Budget Analyst

PBG delivers mission-focused solutions that eliminate inefficiency and power transformation for federal agencies requiring agility, security, and impact.

Title: Budget Analyst

Location: Hybrid DMV. On site at least 1- 2 days a week

Responsibilities:

• Provide technical support related to budget formulation, justification, presentation, execution, and review.
• Acting as the sole budget analyst for the office of the CIO.
• Generate financial forecasts and tracking the flow and status of funds obligations, reimbursements and other financial data.
• Maintain electronic files and versions of budgets submitted.
• Provide variance analysis of costs incurred against spend plans on a monthly basis.
• Assist in preparation of monthly, quarterly, and annual spend plans.
• Assist in preparing executive correspondence and leadership briefings, to include reviewing documents for technical corrections and edits
• Managing portfolios for performance management and cross-program analysis to ensure requirements are being addressed and gaps are being closed.
• Consolidate and summarize budget execution in written reports and conduct analysis to help identify issues and trends affecting budget execution.
• Maintain responsibility for providing analytical support to complex budget projects and dealing with major department heads directly.
• Develop annual schedules for budget preparation, analyze budget variance reports, and follow up on remedial actions.
• Audit vouchers and expense accounts and analyze the installation of budgetary control systems.
• Analyze budget formulation and execution, identifying and researching anomalies or problems, generating reports, and processing large volumes of complex data rapidly and accurately.
• Translate highly technical and programmatic data into actionable reporting appropriate for senior and non-technical readers.
• Financial analysis and tracking associated with contracts, interagency agreements, and memoranda of understanding.
• Submission and tracking of funding requisitions and purchase orders within the federal financial systems.
• Evaluation of budgetary requests, constraints, and potential workarounds.
• Management of historical data.
• Support of and response to budget-related data calls, including mandated OMB reporting and annual budget and Investment portfolio submissions.
• Mastering a variety of budget formulation and execution tools and providing SME-level guidance and support.
• Maintenance and reporting on investment-level alignment of budgetary items.
• Invoice processing and payment.
• Meticulous record of financial activities and persistent follow-ups

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, or other related field.
• 5 or more years of experience in budget formulation, analysis and evaluation, budget execution and tracking via a spend plan. Meticulous eye for detail and the ability to identify anomalies in data sets
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite particularly MS Word, MS PowerPoint, and MS Excel including expertise with pivot tables (using and building).
• Experience with managing and tailoring Excel spreadsheets and developing PowerPoint presentations.
• Ability to learn new systems quickly and prioritize and complete tasks with time-sensitive deadlines.

Preferred Skills:

• PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification.
• Experience with federal financial management and tracking tools.
• Experience with acquisitions and inter agency agreements, procedure development and documentation.
• Being able to lead a team
• Experience in tracking budget and activities for a product/project portfolio.
• Experience with Planning, Programming, Budget, and Execution (PPBE) budget cycle activities, including Congressional Budget Justification Book (CBJB) and Integrated Planning and Budget System (IPBS).
• Using complex financial management systems or other non-DOD federal financial management systems.
• Strong understanding of the software development life cycle (SDLC).
• Proven experience in communications planning and execution.

Professional Skills

• Excellent verbal, graphical, interpersonal, and written communication skills.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making capabilities.
• Team player with the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Must possess strong analytical, organizational and project management skills.
• Demonstrated outstanding level of professionalism in providing client support, including ability to exercise good judgment, discretion, tact, and diplomacy.
• Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information.
• Ability to work with all levels of internal staff, as well as outside clients and vendors.
• Superior interpersonal skills including courtesy, professionalism, and a cooperative attitude.

#WHYPBG

We have successfully built a company culture based on our single most important asset - our employees. At PBG we are passionate about employee engagement and make it our business to provide our employees a range of challenging and rewarding opportunities that align with business strategy, promote team work and inspire innovation. A job is where you are spending most of your day, so PBG believes in making it a fun, collaborative and productive environment. We want our employees to have the opportunity to grow and be part of a company that is making a lasting contribution to our customers.

Benefits:

• 401K Retirement Plan
• Medical Plan options with significant financial investments from PBG
• Prescription benefit plan
• Dental and Vision coverage
• Employee Assistance Program
• Short term / Long-term disability
• Supplemental group life and AD&D options
• Yearly Bonuses
• Generous Paid Time Off / Paid Holidays
• Career/Professional Development Program
• Spot Bonus Program

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

PBG is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions based on job-related qualifications, skills, experience, and business needs. We do not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on legally protected characteristics, including but not limited to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or veteran status, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. PBG complies with all laws regarding non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the company operates

Disclaimer:

This job description reflects management's assignment of essential job functions but is not intended to be a comprehensive list of all activities, duties and responsibilities required by the job incumbent. Nothing in the herein restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" relationship.