Budget Analyst

This Budget Analyst position is with Geological Survey (Department of the Interior) in Phoenix, AZ. You will serve as a Budget Analyst at National Land Imaging with Geological Survey. You may be required to travel overnight away from home up to 5 nights per month. You must obtain a government charge card for travel purposes. Pay will vary based on grade level and/or duty location for which you're selected. Salary is based on General Schedule (RUS) pay table. For locality pay information, click here. First time hires to the Federal government normally start at the step 1 rate. Key duties: • Some of the major duties you will perform include but are not limited to the following: Providing day-to-day financial and administrative management support for NLI Program budget formulation, execution, and tracking. Conducting fiscal analysis and coordinating fund allocations across appropriated, reimbursable, and multi-year satellite mission budgets. Monitoring, reconciling, and reporting on multi-source accounts and inter-agency agreements while managing year-end close-outs and variance analyses. Representing the program in bureau-level financial and operational working groups while coordinating across regional and cost-center leadership. Guiding support staff on established business processes and executing special projects in direct support of program leadership. Qualifications: All qualifications must be met by the closing date of this announcement - 08/21/2026-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. AND- Minimum Qualification Requirements: To qualify for this position, you must meet the following minimum qualifications: Specialized Experience for the series to which you are applying. To qualify for this position at the GS-13 grade level: Experience: Must have one year of specialized experience at or equal to the next lower grade level (GS-12). Examples of this experience may include, but is not limited to: Working with other management officials to develop budget estimates, goals, Working independently to find solutions to problems in budget and fiscal data; Searching for, compiling and analyzing historical statistical and narrative data relating to budgetary planning to determine the impact of higher level decisions and possible organizational impact; Supervising preparation of internal documentation to insure accountability and distribution of funds to appropriate project accounts; Preparing cost-benefit analysis with recommendations regarding budget and financial planning. 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. View the full announcement and apply on USAJOBS.gov.