Budget Analyst

Office of the Secretary of Defense; Shiloh (IL); On-site; USD 70,000 - 98,000; Full time

Job summary

Office of the Secretary of Defense in Illinois seeks a technical budgeting specialist to independently plan and execute operating budgets and multi-year funding for the nationwide Defense Personal Property Program (DP3).

Responsibilities include preparing budget estimates, performing cost analyses of contracts, tracking obligations and disbursements, and advising leadership on funding options and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Prepares formal budget estimates, operating budget exhibits, and congressional justification books.
• Analyzes funding variances and defends spend plans across multiple funding lines.
• Performs quantitative and qualitative cost analyses of contracts and logistics services.

Responsibilities

• Measures performance against obligation baselines and develops financial summaries for senior leaders.
• Researches and applies fiscal statutes, appropriations acts, and financial regulations.
• Acts as primary technical advisor on funding options, expenditures, and external financial coordination.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial analysis

Cost analysis

Data interpretation

Budget compliance

Job description

The Personal Property Activity is a single command providing global household goods and vehicle shipment, storage-in-transit and non-temporary storage services to the Department of War personnel. Headquartered at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. The incumbent functions as a technical specialist independently planning, formulating, justifying, and executing the operating budgets and multi-year funding lines for the worldwide Defense Personal Property Program (DP3).

Incumbent typical work assignments may include the following:

• Prepares formal budget estimates, operating budget exhibits, and congressional justification books explains funding variances and outlines consequences, defends spend plans and manages the daily administrative allocation, commitment, obligation, and disbursement of appropriated and reimbursable funds.
• Conducts quantitative and qualitative cost analyses of logistics services and commercial contracts.
• Measures performance against obligation baselines, analyzes variance trends (such as surge volumes or billing lags), and develops financial summaries to provide senior leaders with data-driven decision support.
• Researches, interprets, and applies fiscal statutes, annual appropriations acts, and financial regulations to assess operational impacts.
• Serves as the primary technical advisor to leadership and program managers on funding options, allowable expenditures, and external financial coordination.