Budget Analyst

Budget Analyst

The purpose of the position is to serve as a Budget Analyst with responsibility for planning, developing, presenting, executing, and reviewing all fiscal programs assigned to FHCC. The incumbent works with the Assistant Fiscal Officer to administer the command's overall budgetary management process. The analyst provides budgetary support and consultation to management and administrative staff at all levels. The position administers a complex annual budget involving multiple direct and reimbursable funding sources; interprets and communicates budget limitations, program requirements, and applicable directives; identifies actual or potential funding issues; and recommends solutions to ensure optimal use of resources.

Major Duties

Budgetary Program Planning and Implementation 40%

• Analyzing facility programs, determining relative costs and benefits, and projecting annual funding needs.
• Forecasting resource demands based on workload, operational requirements, and historical trends.
• Providing guidance to leadership at all levels in developing budget requests and supporting documentation for programming and budget submissions covering the current year and outyears.
• Consolidating and formatting budget inputs from multiple sources in accordance with applicable regulations and directive requirements.
• Reviewing budget estimates to identify imbalances or duplications, reconciling estimates to current spending levels.
• Assessing the cost impacts of new programs, policy initiatives, or changes in mission; recommending strategies consistent with anticipated funding and command priorities.

Budgetary Program Execution 35%

• Preparing allotments or sub allotments of funds for distribution to program managers based on timelines, project requirements, or other factors.
• Reviewing obligations and expenditures to ensure appropriateness, accuracy, and compliance with governing fiscal laws and policies.
• Monitoring the integrity of the budget administration system by evaluating key transactions, reconciliations, and resource consumption rates.
• Conducting ongoing reviews of existing budget programs to determine effectiveness and sufficiency of funding.
• Developing and maintaining reporting structures that provide accurate, timely representation of fund consumption and availability.
• Identifying and analyzing trends in receipts, obligations, and expenditures to ensure progress toward annual financial plan goals.
• Preparing and monitoring FHCC operating budgets, resource management updates, budgetary reports, briefings, and mid year reviews.

Advisory and Evaluation 25%

• Advising on legal and regulatory requirements governing the acquisition and use of funds for program and administrative purposes.
• Coordinating with directorates to ensure they understand the nature, scope, and requirements of budgetary inputs.
• Assisting program offices in aligning budget requests with goals and performance measures required by the annual performance plan.
• Consulting with leadership and program managers to resolve budgetary issues of unusual difficulty and collaboratively developing or revising justifications.
• Recommending or reviewing recommendations on the allocation or reallocation of funds.
• Identifying and helping resolve unprecedented budgetary conflicts using sound judgment and knowledge of FHCC goals, mission, and priorities.
• Detecting, reporting, and assisting in resolving potential or actual violations of budgetary law or fiscal regulation.
• Informing the supervisor of progress, significant issues, or matters of a controversial, precedent setting, or audit sensitive nature (e.g., system anomalies, potential fraudulent activity, need for supplemental appropriations, inability to meet critical deadlines).

Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm

Location: Location Negotiable

Compressed/Flexible: Not Authorized

Telework: Ad-Hoc

Virtual: This is not a virtual position.

Position Description/PD#: Budget Analyst / PD04263A

Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized