Budget Analyst

• Location: Bethesda, Maryland
• Type: Contract
• Job #38714

National Eye Institute

Job Description:

· Manage and perform the fiduciary responsibilities associated with the IC’s financial and budget administration systems which ensure against over-obligation of funds and avoids the premature release of budget authority levels in excess of those appropriated, authorized or distributed by law.

· Work collaboratively with senior budget analysts and the NEI Budget Officer to develop milestones, objectives and plans to achieve the IC's long and short-term mission priorities.

· Be responsible for assisting with developing new reporting and tracking tools that will enable managers at NEI to better track and manage their budgets throughout the fiscal year.

· Conduct periodic internal audits to ensure that CANs, object classification codes, and systems are being used correctly.

· Assist senior budget analysts and the NEI Budget Officer in collecting information for outside audit inquiries and other special projects.

· Develops and coordinates the data necessary to provide draft language to the Appropriation committees for use in reports, bills and acts

· Prepares questions pertaining to IC program areas in anticipation of Congressional interest at the time of hearings

· Aids in developing related material used to brief the IC Director for testimony and other meetings

· Performs similar information-gathering and budget justification tasks in response to requests from Congress and for occasional public requests which do not require high-level Executive Branch clearance

Requirements:

• 2+ years of strong government budgeting experience
• Bachelors Degree in a related field

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Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Salary: $65,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Bethesda, MD 20892