Budgeting and Forecasting Lead

• Develop strategic plans; Resource Allocation Plan (RAP) and Program Decision Options (PDOs); Office of Budget and Management Justification (OMBJ) and Congressional Justification (CJ) volumes, attachments, and artifacts; and
• Appropriation Committees’ Technical Assistance requests.
• Develop tasks/responses for Congressional Appropriators, OMB, DHS strategy/policy teams, etc.
• Interpret and analyze congressional legislation; prepare Congressional Budget Justification Reports.
• Develop Budget presentation materials, visuals, and analyses. Draft executive-level talking point language to accompany budget materials. Write detailed narratives to accompany budget data/packages for a wide range of stakeholders.
• Perform a variety of complex analytical tasks in support of programs to include cost estimating, resource planning and growth analysis, and long-range budget planning/analysis. Present analyses to leadership and provide recommendations to budget priorities as needed.
• Develop plans and monitor tasks to meet requirements for assigned program(s).
• Maintain oversight of all requirement tracking resources, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and demonstrating advanced planning/coordination. Recommend, document, and manage new or updated processes, develop project plans and schedules as required.
• Create ad-hoc Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) reports as required.
• Support development and delivery of budget formulation training content.
• Manage highly complex budget data sets, tracking and validating budget formulation data throughout the PPBE cycle. Support data planning, analysis, correlation, and integration activities across CSD, leading data collection and validation sprints and implementing data into tracking sources. Advanced experience with Microsoft Excel and Power BI to analyze and visualize data.
• Develop reports and analyze performance metrics and programmatic PPBE documents.
• Conduct research and develop informational products articulating budget requirements to stakeholders.
• Support CSD information technology (IT) investment management activities using Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) best practices.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 8 years budget formulation experience.
• Minimum 5 years DHS Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution (PPBE) experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience using the Microsoft Office Suite, with advanced skills using Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
• Experience in the following areas including:
• Drafting executive-level communications (e.g., talking points and briefings) with few edits required.
• Proven creative/outside-the-box thinker with the ability to identify problems and recommend alternative and reasonable solutions.
• Leading budget formulation data collection and analysis, summarizing results, and producing reports codified for a specific audience.
• Working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Using PowerBI, PowerApps, and SharePoint.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Previous experience working with DHS CISA CSD organization

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $130,000.00 - $140,000.00 per year

Benefits:

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

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• budget formulation: 8 years (Required)
• DHS Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution: 5 years (Required)
• Microsoft Office Suite, advanced Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint: 5 years (Required)
• PowerBI, PowerApps, and SharePoint: 3 years (Required)
• working with DHS CISA CSD organization: 2 years (Preferred)
• Program Decision Options: 5 years (Required)

Security clearance:

• Secret (Required)

Ability to Commute:

• Arlington, VA 20598 (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Arlington, VA 20598: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $130,000 - $140,000