NASA Budget Analyst

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The Budget Analyst IV will support NASA under the NASA Financial Support Services (NFSS) contract via Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL.

TELEWORK OPTION: Hybrid (3 onsite days and 2 telework days per week; potential increase in onsite days in 2024)

WORK LOCATION: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) on Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, AL

CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS: Must be a U.S. Citizen and complete a U.S. government background investigation.

EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS: Bachelor's degree plus 6 years or greater of specialized experience in the field or related area OR HS Diploma plus 8 years or greater of specialized experience in the field or related area

Duties and expectations include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Serves as an analyst to systematically integrate business, cost estimating and financial management.
• processes aiding to ensure the efficient stewardship of public funds.
• Supports the formulation of strategic financial plans, prepares cost estimates, and correlates financing requirements into executable budgets.
• Possesses thorough knowledge of the allocation, execution, and administration of approved budgets.
• Assesses products and procedures for compliance with Government standards, accounting principles, internal controls, and multi-tiered system application standards.
• Must be able to grasp interrelationships between financial management requirements and automated solutions, considering the current system environment and the potential integration of added systems concurrently or later.
• Ensures that tasks are completed in the time frame specified by the client and assists in the preparation of milestone status reports and presentations for colleagues, subordinates, management, and end user representatives.
• Familiar with activity-based costing, business case analysis and outsourcing requirements.
• Specialized experience includes assisting in large scale budget formulation, development, and execution activities, as well as integration of such activities, across many Center organizations in support of Agency processes.
• Responsible for meeting constantly changing deadlines and accepts new assignments with varying requirements and delivers to a high level of completeness and accuracy.
• Serves as a mentor and resource for junior contractor budget analysts assisting with their development.
• May leverage expertise to support multiple Organizations and/or Centers.
• Proficient in the accounting systems and processes of the Centers supported.