Budget Analysts

Job Description

Budget analysts advise various institutions—including governments, universities, and businesses—on how to organize their famuluss. They prepare annual and special reports and evaluate budget proposals. They analyze data to determine the costs and benefits of various programs, and they recommend funding levels based on their findings. Although government officials or top executives in a private company usually make the final decision on an organization’s budget, they rely on the work of budget analysts to prepare the information for that decision.

Sometimes, budget analysts use cost–benefit analyses to review financial requests, assess program tradeoffs, and explore alternative funding methods. Budget analysts also may examine past budgets and research economic and financial developments that affect the organization’s income and expenditures. Budget analysts may recommend cutting spending on particular programs or redistributing extra funds.

Throughout the year, budget analysts oversee spending to ensure compliance with the budget and determine whether changes to funding levels are needed for certain programs. Analysts also evaluate programs to determine whether they are producing the desired results.

Job Responsibilities

• Work with program and project managers to develop the organization’s budget
• Review managers’ budget proposals for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with laws and other regulations
• Combine all the program and department budgets together into a consolidated organizational budget and review all funding requests for merit
• Explain their recommendations for funding requests to others in the organization, to legislators, and to the public

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree is typically required to become a budget analyst. Courses in accounting, economics, and statistics are helpful.
• Experience with DoD or federal government financial management
• Must possess effective interpersonal skills and sound analytical skills.
• Requires proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel. Experience with Microsoft SharePoint a plus.
• Requires strong individual initiative and strong organizational skills with the ability to work in a multi-deadline team oriented environment.

Other Benefits

• Trident Technologies offers a competitive salary, excellent benefits, and a professional work Environment
• Trident Technologies is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer