Job Description
Job Description
At Saltwater Inc. we believe that high-quality data is vital to the health of our fisheries and oceans: our mission is to provide that data. We are a Women-Owned Small Business and are constantly seeking new team members who share our passion for innovation and environmental wellness. We are currently recruiting for a Budget Analysts (two Level 2, one full-time, one part-time, and one full-time Level 3) to provide assistance to the NEFSC Budget Officer, Budget Analysts and scientific Divisions. Support includes providing federal financial management functions to the budget and execution.
Work will be performed at the NEFSC Facility or via remote offsite location as pre-approved by the Contracting Officer’s Representative (COR) and Project Lead The contract has a one-year base period and will have up to four (4) 12-month option periods.
Duties:
- Assist in reviews of budget formulation and budget execution. Provide interdisciplinary expertise related to administration and project management, business processes, and financial management.
- Assist in monitoring financial performance such as fund transfers, status of obligations and disbursements. Reconcile and correct discrepancies in NOAA FISHERIES financial management systems (e.g. BAS to include EDW, IPP, EBS) following established protocols, and review for accuracy
- Performing a full range of administrative duties to include database entry, filing, electronic spreadsheet development and tracking of financial and procurement activities.
- Audit of program policies to ensure compliance with NOAA and NOAA FISHERIES policies.
- Prepare documentation for yearly audits of federal labor, overtime, and NFC Labor WebADI Corrections (NLWC)
- Assist with the preparation of Standard Operating Procedures and maintain updates to those policies that can be electronically disseminated to staff. Review and provide recommendations for improvements
- Process Budget Operating Plans (BOPs) into Financial Management Data System (FMDS).
- Initiate outgoing transfers and allocate incoming transfers in FMDS
- Collect data and conduct cost analysis for execution of budgets.
- Develop financial spreadsheets and graphs in prescribed formats.
- Develop training presentations and conduct webinars with budget staff and management.
- Coordinate efforts between Federal agencies in the development of memorandum of understandings and interagency agreements. Must be familiar with cost reimbursable federal process.
- Generate reports in the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) financial system as necessary
- Assist with preparing documentation for non-labor and labor adjustments (Invoice Reclassifications / NLWC).
- Assist with strategic planning, performance measures and coordinate with divisions to gather data for input into program budget worksheets
- Conduct random audits and funding reconciliation on financial systems and on obligating documentation. (Level II)
- Assist in ensuring submitted budget plans agree with overall targets, create funds variance analyses, assist with year-end financial close-out processes, assist with ad-hoc data calls (e.g. issuing, tracking, and responding)
- Assist in preparing cost documentation reports, tracking, conducting reconciliations, and coordinating actions as needed
- Recommend and assist with implementation of process improvements to the budget, tracking, and documentation processes (Level II)
- Assist with other budget monitoring and execution responsibilities as needed
- Review and process invoices for utility and service agreement accounts; field questions from vendors regarding status of accounts; correspond with Finance Division to determine account standings. Maintain appropriate files and supporting documents.
- Track expenditures and provide monthly status of funds using an internal excel tracking tool.
- Maintain and update budget related tools to better inform and support programs (Level II)
- Develop and maintain budget tools to improve efficiency of tracking and managing complex budgets. (Level III)
- Modify budget tools and provide subject matter expertise as required. (Level III)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation development.
- B.S B.A in Business Administration or a related field. (Level I)
- B.S B.A in Business Administration or a related field and 4+ yrs experience in business, finance, accounting, acquisitions or a related field (Level II)
- Moderate knowledge of Federal financial management, analysis of data, creating charts, acquisition process, looking for errors and problem solving.
- Proficient knowledge of Federal financial management, analysis of data, creating charts, acquisition process, identifying errors and problem solving (Level II).
- Familiarity with planning, budget execution, and Federal financial management and operations.
- Knowledge of Appropriations Law.
- Proficient in using MS Word, MS Excel, MS Power Point.
- Proficient in using Google Suite (e.g. Google Sheets, Google Docs, Google Calendar, GMail)
- Proficient in Pivot Tables
- Google Script coding abilities (Level III)
Salary range is $45 - $60 per hour, dependent upon experience and anticipated hours worked.
Saltwater Inc. is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA Federal Contractor and does not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, parental status, veteran status, or disability status. We strive to create an inclusive workplace culture to attract the best talent and allow each member of our team to achieve their full potential and maximum productivity. Furthermore, Saltwater Inc. highly encourages qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to apply for positions for which they are qualified and to notify us if there are any needs for accommodation throughout the application process and/or upon hire.
Only qualified applicants with the requisite experience need to apply.
We will honor all requests for application confidentiality.