Senior Budget Analyst

POSITION DESCRIPTION

POSITION: Senior Budget Analyst

DEPARTMENT: Administration

REPORTS TO: Director, Budget

PRIMARY FUNCTION: The Budget Analyst facilitates budget formulation, prepares analysis, budget justifications, budget execution, and other required reports to support resource management and inform resource decisions made by executive management.

SPECIFIC DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES: Duties and responsibilities noted below are considered to be the essential functions of the job.

• Budget formulation, budget execution, and program budgeting and analysis, including the development of analytical and policy products that improve fiscal responsibility, accountability, and efficiency.

• Works with program elements to prepare monthly spending plans. Collaborates closely with internal shareholders to facilitate timely submissions.

• Guides non-financial teams if needed to formulate monthly, quarterly, or annual budgets.

• Prepares budget requests, including resource requirements and facilitating narrative justifications.

• Monitors expenditures and obligations against plans, identifying trends and developing recommendations to address related issues or challenges. Follow-up as necessary with involved parties to ensure costs are captured correctly.

• Monitors staffing numbers against projections to determine the impact on spending plans.

• Prepares monthly budget status reports, including the SF-425 and required budget execution reports.

• Assists in the preparation of the annual budget request to Grantor and Congress.

• Completes quantitative analysis and succinct, written analytical reports for consideration by executive management in making resource decisions.

OTHER DUTIES:

• The incumbent may be asked to perform additional duties and take on other responsibilities dictated by events, circumstances, and operational requirements.

QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor' degree is required, preferably in business or a related field.

• 5-8 years of budgeting (or related) experience required.

• Knowledge of the federal budget process; demonstrated experience with federal budgeting preferred.

• Ability to manage priorities flexibly and excellent time management skills.

• Knowledge of cost principles, accounting principles, and the ability to analyze comprehensive cost and pricing data.

• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to build and maintain professional relationships at all levels, both inside and outside the organization.

• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.

• Sound computer skills, including advanced Excel skills and Deltek Costpoint accounting software.

• Able to maintain confidentiality in all business matters.

MBN is a non-profit grantee of the federal government that directly communicates with the Middle East and North African people through television, radio, and digital media. Its mission is to expand the spectrum of ideas, opinions, and perspectives available in the Middle Eastern and North African media, provide objective, accurate, and relevant news and information, and accurately represent America, Americans, and American policies. Through its multimedia broadcasts, MBN seeks to inform, engage, and connect with the region's people to support universal freedoms.

MBN is an equal-opportunity employer committed to workforce diversity