Senior Budget Analyst

The Holston Group•Columbia, MD

23h

About The Position

The Senior Budget Analyst will manage internal budget activities in support of our government client. This role includes maintaining, tracking, and reporting financial information, as well as conducting cost estimating efforts. The Senior Budget Analyst will also assist with the formulation, development, and execution of budgets to ensure alignment with mission requirements and organizational priorities.

Requirements

Candidate must possess a current Top Secret/Sensitive Compartmented Information (TS//SCI) level clearance with CI polygraph.
Master's degree required plus 10 years of experience in relevant experience. (In lieu of a Master's degree, a Bachelor's degree with an additional 2 years of experience in performing requirements for a total of 12 years; or HS diploma/Associate's degree with an additional 6 years of experience in performing requirements for a total of 16 years.)
Minimum of ten years of experience in the preparation of reports that reflect programs/project status in areas of cost, schedule, and performance.
Five years' experience in budgeting and/or budgeting analysis within DoD and/or Government organizations.
Experience with Microsoft Office Suite products.
Minimum of five years of experience working in the PPBE process.

Nice To Haves

Experience working in a complex cyberspace operation and/or multi-stakeholder environment (preferred).
Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM) Certifications.

Responsibilities

Assist with the formulation, development, and execution of budgets, financial plans, and multi-year programs required to properly fund and meet program resource requirements.
Assist in updating Command/DoD databases, coordinating the write-ups for programs and projects with appropriate personnel, gathering information for over-guidance requests, and consolidating all information for the responsible Portfolios.
Prepared and managed Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs) by use of DEAMS and/or Defense Agency Initiative (DAI) Budget System.
Interface and coordinate with other financial organizations to provide budgetary.
Assist in the preparation and delivery of budgetary briefings to management and other reviewers.
Assist in the preparation of reports and charts to present budget analysis for management review.
Assist with responses to financial queries, conducting outlay, and obligation analysis.
Assist in the tracking and reporting of execution performance to include attending customer and program/project status review meetings.
Assist the Government with responding to ad-hoc command programs and operations, financial management, and budget queries.
Prepare, track, and monitor budgets in support of managing funds for requisitions, purchase orders, and simplified acquisitions, to ensure timely execution.
Develop and refine innovative methods, tools, and criteria to increase the effectiveness of fiscal plans and policy for Command program plans, goals, and objectives.
Conduct data collection to assist in financial records building and coordinate with the government client financial planning team for the build out of records within the Comprehensive Cost and Requirement system (CCaRs).
Conduct cost estimating and analysis with appropriate application of analytical methods and techniques, such as cost-benefit analysis, Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB), amortization, depreciation, prorating revenues and costs among customer, planning-programming- budgeting, Program Evaluation Review Technique (PERT), and management by objectives, to predict or assess the effects of budgetary and/or program changes and to fully evaluate the significance of conflicting program and budget data.