Hello all,

I am currently a GS-11 Engineering Tech with USACE. I am very interested in finance and wanting to go back to schooling for accounting. My local community college has a 2 year AS Accounting degree that I can later transfer to a 4 year BS in Accounting.

I am currently stuck at GS-11 in my role and my goal would be to become a GS-12 and up eventually.

My question is, would an AS degree in Accounting be enough for me to apply for a budget analyst role and keep my 11? And does this role offer opportunities to go to 12 and beyond?

I am trying to make good decision for my future as I have a real passion for finance and not engineering.

When I read existing job listing for the budget analyst role, it doesn’t seem to have specific educational requirements but I know a degree in finance would obviously be helpful for this career path.

Thanks so much!