Budget Analyst

WE ARE THE NRO

For over sixty years, the NRO has developed, acquired, launched and operated the satellites that are the foundation for America’s advantage and strength in space. Using a diversified architecture of spacecraft, NRO collects and delivers the best space-based intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance content on the planet.

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• You must be a U.S. Citizen
• You must be 18 years of age or older
• You must be able to obtain and maintain a TS/SCI security clearance
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic drug testing
• You will be subject to pre-employment and periodic polygraph examinations

Chantilly, VA

2025 salary range for the Washington, DC area:

• GG-11: $84,601 - $109,975
• GG-12: $101,401 - $131,826
• GG-13: $120,579 - $156,755

Budget analysts are critical to the NRO's ability to deliver cutting edge technology and emerging capabilities to the Warfighter and Intelligence Community. Working in every office within the NRO, at every level, budget analysts work hand-in-hand with their contracting and technical counterparts to enable the development and procurement of mission enabling systems while ensuring they have the financial resources required for mission success.

As a budget analyst, you will analyze, distill, and transform financial, schedule, and performance data from multiple sources into the products that are essential to program managers and NRO leadership. On a day-to-day basis, you will leverage your expertise to exercise core NRO financial processes to include the preparation of congressional budget justification materials, managing funding appropriated by Congress and provided by other government organizations, and working closely with NRO and Industry counterparts to ensure seamless execution of the NRO mission in a dynamic environment.

• Performing work in all phases of budget administration, including formulation of budgets to support plans, programs and activities; execution of budgets; and, presenting and justifying budget estimates.
• Performing budget execution through development of program spend plans, creation of funding documents, monitoring/analysis of contractor performance providing assessments/recommendations to management.
• Preparing multi-year program funding strategies through budget formulation, consistent with program cost estimates, in support of future budget requests.
• Effectively communicating analysis of issues, conducting research, and drafting or coordinating recommendations to address budgetary challenges.

• Highly desired: a Bachelor’s Degree in a related occupation (business, finance, etc.). A PhD in a related occupation is qualifying for the GG-11 level, or you may qualify based on experience.
• Experience with the federal budget process such as budget execution/budget formulation, and justification that demonstrates knowledge of commonly used budget methods, processes, procedures, and regulations.
• Experience using financial databases and systems, and spreadsheets to accomplish budget-related tasks.

Qualifying experience may have been acquired in any public or private sector job, but will clearly demonstrate past experience in the application of the particular competencies/knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary to successfully perform and is typically in or directly related to the duties of the position as described above.
Experience must be reflected in your resume.

• Overtime Statement: MAY be required to work other than normal duty hours, which may include evenings, weekends, and/or holidays.
• Travel Statement: MAY be required to travel in military or commercial aircraft to perform temporary duty assignments.
• Financial Disclosure: MAY be required to file an OGE Form 450, Confidential Financial Disclosure Report, upon appointment and will be required to file annually.
• Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) coded positions:
  If selected for a DAWIA coded position, the incumbent must meet appropriate certification requirements IAW the Defense Acquisition Workforce Improvement Act (DAWIA) no later than 24 months…