BUDGET ANALYST, DRG

Company: NICKOL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC
Location: Washington
Posted on: November 8, 2024

Job Description:

Position Summary:

Nickol Global Solutions (NGS) is seeking an experienced Budget Analyst to work within the Program Office of USAID's Democracy, Human Rights and Governance (DRG) Bureau. The DRG Budget Analyst will provide a variety of services, including analyzing the budget, assisting and aiding with financial decisions and actions, project development and management, as well as administrative support. The work location for this position is Washington, D.C. This is a contract position. The start date for this position is on or about November 1, 2024, with an initial period of performance of one year.

Duties:

The Budget Analyst, DRG will, at a minimum:

--- Serve as an expert on budgeting and financial management issues and activities, including historical costs.

--- Develop, maintain, and monitor the program budgets of select offices, and related documentation to assure that funds are available for the programs and activities.

--- Ensure that all related documentation is prepared accurately.

--- Advise Senior Program analysts, the Budget Team Lead, and Program Office.

--- In consultation with the core team, ensure that financial account allocations are appropriate to meet technical office needs and directives.

--- Assist core team with work related to the documentation, and/or management of USAID Programs and/or Projects.

--- Serve as initial point of review for clearance of all program documentation of specified Office by reviewing all documents to ensure adherence to the prescribed Agency/Bureau format, to Bureau goals and objectives, and to Agency policy and guidance.

--- Provide up-to-date guidance and assistance to specialized Office staff in procedural matters relating to project design, approval, obligation, and implementation.

--- Develop processes and implementation documents for the specified Office based on substantive and technical information and data provided by the technical officers.

--- Exercise independent judgment and apply broad technical knowledge of programs and projects in preparing or assuring preparation of implementation documents, concept, and decision papers, briefing memoranda, authorizations, and Congressional Notifications.

--- Assist the Bureau and Missions in advancing the state-of-the-art of the development assistance discipline, and in improving approaches in activity management.

--- Advise the Program Office on programmatic, technical, and budgetary aspects of field support services to USAID Missions.

--- Handle field support budget transfer requests and ensures they are entered in the Field Support Database.

--- Guide specified Office activity managers in preparing activities for entry into the Global Acquisition and Assistance System (GLAAS) system.

--- Advise specified Office Director on the status of requests in GLAAS.

--- Serve as the technical office Program Manager in Phoenix and GLAAS for the commitment of funds.

--- Assist with the Acquisition and Assistance (A&A) plan to monitor and track the status of specified Office program actions for obligation.

--- Advise senior Program Analysts and appropriate technical staff members of significant problems with Phoenix and GLAAS systems functionality.

--- Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:

--- Candidates should have a Bachelor's Degree and at least 5 years of experience.

--- Preference will be given to candidates with experience in GLAAS and Phoenix.

--- Candidates with experience planning and managing budgets will be given preference.

Keywords: NICKOL GLOBAL SOLUTIONS LLC, Baltimore , BUDGET ANALYST, DRG, Accounting, Auditing , Washington, Maryland