Organizational Location: This position is with the Department of Homeland Security, within U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations - New Orleans Field Office, New Orleans, LA. Additional selections may be made for other organizational divisions and/or units within the duty location(s) listed above.
Experience: You qualify for the GS-12 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Assisting with developing and recommending improvements in budget services, including incorporating operational trends, legislative changes, policy guidance, and new financial system capabilities. Assisting senior leadership with budget issues to include aspects of planning, analyzing, formulating, justifying, presenting, executing, and reviewing of the Field Office budget. Providing training and guidance to peers, colleagues, employees and supervisors; assisting with developing and recommending solutions to a range of operational and technical issues and assisting with implementing new policies and procedures. Participating with analysis of historical data, current spending, future estimates and trends. You qualify for the GS-13 grade level if you possess 1 year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade level, performing duties such as: Developing and recommending improvements in budget services, including incorporating operational trends, legislative changes, policy guidance, and new financial system capabilities into the formulation of new models and methods. Providing advice involving budget issues to senior leadership; leading all aspects of planning, analyzing, formulating, justifying, presenting, executing, and reviewing of the Field Office budget. Performing ongoing mentoring, training and guidance to peers, colleagues, employees and supervisors; developing and recommending solutions to a range of operational and technical issues to evaluate and improve services and processes; implementing new policies and procedures. Analyzing historical data, current spending, future estimates and trends; Conducting budget analyses and providing guidance to senior leadership. NOTE: Your resume must explicitly indicate how you meet this requirement, otherwise you will be found ineligible. Please see the "Required Documents" section below for additional resume requirements. 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; religious; spiritual; community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. You must: Meet all qualification requirements, including education if applicable to this position, subject to verification at any stage of the application process; and Meet all applicable Time in Grade requirements (current federal employees must have served 52 weeks at the next lower grade or equivalent grade band in the federal service) by 09/23/2025. 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, Non-career SES or Presidential Appointee employee in the Executive Branch, you must disclose this information to the Human Resources Office. Background Investigation: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal law enforcement agency that requires all applicants to undergo a thorough background investigation prior to employment in order to promote the agency's core values of vigilance, service to country, and integrity. During the screening and/or background investigation process, you will be asked questions regarding any felony criminal convictions or current felony charges, the use of illegal drugs (e.g., marijuana, cocaine, heroin, LSD, methamphetamines, ecstasy), and the use of non-prescribed controlled substances including any experimentation, possession, sale, receipt, manufacture, cultivation, production, transfer, shipping, trafficking, or distribution of controlled substances. For additional information on the preemployment process, review the following link: Applicant Resources | CBP Careers Residency: There is a residency requirement for all applicants not currently employed by CBP. Individuals are required to have physically resided in the United States or its protectorates (as declared under international law) for at least three of the last five years. If you do not meet the residency requirement and you have been physically located in a foreign location for more than two of the last five years, you may request an exception to determine if you are eligible for a residency waiver by meeting one or more of the following conditions: Working for the U.S. Government as a federal civilian or as a member of the military A dependent who was authorized to accompany a federal civilian or member of the military who was working for the U.S. government Participation in a study abroad program sponsored by a U.S. affiliated college or university Working as a contractor, intern, consultant or volunteer supporting the U.S. government Probationary Period: All employees new to the federal government must serve a one year probationary period during the first year of his/her initial permanent federal appointment to determine fitness for continued employment. Current and former federal employees may be required to serve or complete a probationary period. Agency Career Transition Assistance Program (CTAP) or the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program (ICTAP) Eligibles: If you have never worked for the federal government, you are not CTAP/ICTAP eligible. View information about CTAP/ICTAP eligibility on OPM's Career Transition Resources website. To be considered well qualified under CTAP/ICTAP, you must be rated at a minimum score of 85 for this position. In addition, you must submit the supporting documents listed under the Required Documents section of this announcement.
The primary purpose of the position is to serve as the Field Office's expert on all phases of the budgeting process, providing its senior leadership with analyses, short and long-term forecasts, and recommendations for ensuring the Field Office adheres to laws, regulations, policies, and various requirements for budget development and execution. This position starts at a salary of $88,621.00 (GS-12, Step 1) to $137,000.00 (GS-13, Step 10). GS Salary: Visit this link to view the locality pay tables by geographic area. If you do not see your geographic area listed, select the "Rest of United States" pay table. Some positions fall under a special pay rate depending on the series, grade level and location of the position. Please visit this link to view special pay rate charts. Developing, integrating, and executing the operating budget for the Field Office; overseeing expenditures to ensure allocations and future monetary commitments are monitored and paid accordingly. Conducting budget analyses and providing guidance to senior leadership; submitting budget recommendations and reviews of unfunded requests; collaborating with managers to develop final consolidated budget estimates and forecasts for future budget needs and preparing justification for reprogramming of funds. Compiling and analyzing supporting and justifying materials for budget requests to OFO Budget Headquarters, as well as program accomplishments from the previous budget year. Making recommendations in the development and implementation budget; recommending realignment of resources to OFO Budget Headquarters as requested by senior management with the budget flexibilities established by the Chief Financial Officer and the policy direction of the Commissioner and the appropriate Executive Assistant Commissioner. Researching budget execution plans, reports of fund usage, planned and actual local expenditures, and working with the national office to resolve reporting and other problems; assuring proper fiscal accountability for all Field Office and Port of Entry commitments, obligations, and expenditures.