Budget Analyst

Tharros; Fort Meade (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

Disability coverage

Savings & Retirement

Paid Leave

Referral Bonuses

Training & Certification Reimbursement

Job summary

Tharros is seeking a Budget Analyst to join our team at Fort Meade. You will maintain, track, and report financial information and support cost estimating efforts for government missions.

Responsibilities include tracking budgets and invoices, liaising with logistics and finance, and supporting the PPBE process with data-driven insights. A Secret clearance and DoD budgeting background are required.

Qualifications

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree and 3–9 years related finance/budget experience.
• Experience budgeting/analysis within DoD or governmental orgs; 2–3 years with DAI preferred.
• Direct DoD or Military budget experience/background.
• Experience with analytical methods (cost-benefit, ZBB, depreciation, PERT, planning-programming-budgeting).
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite; Power BI or similar data visualization tools.

Responsibilities

• Track budget line items and contracts, monitor burn rates and funding amounts.
• Act as liaison between logistics/procurement and finance teams.
• Perform data entry, process invoices and funding requests.
• Track and reconcile obligations and expenditures; ensure compliant reporting.
• Prepare and track routing forms; support PPBE processes.
• Assist with budgets, multi-year programs and resource planning.
• Update DoD databases and consolidate information for portfolios.
• Coordinate with financial organizations to provide budgetary support.
• Deliver budget briefings and prepare reports for management review.
• Respond to financial queries and conduct outlay analyses.
• Attend status review meetings to report on execution performance.

Skills

Active Secret clearance

Strong communication

Budgeting & cost analysis

Data interpretation

Cross-team coordination

Power BI familiarity

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

Job description

Tharros is looking for courageous team members that enable government missions to move forward with confidence.

Who We Are

At Tharros, expertise, confidence and continuous advancement are at the foundation of what we do. With us, you work with the world’s preeminent vulnerability experts to not only advance government missions, but also your own career path. We’re looking for confident leaders to grow and evolve as we do, protecting our nation’s protectors with cutting-edge cybersecurity tools.

Seeing everything includes seeing everyone. Tharros moves missions forward with a courageous team of experts and a variety of perspectives.

Outperform

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Dare to Secure

At Tharros, we have exceptional benefits because our employees’ success is our success. We support our team members’ growth with training opportunities, tools and resources.

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Tharros sets high standards because we know our team can meet and exceed them. We anticipate success, expect exceptional results and ensure impact for everyone.

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At the cutting-edge of cybersecurity technology, Tharros dares to create tools that will have maximum mission impact. Our company culture reflects this confidence.

Benefits of Working with Tharros

Moving boldly forward requires a strong foundation. Tharros provides foundational benefits that help our employees grow and thrive.

To be the best, you join the best. Tharros offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision and disability coverage, savings & retirement and paid leave.

At Tharros, leaders develop leaders. Working at Tharros gives our employees access to resources and expertise found nowhere else, and we nurture the future leaders in cybersecurity from within our ranks.

We’re not afraid to show our commitment to growing our Tharros team. We offer generous referral bonuses to employees who help us reach hiring goals.

Training & Certification Reimbursement

Tharros is always advancing. We offer an education reimbursement benefit of up to $5,250 per year to help our employees thrive.

Breaking Barriers to Cybersecurity Success

Our people-first culture enables more flexibility for our employees to find success in cyber fields. At Tharros, there are no barriers between you, the world’s leading cybersecurity experts, and our customers.

Tharros has an immediate opportunity for a Budget Analyst to join our team. In this role you will assist with maintaining, tracking, and reporting financial information and cost estimating efforts.

Responsibilities include:

• Tracking current budget line items and contracts, tracking how invoices are affecting burn rates and funding amounts.
• Acting as a liaison between the logistics office/procurement team and the finance team.
• Primarily performing data entry, submitting/reviewing invoices, funding requests.
• Track and reconcile financial obligations and expenditures associated with procurement requirements and contracts. Ensure financial reporting and supporting documentation comply with applicable Uniform Financial Reporting standards.
• Prepare and track routing forms.
• May assist with the Travel budget and Supply budget. Manage and track the Integration Program Element (PE) as applicable to position focus.
• Assist with the implementation and management of its Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) process.
• Assist with the formulation, development, and execution of budgets, financial plans, and multi-year programs required to properly fund and meet program resource requirements.
• Assist in updating Command/DoD databases, coordinating the write-ups for programs and projects with appropriate personnel, gathering information for over-guidance requests, and consolidating all information for the responsible Portfolios.
• Interface and coordinate with other financial organizations to provide budgetary support.
• Assist in the preparation and delivery of budgetary briefings to management and other reviewers.
• Assist in the preparation of reports and charts to present budget analysis for management review.
• Assist with responses to financial queries, conducting outlay, and obligation analysis.
• Assist in the tracking and reporting of execution performance to include attending customer and program/project status review meetings.
• Assist the Government with responding to ad-hoc command programs and operations, financial management, and budget queries.
• Conduct data collection to assist in financial records building and coordinate with the financial planning team for the build out of records within the Comprehensive Cost and Requirement system (CCaRs).

Requirements:

• Active Secret clearance required.
• Bachelor's degree and 3-9 years related finance/budget experience
• Experience in budgeting and/or analysis within DoD and/or governmental organizations; 2-3 years working with DAI preferred.
• Direct DOD or Military budget experience/background.
• Previous experience working with a command (preferably USAF or Army) desired.
• Experience with analytical methods and techniques such as cost-benefit analysis, Zero Base Budgeting (ZBB), amortization, depreciation, pro-rating revenues and costs among customer, planning-programming-budgeting, program evaluation review technique (PERT), and management by objectives.
• Strong background with Defense Enterprise Accounting and Management System (DEAMs) or Defense Agency Initiative (DAI) budget system preferred
• Experience monitoring execution.
• Understanding with mid-year review and spend plans.
• Ability to provide sound advice, technical guidance to program and project staff.
• Ability to manage competing tasks.
• Easily works within and across teams.
• Familiar working with technical professionals and other SMEs.
• Strong meeting coordination and facilitation skills.
• Experience working in a complex cyberspace operation and/or multi-stakeholder environment desired.
• Familiar with Power BI and other data visualization tools desired.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite to include Teams or similar workplace chat and videoconferencing tools.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Tharros is committed to implementing employment programs and policies dedicated to equal employment opportunity and nondiscrimination. Learn more today.

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