This Budget Technician position is located within the Office of Research and Development located at the Veterans Healthcare Administration in West Haven, CT.

Qualifications:

To qualify for this position, you must meet the following:

Specialized Experience:

Applicant must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience that equipped you with the particular knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, 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 (GS-6) in the Federal service.

Specialized experience includes:

using computerized automated accounting systems to enter budgetary and financial data, to compile, consolidate, organize, summarize, and prepare various budget/financial reports; purchasing supplies and equipment using an organizational credit card; tracking and monitoring costs, expenditures, obligations, and purchases and reconciling these monetary/financial accounts; conducting cost benefit analysis to develop budget plans and forecasts for various funding control point accounts.

NOTE:

Experience must be fully documented on your resume and must include job title, duties, month and year start/end dates AND hour worked per week.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Work is sedentary, being performed for the most part while sitting comfortably at a desk or table. A moderate amount of standing and walking is required when attending meetings and conferences, and in visiting other offices and buildings throughout the facility. Work also requires a one-time, daily pick-up of mail and packages from the on-site warehouse and mailroom and requires the ability to lift 15 pounds. 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/ .