FHI 360 Looking for Budget Analyst II at Durham, NC  Full Time

Performs a variety of financial duties, including core and/or field activity budgets, donor reports, and sub award management. Prepares and justify proposal and/or operational budgets and assisting with workforce planning to ensure all work meets deadlines. Handles special projects and the development of training materials, review of operational budget analysis, and budget system/report testing. Prepares annual program and General and Administrative (G&A) budgets with periodic updates as needed. Performs monthly financial analysis for portfolios (Departments) and direct projects as assigned. Prepares and distributes monthly management financial reports. Provide financial guidance to program and field office staff. Provide training to supporting program personnel on financial reporting systems and procedures. Develop, monitor, and adjust fiscal year budgets. Perform Actual vs. Budget analysis, forecasting, cost allocation and tracking, and other quantitative and qualitative analyses. Review and validate sub-recipient’s requests for reimbursement and budgetary compliance. Prepare routine monthly financial and labor related reports to be distributed to Senior Management, and international/domestic program, technical and financial staff. Follows up with international/domestic program, technical and financial staff to obtain and/or verify financial and budget information to ensure quality budget/fiscal controls. Assist in the design and maintenance of supporting financial modules related to grants, awards, and contract management. Assists in development of best practices and training initiatives as requested.

Accountabilities:

• Assist in the review of program budgets and expenditures.
• Regularly monitors the budget; conducts analysis on discrepancies and ensure adherence to applicable regulations.
• Demonstrates basic knowledge of review and submission of budget revisions and are familiar with the budget systems.
• Analyzes spending patterns and identifies potential areas of concerns.
• Assists in providing technical guidance to staff relative to budgetary guidelines and laws.
• Prepares a variety of analyses, reports, and comparisons, as required.
• Performs a limited variety of recurring and related tasks/functions using steps/processes/applications that are readily understood.
• Provides assistance to others by troubleshooting simple technical problems.
• Reviews program budgets and expenditures and approves budget revisions for accuracy and program efficiency.
• Regularly monitors the budget; conducts analysis on spending patterns to identify potential strengths and weaknesses.
• Develops, test, and trains staff on new financial tools and reporting systems.
• Assists with the development of training and procedural manuals.
• Analyze project budgets and expenditures.
• Provides financial tracking of departmental and project revenues and expenditures, including sub award management.
• Reviews and manages annual work plan and budgeting process.
• Independently troubleshoots errors within the budget and provides recommendations to management for program improvements.
• Reviews and assists in developing methodologies used for spending forecasts or budget projections.
• Highly knowledgeable of all current internal budgetary policies and guidelines as well as external state and federal regulations.
• Review and interpret laws for intent and communicate their impact.
• Perform cost-benefits analyses to compare operating programs, review financial requests, and explore alternative financing methods.
• Examines budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
• Reviews the financial and operational proposals that are submitted by the department heads and managers.
• Other duties as assigned.

Applied Knowledge & Skills:

• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of the company’s budgetary processes.
• Thorough understanding of general accounting/financial principles and methods in budgeting and administrative management.
• Capable of projecting the future fiscal requirements by considering the various future projects of the organization.
• Analyzes the cost benefits, studying the financial requests and researches on various funding procedures for the organization.
• Summarizes budget figures by combining the budgets of individual departments.
• Reallocates the excess funds if any deficit occurs in the funds.
• Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
• Suggests suitable modifications to the existing budget plan in order to improve efficiency and profits.
• Consolidates the required data to prepare budget presentations.
• Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
• Seek new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits.
• Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
• Ability to review contracts, as needed.

Problem Solving & Impact:

• Analyzes issues and problems and proposes solutions which are consistent with the company’s priorities and financial resources.
• Uses tools to identify meaningful patterns or relationships and draws conclusions about the meaning of the data.
• Identifies cause and effect of problems; looks at underlying problems for solution.
• Collects, relates, associates or compares data to identify options/alternatives.
• Approaches a complex task or problem by breaking it down into its component parts and considers each part in detail.
• Identifies problems that require in- depth analysis.
• Gathers and analyzes/interprets information to better understand problems.
• Creates relevant options for solving problems.
• Chooses appropriate action by considering implications and consequences.
• Seeks input from stakeholders (e.g., subordinates, peers, management, customers.)
• Checks outcome of problem resolution.

Supervision Given/Received:

• Works under only very general supervision.
• Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment and overall adequacy and accuracy.
• Contributions are supervised and detailed reviews are made with line management to ensure any errors a spotted early and corrected to ensure that they have no or limited effect on the organization.

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree or its International Equivalent.

Experience:

• Typically requires a minimum of 5+ years relevant experience in a professional business environment.
• Proficiency in spreadsheet software required.
• Must demonstrate excellent analytical and organizational skills.
• Science or health-related field experience preferred.
• Non-governmental organization (NGO) experience preferred.

Typical Physical Demands:

• Typical office environment.
• Ability to spend long hours looking at computer screen and doing repetitive work on a keyboard.
• Ability to sit and stand for extended periods of time.
• Ability to lift/move up to 5 lbs.

Technology to be Used:

• Personal Computer/Laptop, Microsoft applications (i.e., Office 365, SharePoint, Skype/Zoom/Teams), cell phone/mobile technology, and standard office equipment.

Travel Requirements:

The expected US Basedhiringsalary range for this role is listed below. Candidate FHI 360 pay ranges represent national averages that vary by geographic location. When determining an offer amount, FHI 360 factors in multiple considerations, including but not limited to: relevant years of experience and education possessed by the applicant, internal equity, business sector, and budget.

Base salary is only one component of our offer. FHI 360 contributes 12% of monthly base pay to a money purchase pension plan account. Additionally, all US based staff working full-time, which is calculated at 40 hours/week, receive 18 days of paid vacation per year, 12 sick days per year, and 11 holidays per year. Paid time off is reduced pro rata for employees working less than a full-time schedule.

US Based Hiring Salary Range:$67,000 – $90,000

International hiring ranges will differ based on location.

This job posting summarizes the main duties of the job. It neither prescribes nor restricts the exact tasks that may be assigned to carry out these duties. This document should not be construed in any way to represent a contract of employment. Management reserves the right to review and revise this document at any time.

FHI 360 is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer whereby we do not engage in practices that discriminate against any person employed or seeking employment based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national or ethnic origin, age, marital status, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law.

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