Summary As a Lead Budget Analyst with the Resource Management Branch at Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), you will lead a team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload among employees; arranging for team member training; and monitoring and reporting on the status and progress of work. You will also assist the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Resources (DCFO-R) in providing the overall planning, integration, technical expertise, and analysis of resource operations. Responsibilities Assists the Deputy Chief Financial Officer for Resources (DCFO-R) to lead the team in identifying, distributing, and balancing workload among employees; arranging for team member training; monitors and reports on the status and progress of work. Assists the DCFO-R in the Management and Overseer of budget operations described as: Budget formulation and execution for an Agency organization or program. Reviews and formulates budget policy and guidance for use in developing an integrated budget for a significant organizational component or to fulfill multi-year objectives for a program with national impact. Receives and interprets the budget call considering OMB (Office of Management and Budget), Treasury Department, Agency, and Congressional regulations and directives. Performs budget execution work involving the most difficult fund control activities including adapting budgetary policies, analytical methods, and regulatory procedures for use by subordinate units, and their centralized or consolidated equivalent. Participates in budgeting activities and is responsible for bringing together the work of the technical managers, the institutional managers, and resources management specialists in preparing the Center Budget. Presents, justifies, and negotiates budget requirements with selected officials at NASA Headquarters including institutional officers, program managers and the Office of the NASA Chief Financial Officer. Assists the DCFO-R to apply a wide range of qualitative and quantitative methods to analyze and improve organizational effectiveness. Requirements Conditions of Employment Qualifications Specialized experience is experience that has equipped you with the particular ability, skill, and knowledge to successfully perform the duties of this position and is typically in or related to this line of work. To qualify for GS-14, you must have one year of directly related specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level: Developing and administering procedures for multi-year budget planning, estimating, and execution; Applying financial and/or resource management (budget) methods, practices, procedures, regulations, policies and processes; Utilizing full cost/budget principles, processes and structures, and the interrelationships among accounting, budgeting and supporting financial systems. Your resume must include a clear and detailed narrative description, in your own words, of how you meet the required specialized experience. Experience statements copied from a position description, vacancy announcement or other reference material constitutes plagiarism and may result in disqualification and losing consideration for the job. NASA prohibits the use of artificial intelligence (AI) or AI-assisted tool in drafting application and assessment responses. Please visit https://www.nasa.gov/careers/how-to-apply/#Artificial-Intelligence to review NASA's guidance on the use of AI tools during the application process. Education Additional Information Additional selections may be made for similar positions across NASA within the local commuting area(s) of the location(s) identified in this announcement. By applying, you agree to have your application shared with interested selecting official(s) within NASA. CTAP/ICTAP will be cleared for any additional selection from this announcement. You must meet applicable time-in-grade requirements to be considered eligible for this position. To be eligible, you must have completed a minimum of 52 weeks in a position no more than 1 grade lower than the advertised position. (Please submit your SF-50 that shows Time-in-Grade eligibility and reflects your title, series, and grade. If your eligibility for both merit promotion and/or time-in-grade cannot be determined, your application will be rated ineligible.) Note: Time-in-grade requirements also apply to applicants who have held a non-temporary, competitive service GS position in the past year. If you have special priority selection rights under the Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP), you must: - Indicate your eligibility when applying for a position. The questionnaire asks you to identify your ICTAP/CTAP eligibility. - Be well qualified for this position to receive consideration. Candidates rated in the 'Best Qualified' category are considered well-qualified. Please see 'How You Will Be Evaluated' for more information. - Submit proof that you meet the requirements for CTAP/ICTAP as indicated in 'Required Documents' For additional information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility, click here - https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/workforce-restructuring/employee-guide-to-career-transition/#ictap. Qualified NASA term employees who have term conversion eligibility (Term Appointments | NASA) under the NASA Flexibility Act of 2004 will be referred and considered equally with other NASA permanent employees under internal competitive placement procedures. Per Executive Order 14343, this position is not part of a bargaining unit.
