Program Analyst

The incumbent serves as a Program Analyst in the Accounting Section; Finance Service located at the EL PASO Veterans Health Care System. The incumbent is responsible for performing various reviews and analysis of data between the various accounting systems to ensure the financial integrity of the accounting section.

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 11/06/2026. 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-09 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-07. 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. Note: 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. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-07 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: knowledge of administration, timekeeping, accounting and budgetary concepts, theories, practices, methods, and techniques, knowledge of organizational or program practices, policies, functions, and programs to accomplish assignments, skill in developing and analyzing accounting systems, knowledge of administrative systems (e.g. FMS, IFCAP, IPPS, G-invoicing, etc.), knowledge and skills to compile current financial data and trends to management officials to assist them during decision-making processes, experience presenting possible solutions and making recommendations based upon analysis of the situation using the data given and its effect on the accounting system, knowledge to recognize the need to change the current finance operating procedure to make the financial system as accurate and efficient as possible, skill in technical writing, data presentation, and oral communication, knowledge of various types of debts and regulations applicable to each to track payments, apply partial payments, calculate interest at varying rates and establish and/or revise payment plans, and experience preparation of analytical reports. OR, Education: Applicants may substitute education for the required experience. To qualify based on education for this grade level you must have 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 (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). OR, Combination: Applicants may also combine education and experience to qualify at this level. You must have an combination of specialized experience and education beyond bachelors degree. (TRANSCRIPT REQUIRED). Note: total percentages must equal at least 100 percent to qualify an applicant for that grade level. Only graduate education in excess of the amount required for the next lower grade level may be used to qualify applicants for positions at grades GS-9. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.