Budget Analyst

Budget Analyst

In this role you will provide full-spectrum budget analyst support to the B-1 Program Office within the US Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Essential job functions include providing financial management support in the areas of financial analysis, cost estimating and program integration. You will provide assistance to the F/B Directorate Chief Financial Officer and the entire F/B PEO portfolio. You will keep senior management informed of progress of programs and advise of any significant financial developments that may impact mission.

You will apply expertise in the following financial management guidance/regulations to include, but not limited to: FMR 7000.14R; AFI 65-601 Vol. 1, Budget Guidance & Procedures; AFI 65-601 Vol. 2, Budget Management for Operations; AFI 65-508, Cost Analysis Guidance and Procedures; AFMAN 65-604, Appropriations Symbols and Budget Codes; and GAO, Fiscal Principles of Federal Appropriation Law.

You will provide recommendations, identify sources of program shortfalls, prepare below threshold reprogramming/above threshold reprogramming packages, prepare realignment requests, and provide policy guidance on all USAF appropriations. In addition, you will perform daily verification of forecast accuracy in Web CCaRS.

You will assist in maintaining CCaRS user accounts and privileges within the F/B Directorate. You will assist in populating the CCaRS with user accounts, budget structures, custom field reporting, coordination workflows and system settings. You will assist in sustainment and database administration of the CCaRS application which includes program planning, financial budgeting, financial management, tracking and reporting and evaluating metrics. You will ensure the CCaRS database is properly tailored and configured to meet the government's unique requirements.

You will assist in populating the requirements portion of the CCaRS database with existing source data provided by government organizations (i.e. spreadsheets, hardcopy documents) in order to establish a budget baseline. You will monitor the accuracy of the government's organization data.

Required skills include U.S. citizenship, a high school diploma plus 16 years of experience, an associate's degree plus 10 years, a bachelor's degree plus 8 years or a master's degree plus 6 years of experience. You must have 10 years of experience in the respective profession being performed, 5 of which must be in the DoD. Secret security clearance is also required. You will need expertise in monitoring the flow of USAF funds via congressional actions, program authorization, budget authority by utilizing the USAF congressional domain and AFM system. Proficiency in the following financial systems and tools is also required: MOCAS, GAFS, SMART, Project Management Resources Tools (PMRT), CRIS, ABSS, DTS, SDW, EDA, FMSuite, CCaR, and Web CCaR.