Budget Execution Analyst

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

📋 Description

• Monitor the flow of MARAD’s funds from apportionment to outlay across various appropriated, reimbursable, and revolving fund accounts.

• Oversee execution across accounts, connecting apportionments and funding controls to commitments, obligations, expenditures, outlays, and available balances by fund and period.

• Track OMB SF-132 apportionments, reapportionments, and SF-1151 nonexpenditure fund transfers.

• Create the monthly Status of Funds execution report, which includes source cutoff, preparation, independent review, and release.

• Supervise obligation thresholds and escalate any potential over-obligation or Anti-Deficiency Act risks through the Senior Program Manager to designated Government officials.

• Assist in the preparation of congressional budget justification exhibits and related execution data.

• Analyze multi-year funding trends and develop execution forecasts based on reconciled actuals and estimated remaining activities.

• Assess actuals against forecasts, identify timing shifts versus changes in requirements or assumptions, and suggest rescheduling or funding-gap actions.

• Draft exception briefs that outline affected funding, amounts, timing, causes, and recommended actions.

• Support the Budget Execution & Accounting Lead with inquiries regarding reimbursable and revolving fund execution.

• Provide validated execution source data to the Business Analytics Lead for management dashboards.

• Ensure the delivery of monthly Status of Funds reporting with 100% timely delivery, at least 98% calculation accuracy, and no breaches of Anti-Deficiency Act thresholds.

⛳️ Requirements

• A Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or a related field.

• At least four years of experience in federal financial management, specifically in budget execution or funds control.

• Proficient understanding of apportionments, allotments, commitments, obligations, undelivered orders, unliquidated obligations, and available balances.

• Direct experience with the preparation or analysis of SF-132 apportionments and SF-133 budget execution reporting.

• Familiarity with the U.S. Standard General Ledger, funds control principles, and indicators of Anti-Deficiency Act risk.

• Capability to adhere to a fixed monthly delivery calendar and meet accuracy standards as audited by the customer.

• Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Public Trust / Moderate Risk determination.

• Preferred: experience in a civilian agency CFO office, especially within the Department of Transportation.

• Preferred: hands-on experience with Oracle Federal Financials, particularly DOT’s Delphi.

• Preferred: familiarity with SF-1151 nonexpenditure transfers and the execution of reimbursable or revolving funds.

• Preferred: experience in preparing congressional budget justification exhibits or OMB MAX A-11 submissions.

• Preferred: experience in crafting execution forecasts that are relied upon by leadership for funding decisions.

• Preferred: possession of CGFM, CPA, or CDFM credentials.

🏝️ Benefits

• Government-furnished laptop, VPN, and system access provided.

• Opportunity to work fully remotely.

• Full-time employment.

• Contract term includes a base year plus four option years.