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Position Summary:
The Senior Budget Analyst provides comprehensive budget formulation, execution, planning, reporting, and financial management support to Department of Energy’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SRP). The position supports annual and long-range budget development, monitors budget execution, analyzes financial and performance data, prepares management reports and briefings, and provides financial analysis and recommendations to support programmatic decision-making. The analyst serves as a subject matter expert in budget systems, financial reporting, funding reconciliation, and responses to internal and external budget inquiries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development, preparation, and execution of annual and long-range SPR budgets, including budget requests, operating plans, presentations, databases, supporting documentation, and executive briefings.
• Perform budget formulation and execution analysis, including funding requirements, OMB pass-back adjustments, revised funding levels, allotments, obligations, expenditures, uncosted balances, and unobligated funds.
• Monitor budget status from formulation through implementation and execution, identifying variances, risks, funding shortfalls, and opportunities for improved resource utilization.
• Develop and maintain budget execution documentation, Annual Operating Plans (AOPs), budget status reports, allotment tracking and reconciliation, and other recurring and ad hoc financial reports.
• Support performance-based management and performance-based budgeting by integrating financial, programmatic, and performance data into planning and reporting products.
• Review, develop, and recommend improvements to budget processes, procedures, desk guides, manuals, and internal controls to improve the efficiency and accuracy of budget formulation and execution.
• Prepare financial analyses, presentations, dashboards, briefing materials, and decision-support products for SPRPMO leadership and DOE stakeholders.
• Research and prepare responses to budget and financial inquiries
• Utilize and support DOE financial management and budget systems, including STARS, STRIPES, BFADS, BARC, iPortal, SharePoint, and other emerging financial systems and databases.
• Generate customized financial reports, perform data entry and reconciliation, develop queries, and conduct daily, monthly, and fiscal year-end financial analysis supporting accounting closeout activities.
• Prepare monthly DOE travel reports and annual/monthly SSC travel reporting.
• Conduct special financial studies, ad hoc analyses, and management projects as directed by SPRPMO leadership.
• Identify discrepancies between budget, accounting, and performance data and coordinate with appropriate stakeholders to resolve issues.
• Maintain accurate and auditable financial documentation and ensure reports and analyses are available in required electronic and hard-copy formats.
• Provide recommendations to management regarding funding requirements, budget execution, financial risks, process improvements, and resource allocation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration, or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in federal budget analysis, financial management, budget formulation/execution, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience supporting federal or DOE budget formulation and execution.
• Experience analyzing appropriations, funding, obligations, expenditures, allotments, uncosted balances, unobligated balances, and budget execution data.
• Experience developing budget reports, financial analyses, executive briefings, presentations, and decision-support documentation.
• Experience working with financial management systems and databases and the ability to rapidly learn new systems.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, pivot tables, formulas, and financial reporting.
• Must be eligible for an “L” or “Secret” Clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience supporting the DOE, Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), or another federal energy program.
• Experience with STARS, STRIPES, BFADS, BARC, iPortal, SharePoint, or comparable federal financial management systems.
• Experience supporting OMB, Congressional, GAO, IG, or DOE CFO budget inquiries.
• Experience analyzing M&O contractor financial and performance data.
• Knowledge of DOE accounting, budget, travel, procurement, and financial reporting processes.