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Recent Graduate Opportunities

Please see below for a list of Recent Graduate Opportunities in addition to those found on Office of Personnel Management's USAJOBS site

Hiring Office: Southern District of New York

Location: Vacancies in the following location:

  • New York, NY

Application Deadline: 09/04/2026

Pay Scale & Grade: GS-7

Job Description: 

If selected for this position, you will serve as a Budget Analyst in the Administrative Division of the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York and will be responsible for providing financial and analytical support to a Budget team. As a Budget Analyst you will:

  • Gather and consolidate information and statistical data needed for budget operations and financial reporting.
  • Assist with monitoring and tracking obligations and expenditures for the office.
  • Provide a variety of budgetary reports.
  • Assist with assigning accounting classification codes and entering the information into an electronic accounting system.
  • Assist with reviewing bills against source documents prior to payment ensuring accuracy of goods and services.
  • Review financial requests and forms for completeness of information and authorized signatures.
  • Process travel authorizations, foreign travel packages, and travel vouchers/claims.

Responsibilities will increase and assignments will become more complex as your training and experience progress.

Requirements: 

To be eligible for a recent graduate appointment, ALL of the following requirements must be met:

  • Recent Graduates must have obtained a qualifying associates, bachelors, master's, professional, doctorate, vocational or technical degree or certificate from a qualifying accredited educational institution within the previous 2 years unless military service interfered with a veteran's eligibility to apply during that two year time frame. Veterans meeting the above exclusion may apply within 2 years of discharge or 6 years from the date of receipt of the degree whichever comes first. (Go to http://www.ed.gov/accreditation?src=rn to verify accreditation status).
  • Recent graduates must be United States citizens or owe permanent allegiance to the United States. (Currently, natives of American Samoa, Swains Island and certain inhabitants of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands are the only groups that owe permanent allegiance to the United States.)
  • You must successfully complete a background investigation to determine your suitability for Federal employment.
  • All recent graduates are required to sign a Pathways Recent Graduate Participant Agreement.
  • Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment.
  • Qualification requirements as outlined below:

To be eligible at the GS-7 level, you must meet at least ONE of the following conditions, as defined below. Specialized Experience, Education, or a combination of Education and Experience.

Specialized Experience: One full year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the GS-05 level in the Federal service. Specialized experience is defined as experience performing basic budget functions such as entering information into a financial system; assigning appropriate accounting codes to transactions; maintaining accounts payable files; and communicating budget procedures to employees and vendors.

OR

Education: One full year of graduate level education or higher in a closely related field (e.g., Accounting, Finance); OR, possess a bachelor's degree in a closely related field AND meet superior academic achievement based on one of the following: a 3.0 GPA or higher for all completed undergraduate courses or courses completed in the last two years of study; or a GPA of 3.5 or higher for all courses in the major field of study or courses in the major completed in the last two years of study; or rank in the upper one third of your class; or membership in a national scholastic honor society.

OR

Combination of Specialized Experience and Education: Combinations of successfully completed graduate education and experience may be used to meet total qualification requirements.

This is an excepted service appointment under the Pathways Recent Graduates Program. This appointment is a one year career development program. At the successful completion of the program requirements, you may be eligible for non-competitive conversion to a Federal career or career-conditional appointment. For more information on the Pathways Program, please visit: https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/hiring-information/students-recent-graduates/

Recent Graduates serve a trial period for the entire duration of their excepted service appointment.

You must meet all qualification requirements upon the closing date of this announcement.

Application Process: Please apply via USAJobs at the provided link: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/880689500 

Salary: $59,465 - $77,306 per year

*Position will be in-office work.

Travel: Occasional 

Relocation Expenses: Payment of relocation expenses will not be authorized.

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There are no additional vacancies at this time. 

 

Updated September 3, 2026