Senior Program Officer (Budget Liaison), MC-301-4A.

Millennium Challenge Corporation; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium Challenge Corporation in Washington, DC seeks a Finance Analyst to support divisional budgeting and strategic reporting. You will collaborate with divisions to submit annual budgets and continuously monitor funding needs to ensure fiscal health.

You will track expenditures, generate milestone reports, and present analyses to colleagues and end-users. Regular liaison with budget staff and program offices is required, with occasional travel and security clearance as needed.

Qualifications

• Specialized experience in budget development and financial analysis.
• Ability to reconcile ledgers and produce management reports.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide financial management and strategic reporting to support divisional operations. Work with divisions to formulate annual budget submissions and continuously monitor divisional funding needs to ensure fiscal health.
• Track contract balances alongside historical, current, and projected expenditures across office, program, and performer levels.
• Generate milestone status reports and deliver strategic presentations tailored for colleagues, subordinates, and end-users.
• Serve as liaison between DCO divisions and budget staff. Implement MCC/DCO government policies and procedures accounting principles, across multiple accounting systems.
• Post, balance, monitor, and reconcile internal department/division monthly ledgers, budgets, and financial reporting system reports; prepare drafts of budget planning documents.
• Track past, current, and future expenditures at varying levels (office, program, performer). Provide support to annual budget submissions. Develop and track program level travel budget and expenditures.
• Prepare/review MS PowerPoint presentations.
• Represent DCO in budget meetings. Facilitate regular meetings with program offices to maintain status of current and future activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Skills

Financial management

Budget formulation

Budget monitoring

Financial reporting

Communication

Job description

• Provide financial management and strategic reporting to support divisional operations. Work with divisions to formulate annual budget submissions and continuously monitor divisional funding needs to ensure fiscal health.
• Track contract balances alongside historical, current, and projected expenditures across office, program, and performer levels.
• Generate milestone status reports and deliver strategic presentations tailored for colleagues, subordinates, and end-users.
• Serve as liaison between DCO divisions and budget staff. Implement MCC/DCO government policies and procedures accounting principles, across multiple accounting systems.
• Post, balance, monitor, and reconcile internal department/division monthly ledgers, budgets, and financial reporting system reports; prepare drafts of budget planning documents.
• Track past, current, and future expenditures at varying levels (office, program, performer). Provide support to annual budget submissions. Develop and track program level travel budget and expenditures.
• Represent DCO in budget meetings. Facilitate regular meetings with program offices to maintain status of current and future activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Duties

• Provide financial management and strategic reporting to support divisional operations. Work with divisions to formulate annual budget submissions and continuously monitor divisional funding needs to ensure fiscal health.
• Track contract balances alongside historical, current, and projected expenditures across office, program, and performer levels.
• Generate milestone status reports and deliver strategic presentations tailored for colleagues, subordinates, and end-users.
• Serve as liaison between DCO divisions and budget staff. Implement MCC/DCO government policies and procedures accounting principles, across multiple accounting systems.
• Post, balance, monitor, and reconcile internal department/division monthly ledgers, budgets, and financial reporting system reports; prepare drafts of budget planning documents.
• Track past, current, and future expenditures at varying levels (office, program, performer). Provide support to annual budget submissions. Develop and track program level travel budget and expenditures.
• Prepare/review MS PowerPoint presentations.
• Represent DCO in budget meetings. Facilitate regular meetings with program offices to maintain status of current and future activities.
• Perform related duties as assigned.

Conditions of employment

• Must be able to obtain and maintain a federal security clearance
• Relocation expenses will not be paid
• More than 1 job may be filled if additional vacancies occur within 120 days
• Some domestic and international travel may be required

Qualifications

To qualify for pay band 4A applicants must meet the following:

Qualifying experience for Pay Band 4A includes one year of specialized experience (comparable to the Pay Band 4B or GS-12 or equivalent non-federal experience), which is directly related to the work of this position, and which has equipped the applicant with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to successfully perform the duties of the position. For this position, examples of specialized experience are: providing financial management and strategic reporting to formulate and monitor annual budget submissions and divisional funding needs; serving as liaison between program division/office and budget staff; reconciling internal department/division monthly ledgers/budgets; experience with financial reporting systems; analyzing financial data, identifying discrepancies, and recommending solutions; and communicating, verbally and in writing, in order to present analyses and reports, presentations, proposals and recommendations. Note: This experience must be well documented in your resume/application.

PART-TIME OR UNPAID EXPERIENCE: Credit may be given for appropriate unpaid and or part-time work. To receive credit you must clearly identify the duties and responsibilities in each position held and the total number of hours worked per week.

A New Hire's Direct And Overall Experience Are Critical Factors In Determining a Salary Offer. It Is Important That Your Resume Fully Reflects All Of Your Directly-related Work Experience. Salary Offers Include Three Key Factors

• The selectee's directly related experience at the same level as the position.
• The selectee's overall experience in a particular area.
• The salaries of employees in similar positions and with similar levels of experience.

MCC also takes the selectee's skill set into account. Applicants should note that salary offers seldom fall near the upper end of the salary range listed in the vacancy announcement. Salary may be set from the minimum to the midpoint of the salary range of the pay band. In some instances, based on a selectee's extensive experience directly related to the position, salary may be set at or above the mid-point up to the maximum salary for that pay band.

See information on MCC base pay ranges and salary structure. (

Education

This job does not have an education qualification requirement.

Additional information

• If you are eligible for CTAPICTAP, you must provide proof of eligibility, (a recent Standard Form 50 (SF-50),a separation notice) and a copy of your latest performance appraisal including your official rating.
• If you are eligible for CTAP/ICTAP, you may apply for a vacancy at or below the grade level you are separated from that does not have greater promotion potential than your last position. You can apply for jobs at higher grades or with greater promotion potential, but you will not receive selection priority for those jobs. You must provide proof of eligibility (promotion potential) for the higher grade( SF-50).
• If you are not a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Recruitment bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
• If you are a current federal employee this position may authorize a one time Relocation bonus to be paid over a specified period. Selected individual will be required to a sign service agreement prior to receiving any bonus payments.
• SELECTIVE SERVICE: Males born after 12/31/1959 must be registered for the Selective Service.
• Selectee may qualify for credit toward annual leave accrual, based on prior work experience.
• The position may be filled by reassignment, change to lower level, transfer, appointment, or reinstatement. Management may use any one or any combination of these methods to fill the position.
• You must meet all qualification requirements by the closing date of the announcement. Please note that qualification claims will be subject to verification.
• Your pay will be set within the range specified in this vacancy announcement and will be based on your qualifications, education, experience, training, and availability of funds.
• If the position is advertised with promotion potential, the selectee may be promoted to the full performance level without further competition. Selection at a lower pay band level does not guarantee promotion to the full performance level, nor is the promise of promotion implied.
• DESCRIBING YOUR EXPERIENCE: PLEASE BE CLEAR AND SPECIFIC. WE WILL NOT MAKE ASSUMPTIONS REGARDING YOUR EXPERIENCE. If your resume/ application does not support your questionnaire answers, we will not allow credit for your response(s). Your resume must contain sufficiently detailed information upon which to make a qualification determination.
• Applicants must include their own documented examples of the required experience in their resume. Applicants who copy the duties section of this announcement into their resume as their current experience will be disqualified.
• Selectee may be required to complete a Public Financial Disclosure Report (OGE Form 278) or a Confidential Financial Disclosure Form (OGE 450).
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a Government contractor issued travel card to be used for official business.
• Selectee may be required to complete a probationary/trial period.

Candidates should be committed to improving the efficiency of the Federal government, passionate about the ideals of our American republic, and committed to upholding the rule of law and the United States Constitution.

A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.

Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.