Budget Analyst

About the role

The position is in the Budget Division within the Fiscal Department of the Resource Management Directorate at the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center (FHCC) in North Chicago, Illinois. The CAPT James A. Lovell FHCC is a multisite, integrated federal health care system serving military veterans, recruits, active-duty personnel, and other eligible beneficiaries across Northeastern Illinois and Southeastern Wisconsin. To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 06/08/2026. 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. 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 as described below: 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: Comprehensive knowledge and understanding of governing budgetary policies, procedures, and directives. Knowledge and skill to correlate and analyze large amounts of narrative and statistical material to make appropriate budget estimates, obligations, allotments, costs, manpower ceiling, and position controls. Analytical skill used in determining the impact of changes in personnel salaries, expenses and related costs on levels of program effort for current and future year's budgets. Develop documents for presentations, memos, reports, justifications and narrative statistical information utilizing spreadsheets and databases. Detailed knowledge and understanding of accounting reporting systems and database systems is required to extract, analyze, and interpret reports as they pertain to budgetary functions for the Medical Center and for the VISN. Provides advice on all aspects of the interpretation and application of guidelines for the budget program to fund control point and management officials.. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Accountability Analytical Reasoning Arithmetic/Mathematical Reasoning Attention to Detail Communication Customer Service Decision Making Financial Management Flexibility Integrity/Honesty Interpersonal Skills Learning Reasoning Self-Management Stress Tolerance Teamwork 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; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills 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: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: Work is sedentary and is accomplished at a desk or table. Some walking and standing is required and carrying light objects such as briefcases, notebooks, and reports is required. Work is performed in an office setting, which Is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. 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/.