Budget Analyst; FAR, Funding Forecasts, Budget Analysis

Micro Health is seeking a Budget Analyst to join a Program Management Office (PMO) Support team supporting the VA Loan Guaranty (LGY) Product Line. The Budget Analyst will perform budget forecasting, invoice reconciliation, and financial analysis for software development and sustainment activities. Working closely with budget, acquisition, and program management staff, the analyst translates contractor cost estimates, project schedules, and planned activities into actionable funding forecasts.

The analyst will review financial data across multiple concurrent software development efforts, monitor spending against estimates, and evaluate how changes in scope, schedule, and priorities affect funding requirements, providing financial reporting and recommendations to support budget planning, contract actions, and leadership decisions.

• Consolidate and maintain contractor lifecycle cost estimates across approximately 80 software development execution plans, organized by each of the contract's nine optional tasks (e.g., requirements development, solutioning, development, deployment, sustainment).
• Develop and maintain an integrated funding forecast accounting for project schedules, task dependencies, and concurrent activities across Execution Plans.
• Review cost estimates and schedules to identify missing costs, inconsistent assumptions, duplicate charges, and other discrepancies; coordinate resolution with program staff and the development contractor.
• Update funding forecasts as project scope, cost estimates, schedules, priorities, and task status change.
• Analyze financial effects of proposed changes in project priorities and task sequencing, including impacts on current and future funding needs.
• Track contractor invoices and reconcile billed amounts against estimates by Execution Plan and optional task; document discrepancies and coordinate follow-up.
• Analyze spending trends and variances between projected and actual costs, distinguishing schedule-related timing differences from changes in total anticipated costs.
• Prepare recurring financial reports and briefings communicating projected funding requirements, actual expenditures, variances, and emerging funding gaps.
• Provide forecast inputs and supporting analysis for budget operating plans, spend plans, and multiyear financial planning.
• Support acquisition and contract administration staff with financial analysis for contract actions and funding decisions.
• Maintain accurate financial records, documented assumptions, and traceable supporting data for forecasts, reconciliations, and reports.
• Develop responses to budget and acquisition-related data calls, reports, and information requests regarding contract awards, funding obligations, and acquisition delays.
• Develop and maintain holistic knowledge of the Product Line, its products, and stakeholders to support information requests and communication requirements.
• Prepare and present regular reports on project status, risks, and outcomes to senior management.
• Facilitate executive-level virtual meetings, including preparing agendas, capturing minutes, and tracking outcomes and action items.
• Work proactively and independently within parameters of instructions given, prescribed routines, and standard accepted practices.
• Function as part of an integrated team sharing products, best practices, and information across the PMO Support Team.

• Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business administration, economics, or a related field.
• Minimum Fiveyears of relevant experience in budget analysis, financial planning, cost analysis, or related financial management work.
• Knowledge of Federal budget and acquisitions, including applicable FAR policies.
• Experience developing and maintaining funding forecasts for multiple projects or work streams with overlapping schedules and changing requirements.
• Experience reconciling invoices or expenditures against cost estimates or budgets, investigating discrepancies, and explaining financial variances.
• Experience supporting federal programs or government contracts, including familiarity with budget planning, funding requirements, and contract financial administration.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including formulas, pivot tables, lookup functions, and consolidation/analysis of large datasets.
• Ability to interpret project schedules, task dependencies, and cost estimates to assess funding needs over time.
• Strong analytical and organizational…