Plans/Budget Analyst

Arcfield - Herndon, VA

Full-time - Mid Level

Herndon, VA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Plans/Budget Analyst will serve as a Portfolio, Performance, and Strategic Planning Officer, providing expert resource management support to the PMO portfolio. This role involves establishing and implementing resource management processes, supporting financial planning and execution, and organizing financial data to maintain up-to-date records. The analyst will collaborate with executive management and assist in budget formulation, justification, and execution, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and resource constraints.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and programmatic plans and budget support to PMO activities.
• Support the office in formulating, justifying, and defending budget builds.
• Develop and maintain spend plans, reconciling them with actual and planned expenditures.
• Stay current with Sponsor and Directorates Resource Management guidance and assist in maintaining baseline practices and procedures.
• Assist personnel in researching and resolving resource and budget issues.
• Prepare supporting documentation for budget exercises, over-guidance, unfunded calls, and reprogramming.
• Assist with writing congressional language for submission into the Sponsor's program build.
• Perform short- and long-term financial trend analysis for the office.
• Prepare briefings, budget, spend plans, and programmatic activities.
• Coordinate and respond to budget requirements and taskings.
• Collaborate with Directorate's resource Management Team and attend resource meetings.
• Interface with executive level management for planning, presentation, and briefing of information.

Requirements

• Must possess and maintain a TS/SCI clearance with Polygraph.
• Demonstrates professional competence as a plans and budget officer.
• Ability to operate in complex and evolving financial systems.
• Proven ability to run reports in COGNOS and track BCRs in BASIS, TITAN, P6, and other financial systems.
• Exhibit full awareness of financial resource requirements for execution year and budget out-years.
• Ability to analyze and evaluate financial data to resolve inconsistencies and propose solutions.
• Develops and implements long-range plans to accomplish office goals.
• Prepares budget exercise submissions ensuring they are rational, defensible, and executable.
• Ensures program execution is consistent with goals and implements resource realignment as required.
• Exhibits broad comprehension of relevant statutes, regulations, and policies in resource utilization and budget processes.
• Constructs and maintains background documentation on programmatic and resource analyses.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience managing execution of Sponsor budgets.
• Ability to translate complex budget information into executive-level briefings.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• 401k plan
• Paid holidays
• Professional development opportunities
• Flexible scheduling