Senior Financial and Budget Analyst (Remote)

Overview

This role supports financial management, strategic planning, data analysis, and reporting activities for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The position provides support to a Fiscal Management-focused mission delivery team responsible for budget formulation, budget execution, government taskings, data calls, analytics, and dashboard development, along with other programmatic needs.

This is a fully remote position.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic/programmatic guidance and portfolio management to stakeholders.
• Participate in budget formulation and execution processes.
• Provide briefings and guidance to senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Develop and use costing data and program analysis techniques to identify and capture financial savings supporting client mission and strategic direction.
• Capture and/or create required budget requirements, analyze portfolio/product-focused issues, and lead resolution activities aligned to program outcome objectives.
• Develop financial management recommendations and associated deliverables (e.g., white papers, issues papers, risk assessments).
• Analyze candidate projects to ensure they are properly justified, prioritized, and structured to deliver expected business value.
• Assist in Multi-Year Planning (MYP) activities.
• Coordinate budget formulation exercises with stakeholders.
• Develop leadership briefings to support identification of budget/project issues and project risks and/or technical issues.
• Monitor execution-year budget figures to ensure funds are obligated on time.
• Lead analysis of budgetary needs, execution of new requirements, and responses to budget alignment with mission needs.
• Analyze changes in requirements across team members and recommend the most expedient solutions in a timely manner.
• Use advanced writing skills to synthesize complex information into clear, concise narratives.
• Use presentation development skills to prepare meeting agendas and create succinct visualizations using tools such as PowerPoint.

Qualifications

Required Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree (or commensurate experience)
• 10+ years of experience working in dynamic customer delivery environments
  • 2 years of experience may be removed for a Master’s Degree

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience delivering for DHS and/or U.S. government agencies (previous or existing DHS clearance highly preferred)
• 5 or more years of federal financial and budget analysis experience
• Knowledge and experience in program planning, scheduling, budget planning/formulation, and cost analysis
• Strong understanding of project management and data analysis
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational abilities
• Ability to work independently in an extremely fast-paced environment
• Ability to lead and direct a group of analysts to execute program tasks
• Ability to foster collaborative relationships with team members and external stakeholders
• Flexibility to change direction on short notice while tracking and executing in-progress tasks
• Ability to think “outside of the box” while communicating and handling a variety of situations

Clearance Required

• Ability to attain and maintain DHS clearance
• US citizenship required

Compensation & Benefits

• Posted salary range: USD $120,000.00 - USD $130,000.00 /Yr.

Location

Fully remote