Budget Analyst (Supporting NOAA)

ASRC Federal Holding Company • Remote (MD, United States) • $200k - $250k / year • 1m ago

Budget Analyst (Supporting NOAA) #AFHC-26314

Location: Remote

Functional Group: Accounting/Finance

Job Title: Budget Analyst (Supporting NOAA)

ASRC Federal Advanced Research, a subsidiary of ASRC Federal Holding Company, is currently recruiting for a Budget Execution Analyst to support our client at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Silver Spring, MD.

Key Role:

Provide budget planning and execution support for the NOAA/National Ocean Service (NOS). Assist in creating and maintaining spreadsheets, tools, forms, templates, and instructions to support various monthly and quarterly reports and meetings. Work with various branches to ensure that the new and existing financial processes are understood and implemented correctly. Integral to the role is the ability to analyze data to understand trends, forecast potential budget issues, and to plan and take corrective actions. Provide analyses, assessments, and recommendations relating to financial management activities, among other duties as assigned.

This is a remote position. The selected candidate will work from their home office.

Duties include, but are not limited to:

Provide budget execution support to NOS Headquarters.
Become adept at pulling reports from the NOAA financial systems, including the Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS), Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW), and the Financial Management Data System (FMDS).
Summarize quantitative data for monthly commitment, obligation, and contract status reports as well as a variety of complex payment reports.
Assist with creating and monitoring monthly and annual obligation plans.
Track funds transferred in from other NOAA or NOS Financial Management Centers.
Understand the various types of accounting codes (i.e., program, project, and tasks codes) being used and the business rules that govern them.
Process documentation for financial corrections.
Conduct variance analysis by comparing planned obligations to actual obligations; justify the reason behind variances to FMC leadership and NOAA headquarters.
Transform accounting system data into Excel spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations.
Produce, maintain, and update templates, forms, process documents, and slides for NOS reviews.
Respond to data calls from other FMCs, NOS Headquarters, NOAA Headquarters, the Department of Commerce, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and/or Congress.
Enter data, as requested, into the Financial Management Data System.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree plus 2 years experience in federal budgeting or related industries (e.g., finance, budgeting, accounting or other highly quantitative field). Four years of relevant experience may be used as a substitute for a Bachelor's Degree.
Ability to transform data and findings into concise, user-friendly spreadsheets and PowerPoint presentations.
Excellent written and oral presentation skills with the ability to brief findings and materials to management.
Ability to communicate effectively in groups of senior leaders, knowing when to speak up versus deferring to management.
Work proactively to anticipate management’s questions and meet their needs before being asked.
Sift through large amounts of data and reports to find answers to management’s questions in a timely manner.
Strong interpersonal skills, including customer service skills, to properly manage customer expectations and respond to customer requests.
Knowing when to ask for help to be able to meet assigned deadlines.

Preferred Experience: