Budget Analyst

ANALYGENCE; Quantico (VA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Tharros seeks a Budget Analyst to support budgeting, tracking, and reporting for DoD programs. You will manage expenditures, assist with PPBE processes, and coordinate with logistics, procurement, and finance teams.

The role requires an Active Secret clearance and a Bachelor's degree with 3–9 years of related experience. Experience with DEAMS/DAI and Power BI is preferred; US citizenship is typically required for clearance roles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in finance or related field.
• 3–9 years of budgeting/finance experience.
• DoD or government budgeting experience preferred.
• Active Secret clearance required.
• Experience with DEAMS/DAI budget systems preferred.
• Proficient in Power BI and MS Office.

Responsibilities

• Track budget line items and contracts; monitor burn rates and funding.
• Serve as liaison between logistics/procurement and finance teams.
• Enter data, review invoices, and process funding requests.
• Reconcile obligations and expenditures; ensure compliance with reporting standards.
• Prepare budget briefs and management reports.

Skills

Budgeting

Cost analysis

Data visualization

Communication

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Power BI

DEAMs (Defense Enterprise Accounting)

DAI (Defense Agency Initiative)

Microsoft Office

Teams / collaboration tools

Job description

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).

• 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.