Financial & Budget Management Analyst – Senior with Security Clearance

ProCleared LLC; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

ProCleared LLC seeks a Senior Analyst to lead critical financial management activities across programs. The role requires expert budget analysis, defense of budgets to oversight bodies, and developing briefing materials for ODNI/OSD/OMB/Congress.

Strong MS Excel/PowerPoint skills and DoD/IC process experience are essential. Responsibilities include leading documentation, analyzing multi-year trends, and advising managers on fiscal execution and spend plans while maintaining confidentiality and

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant government financial management experience with a Master’s degree.
• Experience providing financial support and analysis for programs to government audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead internal program build activities including budget analysis and documentation.
• Justify and defend programs and budgets to oversight bodies.
• Prepare budget testimony, briefing materials, and formal inquiries responses.
• Perform complex financial data analysis and generate reports using automated tools.
• Advise Program Managers on spend plans and funding shortfalls.

Skills

Budget analysis

Advanced Excel

Pivot tables

Financial modeling

Stakeholder communication

Education

Master's degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Overall Assignment Description: As a senior analyst, this individual leads key financial management activities for a program or group of programs. The role requires providing in-depth analysis of budgets, justifying resource allocations to external stakeholders, and defending program financial health. They serve as a key financial expert to the government Program Manager. Work at this level involves a wide range of complex assignments and non-routine situations that require extensive knowledge in the specialty discipline.

• Leading internal program build activities, including budget analysis, planning events, and the creation of detailed documentation packages.
• Leading the effort to justify and defend programs and budgets to oversight bodies.
• Supporting the development and preparation of budget testimony, briefing materials, and formal responses to inquiries from ODNI, OSD, OMB, and Congress.
• Conducting complex financial data analysis, identifying multi-year trends, and generating detailed reports using automated tools and databases.
• Providing expert support and recommendations to Program Managers in the development and implementation of fiscal execution spend plans, including strategies for handling funding shortfalls. Requirements Required:
• TS/SCI
• At least 10 years of relevant experience with a Master’s, compliant with GSA standards.
• Demonstrated experience providing financial support.
• Demonstrated proficiency using MS Excel to include creating and utilizing advanced formulas, functions and Pivot Tables to analyze and reconcile budgetary data.
• Proficiency building financial charts and briefings in MS PowerPoint.
• Experience researching, maintaining, and presenting complex budget analysis to all levels of management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication for professional correspondence and stakeholder interactions, ability to handle confidential information with the utmost integrity and tact. Desired:
• Three years of experience with DoW/IC financial processes and software.
• Certified Defense Financial Manager certification (CDFM)