Senior Associate - Senior Budget Analyst

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Associate - Senior Budget Analyst based in United States.

This role offers the opportunity to support sophisticated financial management activities for a federal client while contributing to sound financial stewardship and informed decision-making.
You will play a key role in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, rate development, and cost-recovery initiatives.
The position requires strong analytical capabilities and the ability to turn complex financial data from multiple sources into clear, actionable insights.
You will maintain financial models, investigate variances, assess customer and operational impacts, and support recurring reporting cycles.
Working closely with finance professionals, senior analysts, project leadership, and business stakeholders, you will help ensure accurate and timely deliverables.
The role is well suited to a detail-oriented financial professional who enjoys structured analysis, problem-solving, and improving financial processes.
This is a fully remote opportunity with meaningful exposure to federal financial operations and opportunities for continued professional development.

Accountabilities

• Support annual budgeting cycles, recurring forecasts, and monthly budget-to-actual and forecast-to-actual analyses.
• Analyze expenditures, revenues, consumption, costs, and financial trends to identify significant variances, underlying drivers, and emerging financial issues.
• Support the development and ongoing maintenance of IT service rates, financial models, cost-recovery analyses, and customer impact assessments.
• Gather, validate, reconcile, and analyze financial and operational information from multiple sources to ensure data integrity and consistency.
• Build and maintain Excel-based budget, forecasting, rate development, and financial analysis models, including supporting schedules, tables, and reporting tools.
• Prepare financial summaries, service-line and portfolio-level reports, executive presentations, and management briefing materials.
• Evaluate customer consumption, demand, service mix, and proposed rate changes to determine potential financial impacts.
• Contribute to process improvements, standard operating procedures, financial templates, and recurring reporting tools that improve efficiency and consistency.
• Maintain clear documentation of financial assumptions, methodologies, reconciliations, model updates, and analytical conclusions.
• Collaborate with senior analysts, finance teams, project leadership, and business stakeholders to deliver accurate, well-supported financial analysis on schedule.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.
• At least 4 years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, accounting, cost analysis, or a related financial discipline.
• At least 2 years of experience with financial modeling, budget-to-actual or forecast-to-actual variance analysis, and evaluation of financial trends and drivers.
• At least 2 years of hands-on Microsoft Excel experience organizing, reconciling, and analyzing financial information from multiple sources.
• Strong proficiency with Excel formulas, lookups, pivot tables, financial calculations, and structured financial models.
• Experience developing or maintaining Excel-based financial models and recurring financial reports is preferred.
• Experience with rate development, cost recovery, billing analysis, or customer impact analysis is a plus.
• Experience reconciling financial, billing, operational, or consumption data across multiple systems is desirable.
• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to financial-data accuracy.
• Ability to clearly document financial assumptions, methodologies, analytical approaches, reconciliations, and results.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain financial information to technical and non-financial stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with senior analysts, finance professionals, project leaders, and business stakeholders.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and able to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.
• Strong judgment, organization, follow-through, and the ability to manage multiple analytical priorities are essential.

Benefits

• Fully remote position within the United States.
• Competitive salary range of $60,000–$80,000 , with individual compensation determined by factors including education, experience, skills, and geographic location.
• Comprehensive medical benefits, including dental and vision coverage.
• 401(k) contribution plan.
• Holiday and personal time off.
• Professional development, training, and certification benefits.
• Health and wellness subsidies.
• Paid time off for community service.
• Opportunities to contribute to meaningful federal financial management initiatives.
• Supportive environment focused on professional growth, financial accuracy, and mission impact.

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