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Budget Analyst
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 7 days ago
About the Role
The position is in the Budget Division within the Fiscal Department of the Resource Management Directorate at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois. The CAPT James A. Lovell FHCC is a multisite, integrated federal health care system serving military veterans, recruits, active-duty personnel, and other eligible beneficiaries across Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin.
What You'll Do
- →The purpose of the position is to serve as a Budget Analyst with responsibility for planning, developing, presenting, executing, and reviewing all fiscal programs assigned to FHCC.
- →The incumbent works with the Assistant Fiscal Officer to administer the command's overall budgetary management process.
- →The analyst provides budgetary support and consultation to management and administrative staff at all levels.
- →The position administers a complex annual budget involving multiple direct and reimbursable funding sources; interprets and communicates budget limitations, program requirements, and applicable directives; identifies actual or potential funding issues; and recommends solutions to ensure optimal use of resources.
- →Major Duties: Budgetary Program Planning and Implementation 40% The Budget Analyst assists in the formulation of annual and multiyear operating budgets that support FHCC goals, objectives, and mission requirements.
- →Duties include: Analyzing facility programs, determining relative costs and benefits, and projecting annual funding needs.
- →Forecasting resource demands based on workload, operational requirements, and historical trends.
- →Providing guidance to leadership at all levels in developing budget requests and supporting documentation for programming and budget submissions covering the current year and outyears.
- →Consolidating and formatting budget inputs from multiple sources in accordance with applicable regulations and directive requirements.
- →Reviewing budget estimates to identify imbalances or duplications, reconciling estimates to current spending levels.
- →Assessing the cost impacts of new programs, policy initiatives, or changes in mission; recommending strategies consistent with anticipated funding and command priorities.
- →Budgetary Program Execution 35% The incumbent participates in and supports the execution phase of the budget cycle.
- →Responsibilities include: Preparing allotments or sub allotments of funds for distribution to program managers based on timelines, project requirements, or other factors.
- →Reviewing obligations and expenditures to ensure appropriateness, accuracy, and compliance with governing fiscal laws and policies.
Requirements
- ✓You must be a U.S.
- ✓Citizen to apply for this job To be considered for this position, you must complete all required steps in the process.
- ✓In addition to the application and questionnaire, this position requires an online assessment.
- ✓The online assessment measures critical general competencies required to perform the job.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959 Subject to background/security investigation Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP) As a condition of employment for accepting this position, you will be required to serve a 1-year probationary period or 2-year trial period during which we will evaluate your fitness and whether your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓In determining if your employment advances the public interest, we may 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.
- ✓Upon completion of your probationary period or trial period, your employment will be terminated unless you receive certification, in writing, that your continued employment advances the public interest.
- ✓There is no educational substitution at this grade level.
- ✓Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment.
- ✓You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 04c86e16-361e-4eb5-bd95-8b1823676a4f
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