Senior Budget Analyst

Corner Alliance

$105K — $115K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree plus 10 years of relevant experience or Master's degree plus 5 years
  • Active SECRET clearance required
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills
  • U.S. citizenship required
  • Experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security

Responsibilities

  • Support all aspects of the PPBE lifecycle, including resource allocation planning and execution reporting
  • Act as a thought partner to program leadership on financial strategies
  • Validate spending plans using approved financial systems
  • Assist the BFM and team with budget-related development and coordination
  • Manage budget-related tasks from client HQ
  • Serve as the budget point of contact for Congressional-level tasks
  • Analyze financial data and present recommendations to leadership

Benefits

  • Hybrid work environment in Washington, DC metro area
  • Opportunity for professional development and growth
  • Coaching culture encouraging adaptability and learning
  • Engagement in significant missions with homeland security impact
  • Potential for involvement with high-level budgetary presentations and decision-making processes
Full Job Description
About the Role:

As a Senior Budget Analyst, you will provide senior-level business and financial management support that will contribute to maintaining and expanding the capabilities of homeland security.

Key Responsibilities include (but are not limited to):
  • Supporting all aspects of the client's Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) lifecycle, such as:
    • Resource Allocation Planning
    • Office of Management and Budget Justifications (OMBJ)
    • Congressional Justification (CJ)
    • Performance and Funds Execution reporting
    • Execution plan development
    • Spend plan development
    • Financial Transactions and Interagency Agreements
    • Pre-award acquisition development
    • Miscellaneous Obligations (Training, Travel, Purchase Cards)
    • Extensive use of financial and acquisition databases to include the Federal Financial Management System
  • Apply PPBE in a holistic way to act as a thought partner and trusted advisor to program leadership
  • Validating spending plan loading and distribution by utilizing approved financial systems
  • Directly support the Business Financial Manager (BFM) and budget team in the fiscal execution, development, planning, and coordination of all activities related to the budget, finance, and acquisition
  • Support the BFM, Division Leaders, and staff in developing, validating, and reporting resource allocation process (RAP) and developing funding requirements
  • Managing and executing budget-related taskers from client HQ and internal leadership
  • Serving as the budget point of contact for all Congressional-level taskers
  • Assisting with the development of spend plans and tracking current-year requests against the approved spend plans
  • Recommending funding realignments between divisions and HQ levels to meet mission priorities
  • Maintaining Unfunded Request (UFR) tracking sheet and making recommendations on funding priorities
  • Assisting in identifying previously obligated contract funding for de-obligation and preparing de-obligation funding
  • Supporting the development of program strategy and prioritization of objectives for future funding
  • Providing budget analysis of financial data from multiple sources and presenting distilled findings and recommendations to help inform strategic decisions for client leadership
  • Creating budgetary presentations that illustrate financial projections, goals, shortfalls, etc. for federal decision-making
  • Providing a quality review of PR packages and acquisition-related documents
  • Providing support in the development of the client's Financial Dashboard
  • Facilitating meetings, capturing action items, and initiating appropriate follow-up with individuals responsible to ensure the completion of action items on schedule
  • Analyzing and interpreting large amounts of program output data and information associated with research work plans, budget reports, and assisting with the identification of programmatic strengths and weaknesses
  • Developing revisions to transition plans and initial operations estimates and yearly cash flows to support budget submittals as necessary
  • Carry out our Commitments to Deliver, Grow, and Thrive

Location:

You will work as part of a hybrid team in the Washington, DC, metro area, with the expectation of working on the client site up to three days a week.

Required Experience/Skills:
  • BA/BS + 10 Years of relevant experience or a Master's + 5 years of relevant experience
  • Must have an active SECRET clearance
  • Must possess excellent written and oral communication skills
  • Must be a US Citizen
  • Previous experience supporting the Department of Homeland Security

Preferred Experience/Skills:
  • Existing/Prior (within 5 years) favorable DHS contractor fitness (suitability) determination
  • Detailed knowledge of and recent demonstrated experience working with appropriate offices and staff within the Homeland Security Enterprise, Congress, foreign partners, industry groups, and private sector stakeholder entities on issues relating to the DHS mission space

Don't think you have everything for this role but are still very interested? Please don't hold back from applying because you may not have it all. You can learn and grow with us. We're looking for someone who is coachable, unflappable in navigating challenges, resourceful in learning new skills, innovative in challenging the status quo, excellent in writing, analytical in thinking, skilled in prioritization, and a rapport builder with clients and colleagues.

Salary:

Approximate Salary Estimate: $105,000 - $115,000 annually

The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range of candidates hired. Factors that may be used to determine your actual salary may include your specific skills, how many years of experience you have, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

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