Budget Analyst

We're looking for a Budget Analyst who will support the Region 4 Federal Protective Service (FPS) financial management and senior level staff by assisting in analyzing, tracking and monitoring accounting functions in the Federal Financial Management System (FFMS). The Budget Analyst shall provide support assisting with the development of DHS business process improvements and modernization projects. Key responsibilities include drafting modern business methods, helping to identify best practices, and drafting performance measurements.

Tasks include supporting a variety of budgetary, analytical, technical, and administrative functions for substantive organizational programs and support activities. The contract employees must be able to apply generally accepted accounting principles to diverse tasks, and be able to clearly and effectively communicate numerical information to all levels of staff. The contract employee shall provide support in assisting in the completion of the following tasks:

• The contract employee shall provide administrative support with documentation from accounting, procurement, vendors, and program and field offices, and determine if and when the status of documents should be considered closed. Reclassifying expenditures and reconciling financial reports.
• Analyzing accounting data, reconciling accounts, and drafting documents to justify reprogramming actions and submit re‑classification requests for approval through the Supervisory Budget Analyst and/or Financial Program/Cost Analyst for changes in the financial system.
• Analyzing estimates for consolidation of funding requests; assist in verifying cost estimates received from others by evaluating the consistency of dollar estimates against PSO contract exhibits.
• Verifying funding status of prior year Security Work Authorizations (SWA), collect financial information that is required for audit responses, assisting in validating and verifying accounts, responding to agency requests for documentation to support invoiced amounts, assisting in certifying undelivered orders, and completing special projects.
• Drafting conventional and precedent statistical products.
• Retrieving financial system data and utilizing standard statistical methods to assist in analyzing data.
• Follow direction from government budget officers, or other appropriate channels, to help resolve agency client account discrepancies and administratively support accurate/timely invoicing records processing.
• Recording and monitoring activities related to the expenditure and disbursement of funds, and track/analyze the status of funds.
• Performing verbal and written communication with various levels of management and operating personnel to assist Management with daily operations.
• Validating/verifying accounting records.
• Providing assistance to special projects to be identified by Region 4 financial and senior level management.
• Drafting, copying, editing, calculating, revising, retrieving, storing, and printing a wide range of documents in final form (e.g. reports, graphs, statistics, mailing labels, tables, and etc.).
• Reviewing and analyzing financial and budgetary expenditures matters.

• Education and Experience.
• BS/BA degree that includes at least 24 hours coursework in finance, quantitative methods, or accounting.
• Four (4) years of active experience in federal financial policy, procedures, regulations, and guidelines applicable to financial management programs, processes, and systems, with the skills and ability to apply such knowledge to a broad scope of complex assignments.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office computer software applications, including Word, Access, intermediate Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Ability to conduct online research.