Budget, Data Analyst

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Assist the U.S. Department of Energy with budget development, financial oversight, data assessment, and operational activities related to FEMP and similar initiatives.

• Organize, manage, and oversee interagency agreements, contract actions, funding activities, and analyses of annual operating plans.

• Collaborate with federal budget and program teams to determine priorities, actionable items, dependencies, and timelines for execution.

• Gather, validate, compute, and align metrics related to program impact and performance.

• Create and sustain data visualizations, dashboards, spreadsheets, and briefing materials.

• Prepare alternative budget scenarios, expenditure assumptions, forecasts, and funding alternatives.

• Maintain Program Direction spending trackers and ensure transactions align with spending plans.

• Monitor travel requests, approvals, expected costs, and actual travel expenditures.

• Draft and disseminate program travel guidelines and procedures.

• Coordinate conference-related activities, including approval packages, participant and cost data, registration status, and post-event actuals.

• Work with budget, financial oversight, conference management, and procurement teams regarding conference funding and approvals.

• Generate status reports for conference activities and guide packages through approval processes.

• Assist with information management requests, data calls, budget inquiries, integrated reporting, and Congressional and FOIA requests.

• Enter, review, and reconcile financial and project data within program systems.

• Maintain program tracking tools and refresh SharePoint resources, procedures, and SOPs.

• Produce, proofread, edit, and format budget summaries, management reports, correspondence, operating plans, presentations, and executive briefing materials.

• Organize planning meetings and multi-year planning efforts.

• Evaluate business management processes and propose or implement enhancements to systems, workflows, and reporting quality.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related discipline.

• At least five (5) years of progressively responsible professional experience in budget analysis, financial management, financial reporting, or related program operations.

• Practical experience in managing operating budgets, monitoring expenditures, analyzing financial variances, and creating financial forecasts or spending scenarios.

• Proficient in preparing financial analyses, management reports, or performance metrics.

• Experience in coordinating financial or operational tasks involving multiple stakeholders, priorities, and deadlines.

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel, including financial analysis, formulas, pivot tables, and reporting functionalities.

• Strong quantitative and analytical abilities, including budget modeling, variance analysis, scenario development, forecasting, and performance data interpretation.

• Capacity to maintain accurate financial and administrative records and reconcile information across various tracking systems.

• Ability to manage competing actions and deadlines while adhering to approval workflows.

• Excellent critical thinking and problem-solving abilities.

• Proficient written communication skills, demonstrating clarity and professionalism.

• Exceptional organizational skills, attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and follow-through.

• Capacity to handle multiple assignments independently while meeting specified deadlines.

• Ability to learn and apply agency-specific processes and information systems effectively.

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and collaboration tools.

• Ability to create charts, dashboards, and KPI visualizations using Power BI, Excel, or similar reporting tools.

• Experience in maintaining financial tracking spreadsheets, reconciling data from diverse sources, and preparing financial reports.

• Proficiency in using SharePoint and other applications related to program, budget, conference, and financial tracking.

🏝️ Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance.

• Group Life Insurance.

• Short Term Disability Insurance.

• Long-Term Disability Insurance.

• 401K with company match.

• Paid Time Off and Holidays.

• Supplemental Benefits.