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BUDGET OFFICER - TITLE 32

Department of the Air Force
Air National Guard Units
165TH COMPTROLLER FLIGHT
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Summary

THIS IS A NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 32 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION.

This National Guard position is for a Budget Officer, Position Description Number D1678000 and is part of the Georgia Air National Guard.

Area of Consideration: Current members of the Georgia Air National Guard.

This is a full-time, Excepted Temporary Indefinite, dual status position which requires Georgia Air National Guard Membership. Position is Indefinite however, may convert to permanent without further competition.

Overview

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Hiring complete
Open & closing dates
07/13/2020 to 12/31/2020
Salary
$76,721 to - $99,741 per year
Pay scale & grade
GS 12
Location
1 vacancy in the following location:
Garden City, GA
Telework eligible
No
Travel Required
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed
No
Appointment type
Temporary
Work schedule
Full-Time
Service
Excepted
Promotion potential
None
Job family (Series)
Supervisory status
No
Security clearance
Secret
Drug test
No
Announcement number
GA-10858888-AF-20-237
Control number
572918400

This job is open to

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Clarification from the agency

Current members of the Georgia Air National Guard.

Duties

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As a Budget Officer, GS-0560-12, you will:

  • Operate the Resource Management System, a network of commanders, resource advisors, cost center managers, and technical advisors aligned to the Wing/GSU organizational structure and oriented towards the management of appropriated funds and workdays for the accomplishment of unit missions. Provide resource managers with necessary guidance, information, knowledge, and training to accomplish mission goals and objectives. Design presentation materials for, chairs, conducts, and document the quarterly meetings of the Financial Working Group (FWG). Design materials for, briefs, and document the quarterly Financial Management Board (FMB).
  • Serve as the principal author for local resource management policy development and publication. Interpret guidelines issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Congress, the Department of Defense (DoD), the United States Air Forces and Joint Services, the National Guard Bureau (NGB), and NGB/FMA and issues supplementary authoritative budget guidance. Ensure compatibility with financial goals and objectives issued by higher authority. Review, consolidate, approve, modify, or disapprove budgetary data and reports submitted for consistency with goals, objectives, reasonableness, and accuracy. Present budgetary briefings with supporting statistical data to senior leadership who use the data to defend budget and manpower requirements and as a basis for making military decisions.
  • Serve as the principal budgetary advisor to senior leadership and top management personnel in maintaining balance, efficiency, and economy of operations to accomplish programmed objectives. Exercise technical authority and discretion in distributing appropriated funds and workdays, approving or disapproving expenditures, validating or invalidating unfunded requirements submissions, and determining the required degree of funds control measures based on interpretations of fiscal law, the ANG Financial Guidance, generally accepted accounting principles, and locally developed resource management policy. Exercise judgment and provide advice to commanders and resource advisors to ensure efficient, economical, and balanced use of funds.
  • Oversee budget formulation, validation, compilation, and submission, requiring the frequent contact with commanders, resource advisors, higher headquarters (ANG/FMA), and field counterparts. Develop, prepare, present, justify, and defend analyses and summaries of budget performance at FWG and FMB meetings, staff meetings, impromptu meetings with senior leadership, related conferences, and during compliance or readiness inspections. Issues the annual financial plan "call" to commanders and resource advisors ensuring timely notification, clear and concise instructions, and achievable "suspenses" for all required actions. Validate, edit, consolidate, and submit baseline information, programmatic changes, unfunded requirements, and external worksheets to ANG/FMA before specified due dates. To facilitate strategic decision-making, consider not just current-year execution of funds, but also historical costs up to five years, multi-year procurement funds and military construction funds.
  • Review initial funding (programmed or received) and devise and carry out apportionment to base organizations ensuring financial continuity between fiscal years. Issue "call" for annual spend plans to commanders and resource advisors, ensuring timely notifications, clear and concise instructions, and "suspenses" for all required actions. Review, validate, approve, and/or adjust unit spend plans ensuring provision for "baseline" organizational expenses. Review and apportions initial programmed or received funding for "model-driven" programs and other commodities and ensure unit program managers, resource advisors, and commanders are notified of related distributions. Promptly review, validate, adjust, and finalize unit rephasing and reprogramming requests. Ensure notification to the originator after such actions thereby preventing interruption or delay to primary mission operations. Review, analyze, and project quarterly requirements for all programs and takes action as necessary to ensure the adequacy of all quarterly allotments as defined on the current funding document issued by ANG/FMA.
  • Follow up on approved distributions by ensuring the prompt and accurate loading of fund targets to the accounting and supply systems, and by notifying the affected unit's resource advisor. Ensure the summary fund targets in the accounting records match the annual and quarterly amounts on ANG/FMA funding documents. Ensure quarterly material targets in the accounting records match related targets in the Standard Base Supply System (SBSS).
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

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Conditions of employment

  • NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSHIP IS REQUIRED. If you are not sure you are eligible for military membership, please contact a National Guard recruiter prior to applying for this position.
  • This is an excepted service position that requires membership in a compatible military assignment in the employing state's National Guard, required prior to the effective date of placement.
  • Selectee will be required to wear the military uniform.
  • Acceptance of an excepted service position constitutes concurrence with these requirements as a condition of employment.
  • Applicants who are not currently a member of the National Guard must be eligible for immediate membership and employment in the National Guard in the military grade listed in this announcement.
  • Males born after 31 December 1959 must be registered for Selective Service.
  • Federal employment suitability as determined by a background investigation.
  • May be required to successfully complete a probationary period.
  • Participation in direct deposit is mandatory.
  • This is a Financial Management Level Certified position IAW the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, Section 1599d.
  • Incumbent shall comply with the requirements of this certification program.
  • Certification Level 2: THIS IS A FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Level 2 Certified position designated as such in accordance with the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) 2012, Public Law 112-81, Subtitle F-Financial Management, section 1051,
  • Amending 10 United States Code, section 1599d. Incumbent of this position is required to comply with all Department of Defense and Department of the Army requirements of this certification program.
  • This certification requirement is a condition of employment for this position. Failure to obtain this certification within the required time may subject the incumbent to adverse action.

Qualifications

Military Grades: 2LT - MAJ

Compatible Military Assignments: 65FX

GENERAL EXPERIENCE: Experience in administrative, professional, technical, or other responsible work that utilizes knowledge of management principles and practices. Experience analyzing problems, drawing logical conclusions, and communicating effectively with others. Experience using computer and automation systems.

SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: Must have at least 36 months experience, education, or training involving complex knowledge and understanding of governing budgetary policies, precedent setting decisions, procedures and regulations. Experience in identifying, analyzing and resolving budgetary problems. Experience interpreting comptroller decisions and providing regulatory information. Experience in briefing senior level management on budget related issues.

Education

If you are using Education to qualify for this position: Successful completion of undergraduate study in an accredited college or university at the rate of 30 semester hours for 12 months of experience.

You must provide transcripts or other documentation to support your Educational claims. To receive credit for Education, you must provide documentation of proof that you meet the Education requirements for this position.

Additional information

If you are a male applicant who was born after 12/31/1959 and are required to register under the Military Selective Service Act, the Defense Authorization Act of 1986 requires that you be registered or you are not eligible for appointment in this agency (https://www.sss.gov/RegVer/wfRegistration.aspx).

If you are unable to apply online or need to fax a document you do not have in electronic form, view the following link for information regarding an Alternate Application.

How you will be evaluated

You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.

Once the announcement has closed, your resume and supporting documentation will be used to determine if you meet the qualifications listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documentation will be compared to your responses on the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If you rate yourself higher than is supported by your application package, your responses may be adjusted and/or you may be excluded from consideration for this position. If you are found to be among the top qualified candidates, you will be referred to the selecting official for employment consideration.

Your qualifications will be evaluated on the following competencies (knowledge, skills, abilities and other characteristics):

  • Administration and Management
  • Budget Formulation, Justification and Presentation
  • Concepts, Policies, and Principles of Budget
  • Education / Training Program Administration
  • Fundamentals and Operations of Budget

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