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Job Details for Budget Analyst

Court Name/Organization Texas Eastern Probation and Pretrial Services
Overview of the Position The U.S. Probation Office for the Eastern District of Texas has an immediate opening for a full- time Budget Analyst in any division within the Eastern District of Texas (Beaumont, Lufkin, Plano, Sherman, Texarkana or Tyler). The incumbent is hired by the Chief Probation Officer and works directly for the U.S. Probation Office. This position offers promotion potential up to CL 28 without further competition. The Budget Analyst assists in the formulation of the annual budget and associated spending plan and assists with policy development regarding budgetary matters.
Location Tyler, Sherman, Plano, Texarkana, Beaumont , Lufkin, TX
Opening and Closing Dates 08/19/2025 - Open Until Filled
Appointment Type Permanent
Classification Level/Grade CL 27
Salary $59,133 - $104,525
Link to Court Careers Information https://www.txep.uscourts.gov/career-opportunities
Announcement Number 25-14
Link to Job Announcement

Position Description

Assists with the formulation, evaluation, and implementation of policies, procedures, and protocols related to financial operations and budgetary execution in the probation office. Reviews and updates the Financial Management Plan/Internal Control Manual accordingly.

  • Manage and oversee day-to-day operations of fiscal accounting functions. Provide budget forecasting reports to the unit executive on a monthly basis in order to track spending priorities.
  • Assists in the development of an annual spending plan, monitors budget execution, and recommends appropriate action when necessary. Prepares justification(s) for supplemental request of additional allotments.
  • Executes approved budget plans. Reviews spending and fund balances routinely and recommend reprogramming actions to cover projected shortfalls. Ensures allotment levels are not exceeded, and obligations are not made in advance of an appropriation, allotment, or reprogramming transaction.
  • Reviews vouchers related to various expenses incurred by unit members for correctness of payment. Applies the first level of approval on all payments with the implementation of Certifying Officer Legislation.
  • Verify allotments or any adjustments to allotments into JIFMS. Enters reprogramming transactions to move funds from one BOC to another within a fund or from one fund to another.
  • Maintains oversight and approval documentation of annual budget call requests, appeals to allotments, supplemental funding requests, and intra-fund and inter-fund reprogramming requests.
  • Prepares the Status of Funds reports monthly for review by the unit executive and submits to the Administrative Office as required.
  • Responsible for tracking and updating the Probation and Pretrial Services Office’s personnel projection system (IPPS/JPPS). Reconciles payroll reports from the AO to IPPS/JPPS. Develops hiring scenarios to assist in determining the cost of personnel actions on the budget. Verifies personnel cost reports and InfoWeb transactions.
  • Responsible for the data quality of JIFMS, including disbursing updates to users of JIFMS, maintenance of security forms and administrative files in JIFMS. Manages conversions and migrations of updated versions of JIFMS.
  • Assists in conducting and documenting cyclical internal audits of procurement, finance, budget, and time and attendance. Identifies potential weaknesses and recommends improvements.
  • Apply knowledge of specialized areas of accounting to perform systematic examinations of complex financial transactions.
  • Performs other duties, as required.

Qualifications

Required Education/Work Experience/Skills

  • A bachelor’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university, preferably in accounting, finance, business, or related field
  • Consistent, high quality past job performance demonstrating sound ethics and judgement.
  • An attendance record that indicates reliability and commitment.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills (grammar, spelling, punctuation, etc.)
  • Excellent organizational skills.
  • Ability to take initiative, manage multiple tasks, respond to requests on short notice and meet deadlines.
  • Ability to be tactful and work cooperatively with others, including judicial officers, the bar, the public, and colleagues.
  • Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel and Word, conducting internet searches, the use of computer file structure and other computer applications. Proficient in developing spreadsheets and the ability to research system issues from a user perspective.
  • General knowledge of the functions and procedures of the court unit.
  • Knowledge of accounting procedures, reports and automated equipment.
  • Ability to understand relationships among accounts, reconcile accounts, recognize errors and their probable causes and the impact of proposed actions and/or recommend alternatives.
  • Knowledge of internal controls.
  • Skill and accuracy in working with numerical transactions.

Preferred Education/Work Experience/Skills

Prior financial, budget, or procurement experience in a federal court and working knowledge of JIFMS and IPPS/JPPS is highly desired.

Qualifications

To qualify for the CL 27 a minimum of one-year specialized experience equivalent to work at a CL 26 level is required. Specialized experience is defined as: progressively responsible clerical or administrative experience that provided knowledge of the rules, regulations, practices, and principles, of financial administration and/or accounting; and involved the routine use of automated financial and accounting systems or other computer-based systems and applications such as word processing, spreadsheets or databases.

Education may not be substituted for specialized experience because administrative court support positions require hands-on experience to be credited as specialized experience.

Miscellaneous

Assists with the formulation, evaluation, and implementation of policies, procedures, and protocols related to financial operations and budgetary execution in the probation office. Reviews and updates the Financial Management Plan/Internal Control Manual accordingly.

  • Manage and oversee day-to-day operations of fiscal accounting functions. Provide budget forecasting reports to the unit executive on a monthly basis in order to track spending priorities.
  • Assists in the development of an annual spending plan, monitors budget execution, and recommends appropriate action when necessary. Prepares justification(s) for supplemental request of additional allotments.
  • Executes approved budget plans. Reviews spending and fund balances routinely and recommend reprogramming actions to cover projected shortfalls. Ensures allotment levels are not exceeded, and obligations are not made in advance of an appropriation, allotment, or reprogramming transaction.
  • Reviews vouchers related to various expenses incurred by unit members for correctness of payment. Applies the first level of approval on all payments with the implementation of Certifying Officer Legislation.
  • Verify allotments or any adjustments to allotments into JIFMS. Enters reprogramming transactions to move funds from one BOC to another within a fund or from one fund to another.
  • Maintains oversight and approval documentation of annual budget call requests, appeals to allotments, supplemental funding requests, and intra-fund and inter-fund reprogramming requests.
  • Prepares the Status of Funds reports monthly for review by the unit executive and submits to the Administrative Office as required.
  • Responsible for tracking and updating the Probation and Pretrial Services Office’s personnel projection system (IPPS/JPPS). Reconciles payroll reports from the AO to IPPS/JPPS. Develops hiring scenarios to assist in determining the cost of personnel actions on the budget. Verifies personnel cost reports and InfoWeb transactions.
  • Responsible for the data quality of JIFMS, including disbursing updates to users of JIFMS, maintenance of security forms and administrative files in JIFMS. Manages conversions and migrations of updated versions of JIFMS.
  • Assists in conducting and documenting cyclical internal audits of procurement, finance, budget, and time and attendance. Identifies potential weaknesses and recommends improvements.
  • Apply knowledge of specialized areas of accounting to perform systematic examinations of complex financial transactions.
  • Performs other duties, as required.

Application Info

Provide only the documents requested below in a single PDF file. The file shall be named your last name and the announcement number, i.e., Smith 25-10.

  1. Cover letter of no more than two pages with a brief narrative describing why you are a suitable candidate for this position.
  2. Resume
  3. A complete AO 78 - Application for Judicial Branch Federal Employment
  4. Five professional references
  5. A copy of your college transcript(s) with the qualifying degree(s) and date(s) awarded clearly highlighted or circled.

Please submit the above documents in one PDF via email at TXEP-HR@txep.uscourts.gov by COB on Sept. 5, 2025.

The federal Judiciary is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.