About This Role
Supporting a U.S. Army program by providing budget knowledge and strong communication skills is the core of this role. The Budget Analyst will be part of a mission-critical team, bringing previous experience in a similar role.
Responsibilities
- Be technically familiar with and proficient with project financial processes, supporting data-driven metrics influencing project strategies
- Participate and collaborate in all meetings/discussions including, but not limited to team strategies, project plans, and other required joint communications involving financial impacts
- Support all financial aspects of associated projects
- Work independently and/or draw upon a variety of functional, technical, and support personnel in planning and managing the delivery of products and services
- Serve as a designated analyst with responsibility, authority, and accountability for both short- and long-term planning
- Employ advanced tools such as Power BI, Pyramid Analytics, VSSC reports, and the Consult Toolbox to analyze complex data sets
- Collect and analyze service-specific data to prepare status reports for leadership, focusing on consult volumes, timeliness metrics, and document backlogs
- Provide data-driven insights to help leadership determine operational priorities and resource allocation
- Perform budget analysis of financial programs with high visibility such as congressional budget line items; the impact of changes in legislative or regulatory requirements; consideration of long-range program goals and objectives
- Provide financial management guidance to customers in accordance with regulations, policies, and procedures
- Perform other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Secret Security Clearance
- Working knowledge of Research, Development, Testing & Evaluation (RDTE), Operation and Maintenance, Army (OMA) & Other Procurement, Army (OPA) appropriations
- Knowledge of and/or experience with Government Accounting systems, for example, General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), Financial Integrated Report Environment (FIRE), Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), Wide Area Workflow (WAWF), Shared Data Warehouse (SDW), and Defense Travel Systems (DTS)
- 5 years of budget planning and execution, and program management experience
- 5 years of experience in requirements definition, work planning, budget control, and communications with COTR, COR, and other program officials
- 5 years of experience planning, directing, and coordinating administrative activities and program control
- Understanding of financial management laws & regulations
- Knowledge of Military Interdepartmental Purchase Requests (MIPRs), 7600 Support Agreements, and incremental funding
- Experience creating Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and obligations reimbursable and direct cite (PO), researching and reconcile Unliquidated obligations (ULOs)
