Financial/Budget Analyst

$67,800 - $105,975/Yr

Noblis - Washington, DC

Part-time,Full-time - Entry Level

Washington, DC

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As an ARPA-H (Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health) Financial/Budget Analyst for the Strategic Technical ARPA-H Talent Support (STATS) Program at Noblis, you will be part of our HealthSolutions account team. In this role, you will leverage your financial management, budget analysis, and acquisition experience to provide planning, execution, monitoring, and oversight of research and development (R&D) programs throughout their lifecycle. Your work will directly support Federal Program Managers and the ARPA-H leaders to deliver transformative, sustainable, and equitable health solutions for the Nation. This position is ideal for someone with significant financial and budget experience in R&D and ARPA settings, allowing you to work with a talented and high-performing team on challenging and cutting-edge healthcare projects. ARPA-H is focused on advancing high-potential, high-impact biomedical, healthcare, and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. The key focus areas of the ARPA-H research portfolio include Health Science Futures, Scalable Solutions, Proactive Health, and Resilient Systems. As a Financial/Budget Analyst, you will be responsible for preparing and analyzing budget and financial data, developing financial spreadsheets and databases, monitoring funding and obligations, and providing professional/technical services in support of acquisition planning. You will also interact with various HHS entities and maintain rapport with budget and acquisition divisions, ensuring compliance with applicable policies and procedures. This position offers a mix of hybrid and remote roles, with the location based on each Task Order. Candidates must be local to Washington DC to be eligible for this opportunity.

Responsibilities

• Provide preparation and analysis of budget and financial data and preparation of pertinent briefing materials.
• Analyze and enter financial data into automated systems, prepare business resources and financial reports, and document financial processes/systems.
• Verify and assess budget and financial data, evaluate compliance with applicable policies and procedures, and support independent business and financial analysis and reviews.
• Develop and maintain financial spreadsheets and databases, including budgets and spend plans.
• Monitor and track funding, obligations, and schedules; utilize financial databases and reports; provide financial analysis and presentations; support cost proposals and document financial processes.
• Consult clients on adjustments to the overall budget in response to budget cuts and shortfalls, opportunities for unplanned funds, and mitigation strategies for schedule changes affecting finances.
• Gather and consolidate project-related financial data from multiple HHS systems.
• Interact with and maintain rapport with other HHS entities, including budget and acquisition divisions.
• Provide professional/technical services in support of acquisition planning through solicitation, award, performance, final payment, and preparation for close-out for the full range of contractual instruments used by Government.
• Advise, develop, and review procurement request (PR), contract, and other acquisition packages, ensuring adequacy, consistency, and compliance with administrative, regulatory, and procedural requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Business Analysis or related field.
• 3 years of experience for Junior level; 5+ years for Mid-level; 10+ years for Senior level.
• Experience from existing Advanced Research Projects Agencies (e.g. IARPA, DARPA, HSARPA, ARPA-E) is strongly desired.
• Experience providing guidance, feedback, and consulting services to federal program managers and leaders.
• Ability to work on multiple projects with prioritizing, tracking, attention to detail, follow-up and follow-through to project completion.
• Experience in establishing strong working relationships with R&D program managers and organization leadership.
• Demonstrated creativity, foresight, initiative, and mature judgment in anticipating and solving unprecedented problems.
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and presentation skills.
• Proven results-oriented problem-solving abilities and experience with presentation graphics and spreadsheet tools.
• Ability to work in a dynamic team-oriented environment and function productively in the face of new assignments.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience preparing and reviewing presentations, reports, project schedules, and weekly status inputs.

Benefits

• Health insurance coverage
• Life insurance coverage
• Disability insurance coverage
• Paid leave
• Professional development
• Tuition assistance
• Work-life programs
• Employee recognition programs
• Flexible work arrangements