing historical financial data to prepare budget projections, identifying routine funding needs or issues, performing basic trend analyses, and providing recommendations or corrective actions to program managers; and 5) serving as a basic user of FBMS Business Warehouse and SAP reporting tools to interpret financial data requests, running queries, producing ad-hoc financial reports, and providing useful budget information to program managers and project leads. -OR- 2. Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree, or three (3) years of progressively higher-level graduate education leading to such a degree, or LL.M, in a field of study directly related to the position. You must include transcripts. - OR- 3. Successful completion of a combination of graduate education and specialized experience, as described above, may be used to meet 100 percent of the qualification requirements for this position. Only graduate education beyond the first two (2) years may be combined with specialized experience. To combine graduate education and specialized experience, first take the amount of qualifying graduate education beyond the second year and divide that number of semester hours by 18. Then take the number of full-time months of specialized experience and divide that number by 12. Add the resulting percentages together. The total must equal at least 100 percent to qualify. Volunteer Experience: Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience.
Major DutiesThe Budget Analyst manages and reconciles assigned budgets, ensuring fiscal accuracy, compliance, and timely execution. The role monitors fund utilization, certifies funding requests, prepares status-of-funds reports, and resolves discrepancies using Financial and Business Management System (FBMS), SAP, and the Budget Tracking System. The analyst supports annual budget formulation through cost analyses, projections, and documentation, while recommending improvements to budget processes and providing data-driven guidance to program managers. As a Budget Analyst the duties include but are not limited to the following: Establishes and maintains accurate budget tracking systems for the assigned current and prior-year budgets; oversees budget execution, implements expenditure controls, and prevents over-obligation. Monitors budget status and fiscal records in accordance with FBMS requirements; reviews reports, financial documents, and accounting records; coordinates with program managers and staff to ensure continuous oversight of fund utilization, availability, and budgetary progress. Formulates, executes, monitors, and reconciles assigned budgets; closes out prior-year funds, executes current-year funds, and develops out-year budgets; ensures compliance with all U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Department of the Interior budget policies and control procedures. Analyzes historical financial data to develop budget projections; identifies funding needs, trends, deficiencies, and potential problem areas; implements corrective actions within delegated authority or provides recommendations to program managers and project leaders. Serves as an expert user of FBMS Business Warehouse and SAP reporting tools; interprets data requests, develops queries, and produces ad-hoc reports to meet financial information needs; extracts and delivers relevant real-time and stored data reports to program managers, project leaders, and support staff.RequirementsMust be a U.S. Citizen or National. Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication. Males born after 12-31-59 must be registered for Selective Service. Direct Deposit participation required. Successfully pass the E-Verify employment verification check. To learn more, visit https://www.e-verify.gov/. Must possess and maintain a valid driver's license throughout employment. You are required to wear a uniform and comply with uniform standards. A uniform allowance will be provided. As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you may be required to serve a 1-year probationary period to evaluate your fitness and whether your continuation of employment advances the public interest. This probationary period is an extension of the appointment process and therefore requires the agency to determine if continued employment would advance the public interest, meet the organization goals and mission of the agency, and/or otherwise promote the efficiency of the service. In determining if your employment advances the public interest, the agency will consider: your performance and conduct; the needs and interests of the agency; whether your continued employment would advance organizational goals of the agency or the Government; and whether your continued employment would advance the efficiency of the Federal service. Under applicable law, the employment of an individual serving a probationary or trial period automatically terminates when that period ends unless the agency affirmatively certifies, in writing, that the individual's employment should continue and that their appointment should be finalized. In the absence of agency action to affirmatively certify continued employment beyond the probationary or trial period, such appointments are terminated. Upon completion of your probationary period your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.