Job Summary

The position is in Fiscal Service at the Kansas City VA Medical Center (VAMC), Kansas City, Missouri, The position serves as a Budget Analyst responsible for providing budget formulation, execution monitoring, analysis, and related financial support functions for assigned medical center operations and serviced activities.

Job Description

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/24/2026. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-9 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-7 and for the .GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS GS-09:SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: experience assisting with routine budget analysis functions such as developing, preparing, and revising budgets, fund estimates, or project plans. This experience should include providing data and support for budget or program planning summaries, reviewing and coordinating budgetary documents or allocations, and performing basic analysis of organizational or unit budget needs. OR, EDUCATION: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have a master's or equivalent graduate degree or, 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or, LL.B. or J.D., if related (Transcripts Required) OR, COMBINATION OF EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have a combination of specialized experience and education beyond one full academic year of graduate level education (Transcripts Required).***Specialized Experience must be demonstrated fully and clearly in resume for consideration*** For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/. MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS GS-11: Specialized Experience: You must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-9 grade level in the federal service that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skill, and abilities to perform successfully the duties and is directly related to the position. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Providing analytical services to support all aspects of the budget process, such as budget formulation, justification, and execution stages of the budget process for an assigned organization for personnel salaries and expenses; Knowledge of all financial, accounting, workload and employment used for preparation of annual Budget Plan and forecast; Understanding guidelines of OMB and congressional laws, regulations, policies, and directives, Federal policies, management and organizational techniques. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must possess a Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or three (3) full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M. if related? Transcripts required. OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9 and GS-11.(TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED)***Specialized Experience must be demonstrated fully and clearly in resume for consideration***