Clarification from the agency

Please be advised that federal retired annuitant candidates may only be considered as a temporary employee if the role can be filled in that capacity.

Budget Formulation and Execution

• Serves as principal advisor to CVC leadership on budget formulation and execution matters.
• Leads the development, justification, and execution of annual budgets, including payroll estimates and funding allocations.
• Coordinates with the AOC Budget Division to prepare and finalize formal budget submissions.
• Reviews spending and obligation trends; prepares weekly status-of-funds reports.
• Prepares Funding Allocation Documents (FADs) and reprogramming actions.
• Distributes cost ceilings, monitors execution, prevents over-obligation, and recommends corrective actions.
• Develops financial reports and analyses to support executive decision-making and budget execution goals.

Financial Advisory Services

• Analyzes appropriation legislation and advises management on financial impacts and compliance.
• Provides expert financial guidance to managers on funding availability, limitations, and strategic alignment.
• Develops budget trackers, financial analyses, and executive briefings.
• Identifies, analyzes, and resolves financial management and internal control deficiencies.
• Supports preparation of written testimony, exhibits, and documentation for Congressional oversight.

Non-Appropriated Fund Controls

• Analyzes and oversees non-appropriated and revolving fund activities, including Gift Shops and CVC Restaurant operations.
• Prepares profit and loss reports, revenue projections, and financial status reports for senior leadership.
• Monitors sales, deposits, personnel costs, and internal controls.
• Reviews contractor charges and invoices to ensure compliance with contract provisions.
• Advises management on financial risks, trends, and business process improvements.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• You must be a U.S. Citizen.
• You must be able to pass a drug test.
• Your resume and question responses must demonstrate the job-related KSAs.
• You must meet the definition of specialized experience.
• Appointment subject to background investigation and favorable adjudication

To be employed by the Architect of the Capitol in a paid position, an individual must meet one of the categories below:

• A citizen of the United States;
• A person who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence and is seeking citizenship as outlined in 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)(B);
• A person who is admitted as a refugee under 8 U.S.C. 1157 or is granted asylum under 8 U.S.C. 1158 and has filed a declaration of intention to become a lawful permanent resident and then a citizen when eligible;
• A person who owes allegiance to the United States (nationals of American Samoa, Swains Island, and the Northern Mariana Islands, and nationals who meet other requirements described in 8 U.S.C. 1408); or
• A person who is currently an officer or employee of the Government of the United States.

Qualifications

You must meet the United States Office of Personnel Management's (OPM) qualification requirements (including specialized experience and/or educational requirements) for the advertised position. You must meet all eligibility and qualifications requirements by the closing date of the job announcement. Additional information on the qualification requirements is outlined in the OPM Qualifications Standards Handbook of General Schedule Positions. It is available for your review on the OPM web site at OPM qualification standards
 
Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and that is typically in or related to the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to at least the next lower grade level. 

Candidates for this GS-13 position must have at least 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-12 grade level in the Federal service. 

Specialized experience is defined as: 

• Serving as an agency’s principal advisor on budgetary matters and interpretation of policies, regulations, and laws related to the federal budget process;
• Utilizing principles, policies, regulations and procedures of budget/financial transactions to evaluate financial data and prepare a variety of reports;
• Monitoring obligations, expenditures, and payroll funding to identify trends and mitigate risk;
• Providing expert financial advisory services to managers or executives, including high level analyses and briefings; and
• Overseeing or analyzing non-appropriated or revolving funds, including revenue tracking, profit and loss analysis, internal controls, or contract financial oversight;

How you will be evaluated

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

Review your resume and responses carefully. Your eligibility for consideration and qualifications for the position will be determined based upon a review of your detailed resume and your responses to job specific self-assessment questions. 

Your resume will be evaluated based on evidence of your ability to demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) for this position, possession of any specialized experience, and how well your background and experience relates to the self-assessment questions in the job announcement. The self-assessment questions relate to the following knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies:

1. Knowledge of financial concepts and practices to establish and maintain budgets.
2. Ability to gather and analyze financial information to identify and resolve financial and auditing issues.
3. Ability to analyze trends in spending and monitor the financial status of operations and make strategically based decisions.
4. Ability to prepare organized written memoranda, budget justifications, reports, and instructions.
5. Ability to communicate make clear and convincing oral presentations.

Your responses to the self-assessment questions serve as the basis for your initial rating. You will receive a numerical score based on your responses to these questions.  Next, your responses will be evaluated by a Human Resources Specialist and/or a subject matter expert against the information provided in your resume and optional cover letter. Your resume must support your answers to the self-assessment questions. Falsifying your background, education and/or experience is cause for non-selection or disqualification from further consideration.

Please note that a complete application is required for consideration. (Please review the “Required Documents” section of this job announcement to see what must be included in a complete application).