Senior Budget Analyst

Description

Position Details:

Job Title: Senior Budget Analyst

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Washington, DC (Hybrid Schedule - Onsite 3 days/week)

Dynanet Corporation Overview:

Dynanet started with a focus on IT infrastructure and operations, helping organizations enhance their networks and overcome the limitations of 1990s technology. From strengthening communication channels to introducing innovative ways to collaborate and share information, Dynanet played a crucial role in shaping the early stages of digital transformation. The company’s efforts helped organizations build the very fabric of connectivity that now powers our modern world. Over the last three decades, Dynanet has grown into a trusted partner for organizations looking to innovate boldly and transform seamlessly. While technology continues to evolve and unlock new opportunities, for nearly 30 years, Dynanet remains committed to delivering cutting-edge solutions that drive lasting change for its customers. Through agility, foresight, and an unwavering dedication to excellence, Dynanet continues to empower organizations to thrive in a rapidly changing digital landscape. Our story is more than just a story of technology – it’s a story of vision, growth, and transformation that has shaped the past and continues to pave the way for the future.

About the Role:

The Sr. Budget Analyst will support the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) in the design, development, implementation, and continuous improvement of an enterprise IT chargeback model. The Analyst will help establish a transparent, data-driven framework that allocates IT costs to customer organizations based on consumption, business value, and established cost allocation methodologies.

This position combines financial management, budget formulation and execution, cost accounting, data analytics, and stakeholder engagement to improve cost transparency, strengthen fiscal accountability, and enable executive decision-making across the enterprise.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Enterprise Chargeback Model Development

• Support the design, implementation, and refinement of an enterprise IT chargeback model aligned with federal financial management principles and agency objectives.
• Develop cost allocation methodologies for shared IT services, infrastructure, software, cloud services, cybersecurity, end-user services, telecommunications, and enterprise platforms.
• Establish service catalogs, rate structures, cost pools, and allocation methodologies.
• Evaluate direct, indirect, fixed, and variable cost allocation approaches.
• Document business rules, governance processes, and financial methodologies supporting the chargeback model.

Financial Analysis

• Analyze enterprise IT spending across appropriations, organizations, investments, contracts, and service areas.
• Reconcile financial data from multiple systems including budget, procurement, payroll, asset management, and financial management systems.
• Develop cost models supporting budget planning and financial forecasting.
• Identify opportunities for cost optimization and improved resource utilization.

Data Analytics & Reporting

• Develop executive dashboards using Power BI or similar business intelligence tools.
• Produce recurring reports supporting:
• IT cost recovery
• Customer billing
• Budget execution
• Service utilization
• Cost trends
• Financial forecasting
• Validate data quality and resolve discrepancies across financial and operational data sources.

Budget & Financial Management

• Support annual budget formulation and execution activities.
• Assist in developing spending plans and financial forecasts.
• Monitor budget execution against approved funding levels.
• Provide variance analysis and recommendations for corrective action.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Collaborate with Budget, Finance, Acquisition, Enterprise Architecture, Operations, Program Offices, and executive leadership.
• Facilitate meetings to validate business requirements and cost allocation assumptions.
• Present analytical findings and recommendations to senior leadership.

Process Improvement

• Identify opportunities to improve financial management processes.
• Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs), process documentation, and user guides.
• Recommend automation opportunities to reduce manual effort.

Dynanet Team Requirements and Expectations:

• Possess Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Highly organized with the ability to prioritize, balance, and effectively advance multiple competing priorities in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to interact in a professional and collaborative manner with fellow Dynanet Teammates and the clients, and business partners that we work with.
• Ability and desire to challenge and educate yourself to support and advance IT services delivery in the Federal agencies we serve.
• Excellent judgment and creative problem-solving skills.
• Respond to team member and client requests via email, MS teams, or other communication means during core business hours.
• Active listening skills to understand clients' needs, and collaboration skills to work with other developers and designers.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, Public Administration, or a related field.
• Five (5) or more years of experience supporting federal IT budgeting, financial management, cost accounting, or budget execution.
• Experience supporting Federal CIO organizations or OCIO operations.
• Knowledge of:

Federal appropriations law and budget processes

IT budgeting and budget execution

Cost allocation methodologies

Working Capital Funds (preferred)

• Experience working with large enterprise financial datasets.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.

Employee Benefits Overview:

• Industry Competitive Compensation
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off/Holidays
• 401(k) Retirement Plans with Matching
• Telework - Hybrid
• Paid Training
• Employee Referral Program
• Employee Development Program