Senior Budget Analyst & Forecasting Lead (Hybrid)

Global Science & Technology, Inc.; Silver Spring (MD); Hybrid; USD 95,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

GST, LLC. in Silver Spring, MD, is seeking an experienced Budget Analyst for NOAA support. The hybrid role involves cross-functional budgeting tasks, financial modeling, and leadership-ready reporting.

The ideal candidate has 8–16 years of budget analysis or financial management experience, advanced Excel/Sheets skills, and a proven ability to develop dashboards and forecasts. Federal experience is a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or related field.
• Eight to sixteen years of budget analysis or financial management experience, preferably in a Federal environment.
• Experience developing financial models, dashboards, forecasts, and reporting products.
• Expert knowledge of Excel, Google Sheets, PowerPoint and Google Slides.
• Experience with formulas, pivot tables, lookup functions, charts, and dashboard development.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Experience supporting financial analysis, reporting, and forecasting activities.
• Experience using Smartsheet is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs.
• Support the design, implementation, and management of mechanisms and systems for collecting, tracking and assessing information on metrics that impact portfolio activities.
• Analyze expenditures, obligations, and funding trends.
• Monitor budget execution and identify variances between planned and actual spending.
• Support development and maintenance of spend plans, funding trackers, and budget reports.
• Conduct financial analyses supporting resource allocation and funding decisions.
• Assist with preparation of financial documentation and data calls.
• Develop spreadsheet models supporting budget planning and forecasting.
• Prepare projections using historical and current financial information.
• Conduct scenario analyses and evaluate funding alternatives.
• Analyze labor costs, contract costs, and program expenditures.
• Support current and future fiscal year planning activities.
• Create and maintain dashboards, charts, and visual analytics products.
• Transform financial information into leadership-ready reporting products.
• Develop recurring monthly, quarterly, and annual financial reports.
• Maintain data integrity across reporting tools and analytical products.
• Support executive briefings and leadership presentations.
• Prepare variance analyses, funding summaries, and execution reports.
• Coordinate with program managers and stakeholders to validate financial information.
• Support budget reviews and financial management discussions.
• Assist with reconciliation activities and reporting requirements.
• Provide analytical support to leadership as financial priorities evolve.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial management

Analytical thinking

Forecasting

Dashboards

Excel

Google Sheets

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Smartsheet

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Economics, Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, or related field

Tools

Excel

Google Sheets

PowerPoint

Google Slides

Smartsheet

Job description

GST, LLC. in Silver Spring, MD, is seeking an experienced Budget Analyst for NOAA support. The hybrid role involves cross-functional budgeting tasks, financial modeling, and leadership-ready reporting.

The ideal candidate has 8–16 years of budget analysis or financial management experience, advanced Excel/Sheets skills, and a proven ability to develop dashboards and forecasts. Federal experience is a plus.