Senior Budget Analyst

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

📋 Description

• Assist in the preparation of annual budgets, ongoing forecasts, and analyses comparing monthly budgets to actuals as well as forecasts to actuals.

• Examine expenditures, revenues, consumption patterns, costs, and financial trends; pinpoint significant variances and their underlying causes.

• Aid in the creation and upkeep of IT service rates, financial models, cost-recovery assessments, and analyses of customer impacts.

• Collect, validate, reconcile, and analyze financial and operational data from various sources.

• Sustain Excel-based models for budgeting, forecasting, rates, and financial analyses, inclusive of supporting schedules, tables, and reporting tools.

• Generate financial summaries, service-line and portfolio-level reports, executive presentations, and management briefing materials.

• Evaluate customer consumption, demand, service mix, and proposed rate modifications to determine financial impacts.

• Contribute to process enhancements, standard operating procedures, financial templates, and routine reporting tools.

• Keep documentation of financial assumptions, methodologies, reconciliations, model updates, and analytical findings.

• Collaborate with senior analysts, finance team members, project leaders, and business stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely deliverables.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business, or a related discipline.

• Over 4 years of experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, accounting, cost analysis, or related financial fields.

• At least 2 years of experience in financial modeling, variance analysis for budget-to-actual or forecast-to-actual comparisons, and analyzing financial trends and drivers.

• Minimum of 2 years utilizing Microsoft Excel to organize, reconcile, and analyze financial data from various sources, including the use of formulas, lookups, pivot tables, and financial calculations.

• Proven experience in developing or maintaining Excel-based financial models and ongoing financial reports.

• Familiarity with rate development, cost recovery, billing, or customer impact analysis.

• Experience reconciling financial, billing, operational, or consumption data across multiple systems.

• Exceptional attention to detail and a strong commitment to the accuracy of financial data.

• Capability to clearly document financial assumptions, methodologies, and analytical outcomes.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

• Proficient in collaborating effectively with senior analysts, finance personnel, project leaders, and business stakeholders.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

• Ability to obtain a Public Trust Security Clearance.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary range of $60,000 to $80,000.

• Comprehensive major medical benefits.

• Dental coverage.

• Vision coverage.

• 401(k) contribution plan.

• Holiday and personal time off.

• Opportunities for professional development training and certification benefits.

• Health and wellness subsidies.

• Paid time off for community service.

• Recognition and rewards for performance and contributions.