Lead Budget Analyst

About this role

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 10/30/2026. 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-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. 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. For appropriate SF-50(s) to submit please see Required Documents section for examples.

Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former VA employees applying. Minimum Qualification Requirement: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: Provide management officials with procedural and regulatory guidance concerning availability of or limitation on the use of funds.

Develop, recommend and implement budgetary and financial policies. Performs analysis of workload and budget data to identify trends and irregularities and makes recommendations for improvement. Plans and schedules workflow to ensure even distribution and effective use of organization resources. Develops cost-benefit analyses of proposed budgetary and program actions and advises managers of the most advantageous course of action.

Plans work to be accomplished, sets short and long-term goals and assigns work based on priorities. 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/.