BUDGET OFFICER

BUDGET OFFICER

Department: Department of Agriculture

Location(s): Washington, District of Columbia, New Orleans, Louisiana

Salary Range: $147945 - $197200 Per Year

Job Summary: This position is located in the Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO), Associate Chief Financial Officer (ACFO) for Financial Policy and Planning (FPP), Budget Division. This position may be used to fill additional/similar positions within OCFO. Selectee will serve in either of the following duty locations: Washington DC: Salary range $ 169,279 - $197,200 or New Orleans LA: Salary range $147,945 - $192,331

Major Duties:

• Participating with the USDA OCFO in the formulation of Department-wide financial policies and programs.
• Developing and directing a system for coordinated budgetary administration within Office of the Secretary (OSEC).
• Formulates estimates of funds required to carry out authorized activities of the OSEC and Departmental Staff Offices.
• Oversees work of staff to support the Departmental Shared Cost Review board in carrying out oversight and review of these activities for reporting to the Secretary regarding Cost center activities and requested resource levels.
• Supervises work of accountant as needed with Financial Management Services.
• Directs, or oversees supervisors, or comparable personnel; and/or providing similar oversight of contractors.
• Serving as principle advisor to the Office of the Secretary (OSEC), the Assistant Secretary Administration (ASA), and Departmental Staff Office Directors and senior management staff on all financial matters.
• Exercises significant responsibilities in dealing with officials of other units or organizations, or in advising management officials of higher rank.

Qualifications: Applicants must meet all qualifications and eligibility requirements by the closing date of the announcement including time-in-grade restrictions, specialized experience and/or education, as defined below. Specialized Experience GS-15: Have at least one year of specialized experience, equivalent to the GS-14 level in Federal Service or equivalent responsibility in the private sector/pay systems that equipped me with the particular competencies to successfully perform as a Budget Officer: Such experience includes: 1) Conference travel funding formulation, justification and executing travel funding appropriations; 2) Federal budget and appropriations processes, laws, regulations, policies and procedures governing administrative appropriations; 3) Communicating budgetary matters to multiple levels of a federal agency; 4) Analyzing and validating financial data, drawing and recommending conclusions; and 4) Preparing and developing revised procedures, instructions and guidelines that result in the improvement of travel, grants, debt and financial management. Time in Grade: Merit promotion applicants must meet applicable time-in­-grade requirements to be considered eligible. Applicants must have on year of specialized experience at the next lower grade to be considered for the higher grade (e.g. one year at the GS-14 grade level for consideration for the GS-15 grade level). This requirement must be met by the closing date of this announcement. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. NOTE: This experience must be demonstrated on your resume/supporting documents. The following links provides more information on the qualifications for this position: Individual Standards: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/0500/budget-analysis-series-0560/ Group Standards: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/#url=GS-ADMIN

How to Apply: Please read the entire announcement and all instructions before you begin. You must complete this application process and submit all required documents electronically by 11:59p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the closing date of this announcement.Applying online is highly encouraged. We are available to assist you during business hours (normally 8:00a.m. - 4:00p.m., Monday - Friday). If applying online poses a hardship, contact the Agency Contact listed below well before the closing date for an alternate method. All hardship application packages must be complete and submitted no later than noon ET on the closing date of the announcement to be entered into the system prior to its closing.This agency provides reasonable accommodation to applicants with disabilities on a case-by-case basis; contact the Agency Contact to request this.To begin, click "Apply Online" and follow the instructions to complete the Assessment Questionnaire and attach your resume and all required documents. NOTE: Please verify that documents you are uploading from USAJOBs transfer into the Agency's staffing system as there is a limitation to the number of documents that can be transferred. However, once in the Agency's staffing system, you will have the opportunity to upload additional documents. Uploaded resumes must be less than 5MB and in one of the following document formats: GIF, JPG, JPEG, PNG, RTF, PDF, TXT or Word (DOC or DOCX). Do not upload Adobe Portfolio documents because they are not viewable.

Application Deadline: 2026-03-12