Budget Analyst (contingent 034)

Title: Budget Analyst (contingent 034)

Location: APG, MD

Secret security clearance is required.

Requirements:

Provide financial and accounting services, budgeting, and any analysis of these categories or related fields. Thorough knowledge of DoD financial regulations, Program, Planning, Budgeting and Execution (PPBE) process, and AR 37-100.

• Provide budget analysis and financial management services to CPE IEWS Headquarters (HQ)
• Coordinate with Program Managers and applicable Comptroller organizations for posting and reconciliation of commitment, obligation and expenditure data
• Provide support for the budget formulation requirements within the Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution System (PPBES) through the review, preparation, and integration of numerous comprehensive reports and documents such as P-Forms and R-Forms
• Provide subject matter expertise to CPE IEWS on all GFEBS related issues and troubleshoot root cause errors
• Analyze execution and consolidate reporting of multiple fiscal appropriations in accordance with department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoD 7000.14-R)
• Support initial preparation and review of budgetary updates/reviews to budget data calls as required by applicable Comptrollers, OSD Staff, Congress, General Accountability Office (GAO) and other external entities as appropriate.
• Provide budgetary information in support of data calls.
• Prepare responses to budgetary data calls within the standards and time frames requested to support schedule deadlines
• Support subordinate Program Offices in the following activities: defend budgets; respond to Comptroller budget review questions, “what-if drills”, “plus-up” and supplemental inquiries; respond to Congressional requests for information; and prepare briefings for the CPE BMD Chief, Chief of Staff, CPE and external authorities
• Develop funding strategies and create funding documents for all funds and appropriations (APA, OPA, RDTE, OMA, OCO)
• Execute funding in GFEBS which includes establishing GFEBS WBS, preparing sales orders and addressing/resolving variances such as Army/Army line balance
• Create funding documents for HQ direct and reimbursable funding and track expenditures.
• Establish customer reimbursable orders, extract/input data into/from GFEBS/BI
• Compile execution data, analysis and updates in support of monthly reports, mid-year reviews, and external execution status requests/reviews.
• Compile data for various taskers and provide responses within established time frames
• Record, define, vet, and track changes within the Project Management Resource Tools (PMRT) and Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR) systems at all levels of the organization (i.e., CPE/PM)
• Create and track budgets in PMRT/CCaR; capture commitment, obligation and expenditure forecasts; and support forecasting events, consisting of an event title, planning, revised and baseline dates/amounts, and an event description
• Provide on-going, one-on-one training to improve CPE IEW&S and PM staff skills in using the PMRT/CCaR systems on an as-required basis
• Service support shall be required in GFEBS, other related ERP/Business systems / tools and legacy financial systems while in operation.

Education/Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business
• A minimum of 4 years’ experience in budgeting
• Substitutions: Seven years of experience in budget/finance/accounting can be substituted for a bachelor’s degree.
• Must be proficient in General Fund Enterprise Business System (GFEBS), Logistics Modernization Program (LMP), Project Management Resource Tools (PMRT) and Comprehensive Cost and Requirement (CCaR).