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Job Description
BUDGET ANALYST
(T5, MERIT) Department of the Army Army Nional Guard Units Summary
THIS IS A MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION OPEN TO ONBOARD TITLE 5 EMPLOYEES. LOCATION
: Saint Paul, Minnesota
SELECTING OFFICIAL
: COL John D. McRae (651)-268-8931 This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position in the Minnesota Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Summary
THIS IS A MINNESOTA NATIONAL GUARD TITLE 5 EXCEPTED SERVICE POSITION OPEN TO ONBOARD TITLE 5 EMPLOYEES. LOCATION
: Saint Paul, Minnesota
SELECTING OFFICIAL
: COL John D. McRae (651)-268-8931 This is a Title 5 Excepted Service position in the Minnesota Nional Guard. Learn more about this agency Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 07/21/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 21, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Paul, MN 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $81,415 - $105,845 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Learn more about pay scale and grade Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series 0560 Budget Analysis Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require financial disclosure to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
MN-13000673-AR-26-183
Control number 875544400 This job is open to Help Internal to an agency Current federal employees of the hiring agency th posted the job announcement. Nional Guard and reserves Current members, those who want to join or transitioning military members. Clarificion from the agency Current Onboard employees
Duties Help Major Duties:
This is not an all-inclusive list
A BUDGET ANALYST
(T5, MERIT), GS-0560-11, 1. Serves as the primary analyst regarding resource management. Performs program analysis, including planning, programming, budgeting, funds allocion, accounts management, internal controls and reporting. Provides fiscal and budgetary policy, and regulory guidelines for the directore. Accomplishes the full spectrum of budget functions in support of ste and federal operions, training, readiness missions, nural disasters, and Homeland Defense/ Defense Support of Civil Authorities (HLD/DSCA). (25%) 2. Executes budget. Continually analyzes and evalues unexpected changes and gaps in program plans and funding. Reviews expenditure of G-3 appropriions, re-imbursement allocions and transfer of funds. Exercises technical authority and control in approving or disapproving funding requests based on fiscal law, regulion, or policy. Reviews funding documents for assigned appropriions. Alloces appropried funds to individual activities/functional areas based on an analysis of activity budget estimes, historical expenditures, quarterly projections, and approved funding. Reviews, edits, and consolides annual and multi-year budget estimes for assigned organizions and programs into a consolided budget request. Prepares or edits narrive justificion and projected funding needs, and assures da in request is formally and accurely documented in a wide variety of unreled forms, schedules, and reports. (30%) 3. Performs program analysis of actual expenditures compared to planned utilizion of annual budget and/or allotment authority, evalues fund availability to achieve balance of approved objectives and determines where reprogramming actions may be necessary. Identifies trends and pterns, recommends ways to improve utilizion of funds, and suggests alternive funding approaches. Evalues the effect of cost and programmic changes on the budget execution process. Adjusts fund allocions as required. Verifies, enters and adjusts budgetary da in a variety of forms, schedules, and reports. Provides analytical guidance for year-end close out to ensure proper, legal, and full utilizion of funds. Provides financial advice, interpretion, and guidance on a variety of budget reled mters, to include types of funding available, budgetary changes, and year-end closeout procedures. (20%) 4. Presents effective analyses of financial management informion regarding the expenditure of appropried funds utilizing a network of multi-level federal opering systems. Appointed as an approving authority for release and expenditure of funds and a member of the Program Budget Advisory Committee (PBAC). Prepares informion for and documents results of quarterly PBAC meeting. Conducts briefings and documents the monthly financial management meetings with Program Director. Conducts funds reconciliions with the USPFO. (10%) 5. Serves as a technical authority and expert on mters of OPTEMPO funding issues for the Directore. Manages the Defense Travel System (DTS) for the DCS-G3. (15%) Performs other duties as assigned. Requirements Help Conditions of employment
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
This position is being filled under Merit Promotion procedures and is open to current T5 employees only. U.S. Citizenship is required Prior to appointment, an applicant must have a current completed/clear drug test This position is covered by the Domestic Violence Misdemeanor Amendment (30 Sep 96) of the Gun Control Act of 1968. An individual convicted of a qualifying crime of domestic violence may not perform the duties of this position. May be required to successfully complete a probionary period Irregular and overtime hours may be required to support operional requirements or contingencies. This position is designed as Essential Personnel and may be subject to duty in preparion for, or in response to, a ste emergency or disaster declarion. This designion will not exceed 14 calendar days per year unless otherwise approved in advance by the TAG. The employee may be required to travel in military and/or commercial vehicles to perform temporary duty assignments. Only open to Current employees of the MNNG Work may require access to classified informion. Must be able to obtain and maintain the approprie security clearance Incumbent required to complete training in fiscal disciplines; Fiscal Law, Resource Management Informion Course (RMIC), Contracting Officer Representive (COR), Automed Fund Control Order System (AFCOS). Ability to establish effective professional working relionships with coworkers and customers, contributing to a cooperive working environment and successful accomplishment of the mission. Required to participe in the Financial Management Certificion Program, must achieve the approprie certificion level for their positions within 2 years of notificion of applicable certificion requirements or the period of any extension. •Upon selection, individuals will undergo a background check to valide suitability for employment with the federal government as permitted by law, regulion, Presidential order or other authority. Suitability is dependent upon the particular requirements for security clearance, sensitivity level, and DoD IT network access. Items checked include, but are not limited to all criminal history record informion, employment history, educion and fiscal accountability/responsibility.•Qualificions In order to qualify, you must meet the experience requirements described below. Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through Nional Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizions (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religious; spiritual; community; student; social). You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Your resume must clearly describe your relevant experience; if qualifying based on educion, your transcripts required as part of your applicion. In describing your experience, please be clear and specific. We will not make assumptions regarding your experience. Do not copy and paste the duties, specialized experience, or occupional assessment questionnaire from this announcement into your resume as th will not be considered a demonstrion of your qualificions for this position.
GENERAL AND SPECIALIZED EXPERIENCE QUALIFICATIONS REQUIREMENTS
Description of Work:
Work in financial management budget administrion, budget formulion, and budget execution. Work provides management oversight and guidance to the budget formulion and execution process. Performs work th follows established methods and procedures; use practical knowledge of the operions, procedures, and policies of specific program areas or functional assignment; and, typically learn to do the work through extended specialized experiences. Budget analysts, assigned to line program offices, often advise managers on the preparion, documention, and submission requirements for budget requests; the relive costs analysis and benefits of alternive program plans; the allotments and sub-allotments of funds for distribution to program managers; the propriety of obligions and expenditures check results; and, provide guidance concerning the legal and regulory aspects covering the use of funds. Performs work th requires a range of competencies in regard to budget operion, procedures, and program guidelines, concepts, guiding principles, techniques, and practices.
General Experience:
To meet basic entry qualificion requirements, evalue applicants for experience, educion, or training involving skills in applying problem solving techniques; and skills in communicing effectively both orally and in writing. Ability to plan and organize work. Competencies in analysis, research, writing, and judgment typically gained through college educion or progressively responsible experiences. Ability to follow established methods and procedures; use practical knowledge of the operions, procedures, and policies of specific program areas or functional assignment.
Specialized Experience:
Must have 1 year equivalent specialized experience to least the next lower grade level before being eligible for the next grade level. Must have fundamental working experiences with valided understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the budget analysis occupional series and grade. GS-11 - 1-year specialized experience, educion, or training equivalent to least the next lower grade level. Must have experience, educion, or training of finance budget competencies th provided knowledge of financial principles and procedures. Candide must have an excellent understanding of the basic principles and concepts of the Nional Guard financial budget business program requirements. A candide must have experiences and training th demonstres the abilities to follow directions, to read, retain, and understand a variety of instructions, regulions, policies, and procedures. Educion
EDUCATION
: If using educion to qualify: Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree or 3 full years of progressively higher level gradue educion leading to such a degree or LL.M., if reled. The applicant must have a completed undergradue or gradue educion, the college degree educion must be in one of, or be a combinion of the following required disciplines: accounting, business, finance, economics, industrial management, marketing, quantitive methods, or organizional management. Such educion must demonstre the knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to do the work. Applicants, who completed a military financial technical school course and were awarded the applicable and compible military skills, are considered qualified for GS-09 level positions. You must provide transcripts or other documention to support your Educional claims. To receive credit for Educion, you must provide documention of proof th you meet the Educion requirements for this position. Additional informion
REMARKS:
No PCS available. Participion in direct deposit is mandory. The Minnesota Nional Guard (MNNG) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive considerion for the position without discriminion for any non-merit reason(s) such as race, color, religion, sex, nional origin, age, disability, or genetic informion. The MNNG will provide applicants and employees with disabilities the same opportunity for employment as enjoyed by individuals without disabilities. The MNNG will provide qualified employees or applicants with Reasonable Accommodions and Personal Assistance Services in accordance with all applicable Federal regulions. Furthermore, pre-selection is not only counter-productive to effective recruitment and placement but also violes Minnesota Nional Guard Merit Placement principles and will not be tolered. If you have questions, please contact the Equal Employment Manager 651-282-4472. Expand Hide additional informion Candides should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passione about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United Stes Constitution. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. How you evalued You evalued for this job based on how well you meet the qualificions above. Basis for
Ring:
Qualified candides assigned to one of the following areas of considerion (AOC) based on the
Minnesota Nional Guard Merit Placement Plan:
Area 1: Current On-board Title 5 Employees (
Tenure:
1-Career, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite or 4-Term ) - Only those current Minnesota Nional Guard employees who are in permanent, indefinite, or term technician stus as result of being competitively hired by the Minnesota Nional Guard or Office of Personnel Management agency. Area 2: Current On-board Excepted Title 32 Technicians (
Tenure:
1-Career, 2-Conditional, 3-Indefinite) - Only those Minnesota Nional Guard employees who are in permanent technician stus as result of being competitively hired within the Minnesota Nional Guard agency. Candides evalued on the basis of approprie educion, experience, training, self-development activities, and special awards. Candides are considered on the basis of available informion on their current applicion and supporting informion th has been provided to this office. To ensure full considerion, applicants are urged to submit informion about their training, self-development, outside experience, activities and awards. Nional Guard military (Part-time) service is considered as full-time experience when evalued against the qualificion requirements for a technician position. Once the announcement has closed, a review of your applicion package (resume, supporting documents, and responses to the questionnaire) used to determine whether you meet the qualificion requirements listed on this announcement. If you are minimally qualified, your resume and supporting documention compared against your responses to the assessment questionnaire to determine your level of experience. If, after reviewing your resume and/or supporting documention, a determinion is made th you have infled your qualificions and/or experience, you may lose considerion for this position. Please follow all instructions carefully when applying, errors or omissions may affect your eligibility. Benefits Help A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits th are designed to make your federal career very rewarding. Opens in a new window Learn more about federal benefits . Review our benefits Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more informion on the specific benefits offered. Required documents Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you MUST submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Your 2 page resume must include the following: Job title, Start and end des (including the month and year), the number of hours you worked per week, level of experience, the amount of experience, relevant experience and accomplishments. Transcripts - if qualifying based on educion or the position has an educional requirement (can be a copy) If claiming veterans' stus, you must provid e a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other acceptable documention.. If claiming Veterans' Preference for disability - a copy of your DD Form 214, which must include character of service or a Stement of Service/Proof of Service which must include service des and character of service. In addition, if claiming 10-point preference and/or 30% Disabled Veteran, you must submit a VA Letter or a disability determinion from a branch of the Armed Forces (or documention of purple heart, if applicable) and a SF 15 (Applicion for 10-point veteran preference) If supporting documention is not submitted to support your claim, it WILL result in losing your veteran's preference for this announcement. Current Federal employees or reemployment eligible: a SF-50 th shows your current Position, Grade, Step, and Tenure Other required
Documents:
Additional certificions, transcripts, training reports, and reled credentials as applicable.
Job Informion:
Vacancy Identificion Number (13000673), title (BUDGET ANALYST (T5, MERIT)) and grade(11) for which you are applying. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13000673 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. Agency contact informion Tyler Stroming Tyler.j.stroming.mil@army.mil Address
MN HRO JFHQ 600 CEDAR STREET SAINT PAUL, MN 55101 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
CONTACTING US
After you have read all the instructions in this vacancy announcement, if you still have questions about this position or the applicion process, you may contact us (651) 282-4155. Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Required Documents Help To apply for this position, you MUST submit a complete Applicion Package which includes: Your 2 page resume must include the following: Job title, Start and end des (including the month and year), the number of hours you worked per week, level of experience, the amount of experience, relevant experience and accomplishments. Transcripts - if qualifying based on educion or the position has an educional requirement (can be a copy) If claiming veterans' stus, you must provid e a copy of your DD-214 Certifice of Release or Discharge from Active Duty, or other acceptable documention.. If claiming Veterans' Preference for disability - a copy of your DD Form 214, which must include character of service or a Stement of Service/Proof of Service which must include service des and character of service. In addition, if claiming 10-point preference and/or 30% Disabled Veteran, you must submit a VA Letter or a disability determinion from a branch of the Armed Forces (or documention of purple heart, if applicable) and a SF 15 (Applicion for 10-point veteran preference) If supporting documention is not submitted to support your claim, it WILL result in losing your veteran's preference for this announcement. Current Federal employees or reemployment eligible: a SF-50 th shows your current Position, Grade, Step, and Tenure Other required
Documents:
Additional certificions, transcripts, training reports, and reled credentials as applicable.
Job Informion:
Vacancy Identificion Number (13000673), title (BUDGET ANALYST (T5, MERIT)) and grade(11) for which you are applying. Do not include the following types of informion in your profile or resume: Classified or government sensitive informion Social Security Number (SSN) Photos of yourself Personal informion, such as age, gender, religious affiliion, etc. Encrypted and digitally signed documents If you are relying on your educion to meet qualificion requirements: Educion must be accredited by an accrediting institution recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion in order for it to be credited towards qualificions. Therefore, provide only the tendance and/or degrees from schools accredited by accrediting institutions recognized by the U.S. Department of Educion . Failure to provide all of the required informion as sted in this vacancy announcement may result in an ineligible ring or may affect the overall ring. How to Apply Help To apply for this position, you must complete the online applicion/Occupional Questionnaire and submit the documention specified in the Required Documents section below. To view the Occupional Questionnaire, click the following link: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/13000673 A complete applicion package must be submitted by 11:59 PM (EST) on the closing de of the announcement to receive considerion. To begin, click Apply to access the online applicion. You will need to be logged into your USAJOBS account to apply. If you do not have a USAJOBS account, you will need to cree one before beginning the applicion. Follow the prompts to select your resume and/or other supporting documents to be included with your applicion package. You will have the opportunity to upload additional documents to include in your applicion before it is submitted. Your uploaded documents may take several hours to clear the virus scan process. After acknowledging you have reviewed your applicion package, complete the Include Personal Informion section as you deem approprie and click to continue with the applicion process. You taken to the online applicion which you must complete in order to apply for the position. Complete the online applicion, verify the required documention is included with your applicion package, and submit the applicion. To verify the stus of your applicion, log into your USAJOBS account (https://my.usajobs.gov/Account/Login), all of your applicions will appear on the Welcome screen. The Applicion Stus will appear along with the de your applicion was last upded. For informion on wh each Applicion Stus means, : https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/how-to/applicion/stus/. Expand Hide how to apply Agency contact informion Tyler Stroming Tyler.j.stroming.mil@army.mil Address
MN HRO JFHQ 600 CEDAR STREET SAINT PAUL, MN 55101 US
Next steps Once your online applicion is submitted you will receive a confirmion notificion by email. Your applicion evalued by the Human Resources Office to determine your eligibility for the position. After the evaluion is complete, you will receive another notificion regarding the stus of your applicion.
CONTACTING US
After you have read all the instructions in this vacancy announcement, if you still have questions about this position or the applicion process, you may contact us (651) 282-4155. Expand Hide next steps Fair and transparent The Federal hiring process is set up to be fair and transparent. Please read the following guidance. Criminal history inquiries Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Policy Financial suitability New employee probionary period Privacy Act Reasonable accommodion policy Selective Service Signure and false stements Social security number request Overview Help Accepting applicions Posted today • Apply by 07/21/26 Due by 11:59 p.m. ET on July 21, 2026 Locion 1 vacancy in the following locion: Saint Paul, MN 1 vacancy No mching locions found. Work site options Telework eligible Yes—as determined by the agency policy. Remote job No Relocion expenses reimbursed No Salary $81,415 - $105,845 per year Pay scale & grade GS 11 Promotion potential 11 Pay scale and grade determines the salary of the job. Work schedule Full-time Travel Required Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position. Appointment type Permanent Occupions and job series Supervisory stus No Federal service type This job is in the Excepted Service Represented by a union No Drug test Yes Security clearance Secret Financial disclosure required No Some jobs require to identify conflicts of interests. Announcement number
