Branch Chief

Summary

As a Branch Chief, you will serve as a key financial advisor and subject matter expert, responsible for the formulation, execution, and analysis of multi-year, complex budgets that support the agency's mission and strategic goals. Location of position: General Services Administration, Office of the Chief Financial Officer We are currently filling one vacancy, but additional vacancies may be filled as needed.

Duties

• Oversees the monitoring, control, and execution of approved budgets, ensuring compliance with appropriations law, fiscal policies, regulations, and reporting requirements. Conducts complex, in-depth financial and budgetary analyses, special studies, and reviews to assess the financial health and operational efficiency of programs. Develops and presents financial reports, forecasts, and status updates to senior leadership, providing actionable insights into budget trends, performance variances, and resource utilization. Collaborates with program managers and senior leadership to translate strategic plans and operational requirements into executable budget requests, addressing cost-benefit analysis and resource trade-offs. Designs and implements new analytical techniques and reporting structures to improve the accuracy and utility of financial information provided to decision-makers. Plans, organizes, directs, and reviews the work of subordinate budget analysts, ensuring timely and quality accomplishment of assignments. Provides technical guidance, mentoring, and professional development opportunities to staff. Sets performance standards, conducts performance appraisals, and handles disciplinary actions, grievances, and awards for assigned personnel. Manages the Budget Office workload, distributing assignments, balancing resources, and ensuring the development and implementation of sound budget policies and procedures.

Qualifications

To evaluate your qualifications, your resume must clearly demonstrate how you meet the specialized experience described below. Your resume must not exceed two pages. To ensure your qualifications can be fully evaluated, we recommend including the following information: Name, address, telephone number, email address; Job Title (if Federal Service, provide series and grade; if not in GS plan, provide GS equivalent grade); Relevant work experience—should include employer name, job title, start and end dates (month/year), the number of hours worked per week and descriptions that explain how you meet the required qualifications in the job announcement. Education, certifications or licensures—If the job announcement requires any education, certifications or licensures, make sure to include the required information and any required documents like transcripts. Your resume should contain enough information to make a valid determination that you fully meet experience requirements for each grade level you are applying to. If you do not provide enough information for us to determine your qualifications, you may be rated ineligible. If you have volunteered your service through a National Service program (e.g., Peace Corps, Americorps), we encourage you to apply and include this experience on your resume. The GS-14 salary range starts at $127,829 per year. To qualify, you must have at least one year of specialized experience equivalent to the GS-13 level or higher in the Federal service. Specialized experience is managing, supervising, or leading staff in performing budget execution, implementing financial policy, financial planning and reporting for a major component of an agency. Qualifying experience must include experience in performing detailed financial analysis, financial reporting and financial planning for a program; contributing to develop guidelines for program execution and funds control in support of the organization.

Requirements

If selected, you must meet the following conditions: Current or Former Political Appointees: The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) must authorize employment offers made to current or former political appointees. If you are currently, or have been within the last 5 years, a political Schedule A, Schedule C or Non­Career SES employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the HR Office. Failure to disclose this information could result in disciplinary action including removal from Federal Service. Undergo and pass a background investigation (Tier 4 investigation level). Complete a financial disclosure report to verify that no conflict, or an appearance of conflict, exists between your financial interest and this position Serve a one year supervisory or managerial probationary period, if required

How to apply

Submit a complete online application including any required documents prior to 11:59 pm Eastern Time on the closing date of the announcement. You can modify or complete your application any time before the deadline. Simply return to USAJOBS, select the vacancy, and update your application. For more detailed instructions on how to apply, click here: Apply for a GSA Job. If you are having issues applying to this announcement, you should switch to a different browser, network or device. Note: Your firewall may block your transfer from USAJOBS to your GSA application. To begin, click the Apply Online button on the vacancy announcement. Sign in or register on USAJobs and select a resume and documents to include in your application. Resumes exceeding two pages will not be accepted by USAJOBS and will prevent your application from moving forward in the hiring process. Please see Required Documents for additional details. Once you have clicked Apply for this position now, you will be taken to the GSA site to complete the application process. Click the Apply To This Vacancy and complete all steps in the application process until the Confirmation indicates your application is complete. If you click Return to USAJobs or get timed out prior to receiving confirmation, your application will not be submitted and cannot be considered for this job. Note: Review the REQUIRED DOCUMENTS section of this announcement to determine which apply to you and must be submitted online. You may choose one or more of the following options to submit your document(s): Upload (from your computer) or USAJOBS (click the "USAJOBS" link to complete the transfer process). Need Assistance? Questions or issues completing an application and/or submitting documentation - contact [email protected] or 1-866-656-6831 Monday-Friday 7AM - 7PM EST, except for Federal holidays Specific questions on the position - contact the HR representative (Monday-Friday during normal business hours) listed on the announcement, prior to the application deadline You must receive HR approval before deviating from these instructions. Be sure to APPLY EARLY as most assessments must be completed fully and submitted before the announcement closing.