Budget Specialist

Budget Specialist ID: NPSSER-009-004 Location: Atlanta Program: NPS Wage/Hr: $48.00 Hours/Week: 25 Minimum Age: 55 For over 25 years, National Experienced Workforce Solutions (NEW Solutions) has specialized in connecting experienced workers (ages 55+) with full-time and part-time job opportunities that support the critical missions of Federal Agencies across the United States. NEW Solutions connects experienced workers (ages 55+) with the National Park Service (NPS). These experienced professionals provide administrative expertise, facilities management, natural and cultural resource planning, and a broad array of other professional skills that support the National Park Service through the Experienced Services Program (ESP). Positions listed here do not guarantee employment for any definite period. Enrollment in the Experienced Worker Programs administered by NEW Solutions is temporary. The enrollment relationship between NEW Solutions and the Enrollee is an ?at-will? relationship. This means that an Enrollee is free to terminate enrollment at any time during the enrollment period, and NEW Solutions and the Agency have the right to terminate the relationship with the Enrollee. PLEASE NOTE: An ?Enrollee? is not a federal employee, nor an employee of NEW Solutions. An ?Enrollee? is a participant in a grant program established through a Cooperative Agreement funded by the agency and administered by NEW Solutions. This opportunity applies to applicants legally eligible to work in the United States. Qualifications: Minimum of 5 year(s) of experience in Business Administration, budget and/or accounting related areas OR AA Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting or related fields Ability to perform multiple administrative tasks simultaneously, and work efficiently under pressure to coordinate details, resolve problems, and meet established deadlines. Ability to?analyze, monitor, and evaluate a variety?of project fund sources. Ability to use project management and financial/contract software to collect, analyze, calculate, and report project data. Experience creating pivot tables and analyzing data in Excel. Experience required with Windows, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Teams, MS Outlook Database skills such as filemaker pro (but not required) Duties: This position is remote- directly works with Southeast Regional staff, Denver Service Center, Parks and the WASO DS staff related to storm recovery. The SER Storm Team is comprised of highly skilled, interdisciplinary teams that work in collaboration with parks and contractors to develop and produce an array of facility and non-facility projects in support of the mission of the National Park Service. The enrollee will work directly with the Storm Recovery Program Manager to assist with centerwide budgetary and finance responsibilities. ACQUISITION: Prepares spend plan and allocation requests for all appropriation years for disaster supplemental funding. Prepares and or processes purchase requests using current NPS finance system. Reconciles/maintains purchasing records. Processes invoices. Ensures all required elements of purchase requests are included and seeks assistance of COR for clarification or needed information. 35% FINANCE: Assembles centerwide budget and financial data and ensures accurate input of accounting records using an automated financial system. Tracks and reconciles obligations, expenditures, and disbursements of funds for a variety of accounts. Prepares status of funds and other needed reports from the finance and budget systems. Records and tabulates known commitments not reflected in accounting reports and computes adjustments in order to maintain daily balances for specific accounts. Monitors budget estimates against expenditures and routinely notifies supervisor of account balances. Resolves accounting errors; advises supervisor of unusual or major discrepancies. Assists in end-of-year data calls for center-wide labor forecasting and spending plans. Enters data on tracking log of expense tracking/monitoring. 35% ADMINISTRATION: Serves as liaison in coordinating travel expenditures and training costs associated with appropriate appropriations year funding. Tracks employee hours associated with appropriate year funding and prepares and processes labor spend plans. 30% Other: Physical requirements: Primarily sedentary with substantial use of computer systems. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position. NEW Solutions is committed to promoting equal opportunity and to an environment free from discrimination and harassment in any form administering Experienced Worker Programs under cooperative agreements with federal agencies. It is NEW Solutions' policy to comply with all applicable laws that provide equal opportunity and to prohibit unlawful discrimination in enrolling participants in the federal programs. Apply tot his job