Budget Analysts
Analyst, Budget Analyst, Budget Officer, Management and Budget Analyst
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
Air Transportation; Air Transportation Helper; Aircrew Flight Equipment Apprentice; Aircrew Flight Equipment Journeyman; Contracting Craftsman; Financial Management and Comptroller; Financial Management and Comptroller Helper; Operations Management Apprentice; Operations Management Journeyman; Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) Craftsman
Financial Management Technician; Recruiter; Recruiting and Retention NCO (Army National Guard of the United States)
Aviation Supply Specialist; Financial Management Specialist; Planning, Programming, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) Officer; Postal Clerk; Supply Chain and Materiel Management Specialist
Accounting Officer; Budget Officer; CWO - Supply Corps; Designated Project Business Administrator; LDO - Supply Corps; Logistics Specialist; Logistics Specialist (Submarine); Navy Counselor (Counselor); SC - Supply Corps Officer
What they do:
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.
On the job, you would:
- Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.
- Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
Business
- accounting and economics
- management
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
Safety and Government
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Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
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Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
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People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
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You might use software like this on the job:
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Oracle Hyperion
Financial analysis software
- Budget monitoring systems
- Microsoft FRx
Data base user interface and query software
- Microsoft Access
- Structured query language SQL
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bachelor's degree or
associate's degree
usually needed
Get started on your career:
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New job opportunities are likely in the future.
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You might like a career in one of these industries:
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In the military:
see titles from the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, or Navy.
