Experienced Budget Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

A Budget Analyst in NIH’s Office of Budget acts as a strategic financial advisor—blending quantitative data analysis, federal policy expertise, stakeholder communication, and systems design—to support NIH’s mission in managing and justifying its multi-billion-dollar appropriations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Support all phases of the NIH budget cycle — formulation, presentation, execution, modeling, and evaluation — both NIH-wide and within individual Institutes and Centers (ICs).
• Develop budget policies, guidelines, and annual budget preparation instructions for NIH components.
• Interpret and implement HHS and OMB financial policies, serving as NIH’s point of contact.
• Coordinate budget data collection from ICs and consolidate narrative, numeric, and graphical information into materials for Congressional, HHS, and OMB review.
• Prepare budget briefings and exhibits for internal senior leadership.
• Oversee budget execution : monitor obligations, expenditures, intramural and extramural funding, inter / intra-agency agreements, and ensure legal compliance.
• Analyze budget trends using historical data, compile justifications, and recommend policy / process improvements.

Key Skills & Competencies

Requirements :

Typical Qualifications

o Assisting in the formulation, presentation, or execution of budgets.

o Gathering and analyzing budgetary data for reports.

o Interpreting financial policies and guidelines.

o Monitoring expenditures and reconciling financial discrepancies.

analyze exceptionally large and complex programs (grants and contracts)