Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aptive is a federal consulting company supporting government agencies and mission delivery. The company seeks a Senior Budget Analyst to support the VA Veterans Health Administration’s Office of Clinical Informatics by leading budget planning, forecasting, execution analysis, and PPBE/MFR activities. The role also involves cost estimation, budget reporting, agile planning participation, management briefings, and guidance for junior analysts.
Responsibilities
- Implement and manage PPBE and MFR activities for the clinical informatics portfolio, in line with applicable budget laws, regulations, policies, and precedents
- Conduct multi-year programming studies and budget analyses, including survey methods, findings, evaluations, and recommendations
- Lead budget formulation efforts; develop, manage, and maintain spreadsheets and budget artifacts, including inputs to the Congressional Budget Justification
- Forecast portfolio costs and funding needs, including staffing demand tied to Federal EHR deployments and VistA/CPRS sustainment
- Lead estimates of the level of effort and labor categories needed for Features selected in Planning Interval (PI) Planning, supporting the Government’s next call order
- Record and track the Government’s appropriation decision for each Feature, consistent with VA funding requirements
- Track obligations, expenditures, and burn against Government spend plans; analyze variances and recommend corrective actions
- Draft briefs for VA management on the portfolio budget, cost drivers, funding risks, and tradeoffs
- Develop budget dashboards and recurring reports in Excel or Power BI
- Participate in PI Planning and backlog refinement to provide cost and capacity inputs, and align Lean portfolio budgets with prioritized Epics
- Provide guidance and review for junior budget and program analysts
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- Minimum of 6 years of professional experience in budget, financial, or cost analysis
- Proven experience implementing and managing PPBE or MFR across a large integrated government organization
- Experience with budgeting, planning, and forecasting in the health care industry
- Knowledge of federal budget-related laws, regulations, policies, precedents, methods, and techniques
- Experience developing budget artifacts and briefs for senior leadership
- Ability to obtain and maintain a VA background investigation at the level assigned to the position
- U.S. work authorization
- Degree in accounting, finance, business, public administration, or a related field
- Experience supporting VA or VHA budget formulation or execution
- Experience preparing inputs to the Congressional Budget Justification
- Experience with federal financial management systems, such as FMS or iFAMS
- Experience with Lean portfolio budgeting in SAFe environments
- Experience building dashboards in Power BI
- Certified Defense Financial Manager (CDFM) or Certified Government Financial Manager (CGFM)
- Master's degree preferred
Benefits
- Remote work in the United States
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