Mid-Level Program and Budget Specialist

Akima, LLC • DC

92d • $142,412 - $147,412

About The Position

Tuvli, an Akima company, is hiring for a Mid-Level Program and Budget Specialist to support our DoS client located in Washington, DC. EUR/ACE requires Program and Budget Specialist to support budget coordination, process management, financial analysis and management, and data visualizations. The Program and Budget Specialist will maintain and update budget systems and databases and support data entry and analysis to resolve anomalies and discrepancies in budgetary data. The Program and Budget Specialist will also support system troubleshooting tickets, requests for data visualizations, and documents that support and/or reprogram allocations of foreign assistance funds; assuring the accuracy of the documents; and assisting with revisions. The Program and Budget Specialist will track and work with spreadsheets/databases by entering fiscal budgets in the appropriate database/spreadsheet and will assist with other budget tasks, such as assuring listserv addresses are current; tracking funding requests, tasks planning, tracking budgets, and ensuring programs meet legislative and policy goals. Attending budgeting and planning meetings and communicating with US posts. The Program and Budget Specialist will also assist in ensuring due dates are met; assist in coordinating ACE and post submissions to other offices and leadership; maintain copies on the shared computer drive; and work with the budget analysts to compare budget and attribution levels. The Program and Budget Specialist will perform office support duties to include but not limited to assembling documents in orientation binders for new staff, delivering documents to various Department offices. The Program and Budget Specialist will also run reports from budget systems and/or prepare charts for meetings and/or inquiries received from the office employees and supervisor. The Program and Budget Specialist may travel internationally one to two times per year.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree (in related field) and/or more than five (5) years’ experience in international affairs/foreign policy, business management, accounting, or other related fields.
• Must have at least Three (3) years of experience in budgeting and international affairs/foreign policy and assistance.
• At least two (2) years experience with Tableau, Power BI, or other application for dashboards and visualization.
• Experience working with data/financial management and visualization projects within the Department of State or U.S. Agency for International Development (or another agency providing foreign assistance).
• Four (4) years or more work experience in administrative and/or budget related tasks.
• Advanced skills in SharePoint, Excel, and other Microsoft office applications (including Visual Basic for Applications (VBA)).
• Ability to solve problems and encourage consistent reporting.
• Experience coordinating and tracking documents/papers.
• English language (written and spoken) communications skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks, coordinate activities in multiple locations, act decisively in daily work, and work well in a team environment.
• Strong organizational, communication, interpersonal, and computer skills.
• Active Secret Clearance.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate inter-agency budget process for foreign assistance funding.
• Maintain the office’s budget information systems and records, including to correct and updates the data contained in those systems.
• Analysis and Resolution of budgetary data to reconcile various data and sources.
• Assisting with the analysis of data, including entering and validating data.
• Coordinate and track U.S. foreign assistance funds and their alignment to U.S. policies in support of reform priorities for the Bureau, bilateral, and regional assistance to countries in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia.
• Assist budget team with presentation of analyses of foreign assistance needs, trends, opportunities, and overages in Europe, Eurasia, and Central Asia.
• Develop, implement, and maintain leading-edge analytics systems, taking complicated problems and building simple frameworks.
• Identifying patterns and trends in data sets; Working alongside other divisions/teams within the department or the management team to establish needs.
• Monitor and Respond (on rotational basis) to emails directed to shared mailboxes.
• Log and track tasks through completion.
• Prepare briefing checklists, letters, reports, agendas, talking points, meeting minutes, and responses to interagency inquiries.
• Designing databases or data collection tools (e.g., survey instruments).
• Assist in the creation or review of research reports, briefs, studies, infographics, and PowerPoint presentation.
• Editing program documents and memos.
• Maintaining core documents and other information related to the program.

Benefits

• The company offers a comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, 401(k) and a range of other voluntary benefits.
• Paid Time Off (PTO) is offered to regular full-time and part-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree