Budget Technician

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Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am - 4:30pm
Telework: Available
Duty Location: Ann Arbor VAMC Ann Arbor MI
Position Description Title/PD#: Budget Technician/ PD01985O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not Required
Physical Demands: Work is sedentary being performed for the most part while seated 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.

• Assists in accounting forecasting and executing the Research budget.
• Performs a variety of budgetary administrative and statistical functions to determine funding program validity form future budget needs and provide written assessments to researchers.
• Tracks funds distribution monitors costs and expenditures reconciles commitments and obligations identifies excess funds and prepares reports projecting the use of available resources as well as maintaining accounting data in the Research Management System database.
• Enters budgetary data into a variety of forms schedules and reports and recommends and adjusts when required.
• Prepares a variety of reports related to the status of funds expenses obligations and workload.
• Serves as the Contracting Officer Technical Representative (COTR) for Research Service.

• You must be a U.S. citizen to apply for this job.
• Selectees are subject to a background/suitability investigation.
• Selectees may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• A complete application package i.e. Resume Transcripts etc. as required by job announcement.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
• Participation in the Seasonal Influenza Prevention Program for VHA Health Care Personnel (HCP) is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs HCP.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• Pre-employment physical evaluation may be required.
• Participation in the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccination program is a requirement for all Veterans Health Administration Health Care Personnel (HCP) - See Additional Information below for details.

To qualify for this position applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement 07/22/2026.

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-07 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-06. 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.

Provide a copy of your last or most recent SF-50 Notification of Personnel Action to indicate your current federal status. You must also submit additional SF-50(s) to clearly demonstrate one year time-in-grade as required in the announcement. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective within the past year it may not clearly demonstrate that you possess one year this instance you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one year time-in-grade.

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.

AND

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-06 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization.

Specialized Experience is defined as:
1. Auditing tracking and monitoring of expenditures from funding sources;
2. Working with contracting staff to establish monitor renew and troubleshoot contracts to support investigator and program needs;
3. Processing and tracking purchase documents and providing updates regarding status of the purchase;
4. Preparing budgetary and financial audit reports;
5. Working closely with a variety of managers staff and customers to provide guidance answer questions and resolve budget conflicts.

You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position:

• Accounting
• Financial Management
• Customer Service
• Contracting/Procurement