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Program Specialist
National Cemetery Administration · Posted 69 days ago
On-site Biloxi, MS $62K – $80K Apply by Jul 16, 2026 Miscellaneous Administration And Program ENTJESFJESTJISTJ
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This position is located at the Biloxi National Cemetery in Biloxi, Mississippi.
What You'll Do
- →This is a bargaining unit position.
- →This position is represented by AFGE.
- →Please note that as provided for in the AFGE/VA Master Agreement the FIRST area of consideration for this position will be permanent employees of the local facility in which this position is being filled, the SECOND area of consideration will be employees at other VA facilities, and the THIRD area of consideration will be all other eligibles.
- →Assists the Director in the formulation of the budgets for Biloxi National Cemetery, reviews and considers the prior fiscal year's operations.
- →Assists in formulating the next year's budget requirements by calculating for future payroll requirements and by analyzing ongoing and proposed contractual improvements, services and purchases, etc.
- →Extracts and consolidates the budgetary information, determines and evaluates trends, and adjusts budget estimates as needed.
- →Prepares budget estimates for the Cemetery Director for submission to the Continental District (CND) Office.
- →Programs quarterly distribution of funds to control points, monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures to ensure actions are timely and accurate.
- →Resolves accounting problems by working with CND/NCA fiscal personnel.
- →Must be able to interpret fund control point regulations, budgetary limitations, the Prompt Payment Act, and prevent over-obligation of funds.
- →Maintains records of obligations on computer spreadsheets (blotter) and reconciles balances with F20D reports, status of funds reports, and iF AMS/CAA TS (Centralized Admin Accounting Transactions System) running balances.
- →Maintains computer spreadsheets on cemetery payroll expenses for each fiscal year, anticipates changes, adjusts as necessary, estimates and calculates overtime requirements and reconciles each pay period with gross-to-net figures.
- →When necessary, prepares requests to the CND for problems encountered in the cemetery.
- →Serves as primary Purchase Card holder for BNC.
Requirements
- ✓A transcript must be submitted with your application if you are basing all or part of your qualifications on education.
- ✓PLEASE NOTE: Education must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education in order for it to be credited towards qualifications (particularly positions with a positive education requirement).
- ✓Therefore, applicants must report only attendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S.
- ✓Department of Education.
- ✓Applicants can verify accreditation at the following website: http://www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/accred/index.html.
- ✓All education claimed by applicants will be verified by the appointing agency accordingly.
- ✓If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education.
Personality Fit
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