MDW Associates, LLC ยท 2 days ago
Senior Budget Analyst
MDW Associates is seeking a Senior Budget Analyst to provide sound financial stewardship, expert analysis, and innovative approaches to our National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) client at Glenn Research Center in Cleveland, Ohio. The role involves developing and monitoring budgets, providing financial analysis, and communicating financial status to management and clients.
Management Consulting
Responsibilities
Works cooperatively and collaboratively with program management and project team members to obtain a broad understanding of the resource requirements needed to support the project schedule and technical requirements
Develops, executes, and monitors budget and workforce guidelines, long-range operating plans, and annual phasing plans
Provides financial analysis by monitoring budgets and phasing plans and analyzing trends affecting budget and workforce needs
Integrates and consolidates monthly financial data from multiple sources into a central data package and provides analysis to management
Provides weekly and monthly reporting of project financial progress for both internal and external forums, including assessment of project financials against the baseline plan
Effectively communicates and presents budget and workforce status to program management, Center management, and NASA Headquarters customers on a weekly, monthly and/or quarterly basis
Serve as programmatic subject matter expert with in-depth knowledge of federal acquisition regulations, NASA procurement and partnership policies, and technology business processes
Support senior leadership seeking to develop and execute acquisition and business strategies that align with broader NASA space policy priorities
Provide expert leadership on major acquisition and business process tasks
Provide solutions and proposed strategies to acquisition and business process issues to senior leaders that seek to accelerate project development and deployment timelines
Provide Subject Matter Expert (SME) support to management in covering acquisition aspects of project execution including technology evaluation, partner selection, award negotiation, and performance management
Maintain comprehensive knowledge of partnership announcement requirements and evaluation criteria
Coordinate acquisition and business process activities across multiple effort areas
Assist in the development and maintenance of acquisition and business process documentation, including but not limited to solicitation, proposal evaluation criteria and partnership plan
Track partnership proposal submissions, evaluation timelines, and award processes
Provide business process analysis and recommendations for continuous improvement of acquisition and business activities
Track and provide feedback to effort senior leaders on acquisition threats and liens
Support business administration activities including milestone tracking and performance monitoring
Qualification
Required
Experience working with Prime contractors and understanding inter-workings of all resource-related activities
Must be able to multi-task and prioritize work from multiple customers meeting or exceeding deadlines
Requires a high proficiency in MS Office applications with advanced skills in Excel and PowerPoint and a comprehensive knowledge of automated financial systems and budgetary report generation; experience with SAP, and Business Objects are preferred
Must have excellent interpersonal and analytical skills, work independently, be able to maintain confidentiality of data, and communicate effectively in writing, person to person, and in meetings
Requires the ability to travel if needed
Candidates for this position prefer to possess a BA/BS degree
Public Trust - Candidates for this position must be submitted for a background investigation in order to satisfy government requirements
Preferred
SAP and Business Objects (BOBJ), and Government Financial Processes experience preferred
Benefits
Health
Dental
Vision
Group Life Insurance/Long Term Disability/Short Term Disability
Retirement/401(k)
Flexible Leave Policy
Company
MDW Associates, LLC
MDW specializes in providing DoD and other federal clients with comprehensive data analysis, acquisition management, financial management, cost estimating, financial systems integration, and administrative support.