Job Summary

Senior Budget Analyst, Operational Informatics Pipeline (OIP)

Job Summary:

Aptive seeks a Budget Analyst - Senior to support the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Clinical Informatics (OCI) on the Operational Informatics Pipeline (OIP) contract. You will lead budget planning, forecasting, and execution analysis for OCI’s clinical informatics portfolio, applying Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) and Managing for Results (MFR) practices so that funding decisions keep pace with the work. The role supports the Clinical Informatics Solutions specialty area, including Electronic Health Record (EHR) issue management, clinical content standardization, and informatics workforce programs. You will work within Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) Agile Release Trains alongside OCI leadership, program analysts, and VA Business Owners.

Primary Responsibilities

• PPBE and MFR Implementation. Implement and manage PPBE and MFR activities for the clinical informatics portfolio, in line with applicable budget laws, regulations, policies, and precedents.
• Multi-Year Programming. Conduct multi-year programming studies and budget analyses, including survey methods, findings, evaluations, and recommendations.
• Budget Formulation. Lead budget formulation efforts; develop, manage, and maintain spreadsheets and budget artifacts, including inputs to the Congressional Budget Justification.
• Health Care Budgeting and Forecasting. Forecast portfolio costs and funding needs, including staffing demand tied to Federal EHR deployments and VistA/CPRS sustainment.
• Level-of-Effort and Cost Estimation. Lead estimates of the level of effort and labor categories needed for Features selected in Planning Interval (PI) Planning, supporting the Government’s next call order.
• Appropriation Tracking. Record and track the Government’s appropriation decision for each Feature, consistent with VA funding requirements.
• Execution and Variance Analysis. Track obligations, expenditures, and burn against Government spend plans; analyze variances and recommend corrective actions.
• Management Briefs. Draft briefs for VA management on the portfolio budget, cost drivers, funding risks, and tradeoffs.
• Budget Reporting. Develop budget dashboards and recurring reports in Excel or Power BI.
• Agile Team Participation. Participate in PI Planning and backlog refinement to provide cost and capacity inputs, and align Lean portfolio budgets with prioritized Epics.
• Analyst Guidance. Provide guidance and review for junior budget and program analysts.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in budget, financial, or cost analysis.
• Proven experience implementing and managing PPBE or MFR across a large integrated government organization.
• Experience with budgeting, planning, and forecasting in the health care industry.
• Knowledge of federal budget-related laws, regulations, policies, precedents, methods, and techniques.
• Experience developing budget artifacts and briefs for senior leadership.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA background investigation at the level assigned to the position; must reside and work in the United States with U.S. work authorization.

Desired Qualifications

• Degree in accounting, finance, business, public administration, or a related field; master’s degree preferred.
• Experience supporting VA or VHA budget formulation or execution.
• Experience preparing inputs to the Congressional Budget Justification.
• Experience with federal financial management systems, such as FMS or iFAMS.
• Experience with Lean portfolio budgeting in SAFe environments.
• Experience building dashboards in Power BI.
• Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM).