Management Analyst

Summary This position is in Compensation Service (CS). This position serves as the senior technical expert, management analyst, and advisor to the Supervisory Program Analyst, under the Assistant Director of Budget and Shared services. The incumbent serves as an analyst, consultant, technical expert, and advisor for the office, which is the coordinating body, and focal point for shared services, including budgetary controls and strategic budget planning to support Compensation Service's mission. Duties Specific duties include: Serves as Contracting Officer Representative. Provides advice and guidance to program and line managers in procurement planning. Advises program officials of the procurement objectives to be used and prepares programmatic requirements. Monitors contractor performance to assure compliance with agency regulations and procedures, program directives, and technical requirements of the contract. Reviews and improves progress reports and deliverables. Contract types may include highly complex and significant services where little or no contractual precedent exists. Duties associated with this position involve analytical, technical, and administrative duties in procurement, management, finance, and budget arenas for Compensation Service in the Veterans Benefits Administration. Works collaboratively with team members to ensure that all assigned tasks are completed timely, that good working relationships among team members and with management are maintained, and that team priorities and goals, needs, and achievements are coordinated with management. Performs quality analysis and oversight of CS travel activity ensuring compliance with federal travel regulations. Make logistical purchases to support CS's mission and day-to-day operations as a purchase card holder. Verifies accuracy in time and attendance reporting as a timekeeper for CS employees. Orders new equipment for CS employees and contractors. Perform TMS administrator functions, including providing access for CS employees and vendors as TMS administrator. Identifies problem areas, research, determines, and implements corrective courses of action. Problems that are beyond the incumbent's capability to resolve are elevated to the supervisor. Formulates, presents, executes, and analyzes organizational budgets. Serves as local expert on budgeting and financial management issues and activities. Responsible for determining internal fiscal budget and personnel requirements. Determines resource requirements and recommends resource allocations based on priorities and needs. Monitors and evaluates budget execution to ensure funds are executed in accordance with customer spending plans. Collaborates with the agency to gather the necessary requirements to formulate the coming fiscal year budget request. Performs in depth analysis of budget requests and maintains a series of automated spreadsheets containing key budget formulation information which feed summary reports. Communicates with internal and external stakeholders for development and execution of agency budget. Promotion Potential: The selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition when all regulatory, qualification, and performance requirements are met. Selection at a lower grade level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level. The grade progression for this position is GS-11, GS12, and GS13. Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday

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• 4:30 pm Compressed/Flexible: Not available Telework: This position is eligible for situational (ad hoc) telework only. The selectee is required to report to the official duty station each scheduled workday. Telework may be approved only on a case-by-case basis with supervisory approval. Routine or recurring telework is not authorized for this position. Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Management Analyst; PD39654A, PD39653A, and PD39655A Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not authorized. Financial Disclosure Report: Not required. This is a Bargaining Unit. Qualifications To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement:10/08/2026. TIME-IN-GRADE REQUIREMENT: As a current Federal, GS employee you must meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-11 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-09 level. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11 level. For a GS-13 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-12 level. If you are a current VBA employee requesting reassignment or change to lower grade via this vacancy announcement, you must currently hold the GS- 11 or higher and the promotion potential of your current position must be at least GS-13 NOTE: This does not apply to Non-Federal Applicants, or applicants applying for consideration under Non-Competitive Authority (i.e.... "30% or more Disability", VRA, and/or Schedule A). 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.

Minimum Qualification

REQUIREMENT: You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: GS-11/12/13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience is experience that has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position(s), and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. The applicant must be

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certified with 6 months of contracting experience. The applicant must document knowledge of finance, budget and/or procurement laws, regulations, and policies and the ability to explain them, both orally and in writing, to individuals of all educational backgrounds. GS-11 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-09 level applying office support methods, policies and procedures for providing or performing a variety of support functions and services for a large organization or Federal agency. Education Substitution: A Master's or equivalent graduate degree or 2 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree or LL.B or J.D., if related. NOTE: You must submit a copy of your transcripts with your application. GS-12 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-11 level demonstrates providing or performing a variety of support functions and identifying and recommending solutions to a large organization or Federal agency. Education Substitution: No educational substitute at the GS-12 grade level GS-13 Grade Level: Specialized Experience: One year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-12 level conducting research, analyzing studies to improve program effectiveness or improvement of complex management processes and systems for a large organization or Federal agency. Education Substitution: No educational substitute at the GS-13 grade level Combining Education & Experience: If you do not fully meet the length of experience and education described for a specific grade level (e.g. have six months of experience and some coursework but not a degree), the two can be combined to total 100% of the requirement. Click here for more information. Volunteer Experience: 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). Volunte