Federal Budget SME (5773)

SMX

2d•$137,600 - $200,000•Remote

About The Position

SMX is seeking an energetic, creative government budget specialist to help develop and enhance its federal planning application. The role supports the CFO Control Tower Budget and Spend (BAS) solution, a pre-built federal planning and reporting solution that runs on SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC). The specialist will work with designers, developers, implementation teams, customers, and stakeholders to improve the solution and deliver value to federal customers. This is a full-time position on a multi-year contract and is 100% remote. The role combines federal budgeting expertise with product design, business process analysis, requirements gathering, implementation support, testing, release management, documentation, and customer demonstrations. The specialist will help prioritize the BAS roadmap, explain government financial processes to colleagues without government experience, and translate proposed functionality into visual aids such as mockups and process-flow diagrams.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience working with government budgets and spend plans.
Deep understanding of government financial processes, such as budget formulation, spend plans, position planning, budget execution, working capital funds, and reimbursable agreements.
Excellent organizational skills.
Excellent presentation skills.
Curiosity and desire to learn.
Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
General technical savvy; coding skills are not required.
Public Trust clearance or ability to obtain one.

Nice To Haves

Experience deploying a financial planning and/or business intelligence application.
Experience with an off-the-shelf planning tool such as SAP BPC, SAP Analytics Cloud, OneStream, Oracle, Hyperion, or Anaplan, or with a custom-built solution.
Experience with an off-the-shelf BI or reporting tool such as SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI, Tableau, or Qlik.
SQL skills.
Experience testing applications.

Responsibilities

Work with UX designers to design and enhance budgeting and planning functionality, including dashboards, input forms, reports, and workflows.
Explain proposed functionality using visual aids such as mockups and process-flow diagrams.
Explain government processes to employees without government experience.
Conduct business process analysis.
Work with stakeholders to prioritize and manage BAS roadmap needs.
Connect with customers and take a lead role during customer demonstrations.
Gather requirements and work with the implementation team on BAS deployment, including requirements, design, and testing.
Manage software releases and ensure the application is fully tested and documented.
Develop test plans, test scenarios, and test cases, and manage testing execution.
Create documentation as needed, including administrator and end-user documentation, training guides, and online help.