Contract Budget Analyst

Job Summary:

Tuvli, an Akima company, is hiring for a Contract Budget Analyst to support our DoS client located in Washington, DC.

Job Responsibilities:

• Facilitates coordination between program staff, Bureau of the Comptroller & Global Financial Systems (CGFS), and vendors to resolve financial issues.

• Remains current with assigned program accounts and their relevant issues, determines the most advantageous position for the CA, and recommends solutions to financial issues.

• Creates spreadsheets, charts, and graphs used to illustrate technical reports for decision making purposes.

• Coordinates and responds to queries related to tasks assigned to the Comptroller's office and, in some cases, prepares necessary response in the appropriate format (i.e. document, chart or report).

• Provides data support for financial reports on the status of CA program operations for functional programs.

• Examines and monitors the use of funds against planning targets for budgeted programs and identifies potential economies.

• Prepares detailed cost and program data for assigned projects in support of the annual Consular Border Security Programs (CBSP) budget submission to the Department, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), and Congress.

• Drafts/maintains Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for processes within assigned portfolios. Ensures that those SOPs are kept up to date.

• Performs cost analysis using cost-benefit analysis, researching historical methods; Based on financial analysis work, be able to present conclusions and recommendations to Direct Hire (DH) government leads.

• Monitors the status of the Bureau's finances and prepares reports detailing expenses, by organization and identifies any unusual trends or discrepancies.

• Tracks unliquidated obligations (ULO) within assigned portfolio and follows up with program offices to ensure that ULO balances are properly documented and invalid balances de-obligated.

• Reviews prior year financial reports and researches records (requisitions, obligating documents and invoices) to ensure that obligations have been properly liquidated and ensure that duplicate payments have not been made by CGFS; advises appropriate government leads to make necessary corrections to financial reports; and Provides information and guidance to all CA offices on procedures, forms, and documentation required to support budget estimates and requests for funds.

• Provides financial reports, contracting data using the Department's accounting system, GFMS (Global Financial Management System).

Minimum Qualifications:

• At least 5 years of experience with financial analysis and reporting.

• Active Secret Clearance.

• Excellent organizational, communication and writing skills.

• Excellent customer service skills, including customer needs assessments, meeting.

• Quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.

• Ability to interact effectively with others in particular, colleagues and personnel at various Department levels.

• Intermediate practical knowledge of Excel and a strong understanding of Microsoft Office software; Must be able perform data analysis and create excel charts and graphs from raw data downloaded from financial systems.

• Familiarity with contracting requirements as it pertains to budget (prompt payments, realignments, de-obligations, etc.).

• Understanding of various allotments and types of funding (no year money, 2 year money, etc.).

• Audio and Video Conferencing, through such media as WebEx, Teams or other means as needed.