Budget Analyst

Budget Analyst

Department: Department of Labor

Location(s): Dallas, Texas

Salary Range: $67100 - $126502 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL), Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Dallas Region. It is in the Dallas Regional Office. The selectee will be expected to report to the Dallas Regional office; this is not a virtual position. This position is inside the bargaining unit. A writing sample may be required at the time of interview.

Major Duties:

• Major Duties include, but are not limited to, the following: GS-09: Participates in efforts regarding long and short-range financial planning for assigned organizations and may participate on teams or committees to discuss budget planning, management, policies, and procedures. Writes brief factual reports that detail the purposes (e.g., travel, overtime, or office supplies) for which funds were obligated and expended. Determines whether obligations and expenditures are within funding limitations in the approved budget and whether estimates of funding needs and requests are consistent with program plans and work methods. Assists with formulating, reviewing, and analyzing budget estimates using historical data, precedents, and information provided by management officials. GS-11: Provides budgetary support and expertise for assigned programs, divisions, or subagencies. Reviews, edits, and consolidates annual and multi-year budget estimates for assigned organizations and/or programs into a single budget request. Analyzes, interprets, and projects budget data. Provides guidance to resolve conflicting budgetary, workload, and program objectives. Compiles, consolidates, reviews, analyzes, and edits labor costs, tracking lapses due to vacancies, absences, and other labor cost discrepancies. Participates in efforts regarding long-range financial planning, budgetary authorizations, financial management system requirements, etc. GS-12 Monitors the execution of a budget with many different sources and types of funding, such as direct multi-year appropriations, transfers of funds, reimbursements, allotments from different appropriations, etc. Provides guidance to resolve conflicting budgetary, workload, and program objectives. Develops and/or modifies budgetary methods and techniques used in analyzing data, reconciling accounts, modifying systems, etc. Ensures that obligations and expenditures are made in accordance with existing laws and regulations in a timely and effective manner. Leads and/or participates in efforts regarding long-range financial planning, budgetary authorizations, financial management system requirements, etc. Develops recommendations and justifications for initiatives that may be unplanned but require adjustments in operating and/or administrative funding. As the employee progresses, the assignments will become more difficult and complex with less supervision.

Qualifications: Specialized Experience is the experience that equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSA's) to perform the duties of the position successfully, 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. To qualify for the GS-09: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-07, in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Utilizing financial management systems and/or automated software programs to create documents, reports, and/or spreadsheets; Reviewing financial and budgetary information; Formulating, executing, and monitoring budgets for an organization. OR You may also qualify based on completion of 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. OR Based on a combination of education and experience. To qualify for the GS-11: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-09, in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Formulating, executing, and/or monitoring a budget with a wide range of object classes and line items for one or a few substantive programs and organizations; Analyzing and evaluating financial and budgetary information in order to make recommendations to managers, develop budget justifications, and review and prepare reports; Preparing presentations on budget and financial information in easy to understand formats, preparing narratives and special reports, and making recommendations on programming actions. OR Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.M., if related. OR Based on a combination of education and experience. To qualify for the GS-12: Applicants must have 52 weeks of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, GS-11, in the Federal Service. Qualifying specialized experience includes: Utilizing financial management systems and automated software programs to create documents, reports, and spreadsheets; Presenting budget and financial information in easy to understand formats, preparing narratives and special reports, and making recommendations on programming actions; Formulating, executing, and/or monitoring a federal budget with a wide range of object classes and line items for one or a few substantive programs and organizations. There is no substitution of education for specialized experience at the GS-12 grade level.

How to Apply: Persons who are deaf, hard of hearing, blind, or have speech disabilities, please dial 711 to access telecommunications relay services. To apply for this position, you must complete the initial online application, including submission of the required documentation specified in the Required Documents section. Your application and ALL required supplemental documents MUST be received by 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the vacancy closing date to receive consideration. Important - Save your information before the 30-minute system timeout! For help, go to the USAJOBS Help Center. STEP 1 - Create USAJOBS Account on www.usajobs.gov, including Resume and Saved Documents. For each employment period, include start/end month & year and note full-time or part-time (if part-time, include # of hours worked per week) otherwise, your application may be considered incomplete. NOTE: In alignment with the Presidential Memorandum titled Merit Hiring Plan, dated May 29, 2025, applicants may only submit a resume limited to two (2) pages. Only the résumé uploaded under the 'Resume" document type in USAJOBS will be reviewed. If the resume submitted exceeds two (2) pages, the application will be deemed ineligible for further consideration. STEP 2 - Complete the 1st part of the application process (USAJOBS). Once you have identified a job on USAJOBS that you wish to apply for, click on the job title and then click the Apply button. For questions about the vacancy, contact the Agency Contact at the bottom of the announcement. Proceed through the steps noted at the top of the USAJOBS page. You will be able to select a resume and documents from your USAJOBS Account that you can submit as a package as part of your DOL application. In the final step, once you have certified your application, click the Continue to agency site button. STEP 3 - Complete the 2nd part of the application process (DOL). On the Department of Labor (DOL) page, create a DOL Account if you have not already and click Apply to this vacancy. Continue through the progress steps at the top of the DOL page. The 2nd progress step is where you answer the vacancy-specific questions. The 3rd progress step Documents is where you submit the required documents (only if applicable to you) specified in the Required Documents section of this vacancy. STEP 4 - On the Review and Submit step, verify each section of your application is complete and correct. In order to submit your application, you must have a check mark next to each section listed. If there is an X, return to the appropriate section and follow the prompts. When it is ready for submission, certify your application and click the Submit Application button. STEP 5 - Edit Application as needed by 11:59 pm Eastern Time of Closing Date by returning to USAJOBS, clicking the vacancy, then Update Application. If you are required to complete any USA Hire Assessments, you will be notified after submitting your application. The notification will be provided in your application submission screen and via email. The notification will include your unique assessment access link to the USA Hire system and the completion deadline. Additionally, in USAJOBS you can click "Track this application" to return to your assessment completion notice. Access USA Hire using your unique assessment link. Access is granted through your USAJOBS login credentials. Review all instructions prior to beginning your assessments. You will have the opportunity to request a testing accommodation before beginning the assessments should you have a disability covered under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 as amended. Set aside about 2 hours to take the USA Hire Assessments; however, most applicants complete the assessments in less time. If you need to stop the assessments and continue later, you can re-use your unique assessment link. Your responses to the USA Hire Assessments will be reused for one year (in most cases) from the date you complete an assessment. If future applications you submit require completion of the same assessments, your responses will be automatically reused. Visit the USA Hire Applicant Resource Center for practice assessments and assessment preparation resources at https://support-usahire.opm.gov/hc/en-us. To update your application, including supporting documentation: During the announcement open period, return to your USAJOBS account, find your application record, and click Edit my application. This option will no longer be available once the announcement has closed. NOTE: It is your responsibility to ensure your responses and appropriate documentation is submitted prior to the closing date. For more detailed information on applying for positions with DOL click here to view the U.S. Department of Labor, How to Apply website.

Application Deadline: 2026-05-13