Business Analyst

What You'll Do

Primary support includes performing budget planning, estimating, cost analysis, monitoring, and reporting, along with variance analysis and other duties as assigned.

As the primary financial representative assigned to a high visibility complex program, the individual will be required to work closely in a matrix relationship with the program personnel and management within CNS, as well as external customers (such as NNSA and YFO).

• Enter and/or ensure that cost estimates are complete and comprehensive for the assigned program during the Annual Controlled Baseline process each fiscal year, as well as ensure that the cost estimate changes submitted in Baseline Change Requests (BCRs) are accurate and timely.
• Work with the program manager to develop specific resource demand needs for each period and future year workload schedule.
• Enter and/or validate the Estimate at Completion (EAC) for each assigned project, working with program management.
• Analyze financial transactions for appropriate charging and request necessary corrective actions.
• Maintain status of all budget and financial deliverables and objectives.
• Analyze funding availability and budget usage, and keep the program manager and F&BO management apprised of the fiscal status and any suggestions for course correction throughout the fiscal year.
• Provide financial data that enables management to make decisions regarding current and future financial direction, and provide timely communication of spending trends.

  What You Can Expect

  Meaningful work and unique opportunities to support missions vital to national and global security
  Top-notch, dedicated colleagues
  Generous pay and benefits with a stable organization
  Career advancement and professional development programs
  Work-life balance fostered through flexible work options and wellness initiatives

  Minimum Job Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in relevant field: Minimum 2 years of relevant experience.
    
  • OR Master's degree in relevant field: Minimum 1 year of relevant experience.
    
  • Ten or more years of education and/or relevant experience may be considered to satisfy educational and years-of-experience requirements for this posting.

  Notes

  • The minimum education and experience for the lowest career level in the job posting range are listed under Minimum Job Requirements.
  • Successful candidates hired into a higher career level than the minimum in the range must meet the requirements listed in the job leveling charts for the career level into which they are being hired.
  • If a range of Career Levels is posted, i.e., Senior Associate to Senior Specialist, internal applicants already in one of the Career Levels would come across at their current Career Level. Internal applicants currently in a lower level Career Level would move to the lowest posted Career Level.
  • This position may require entry into the Material Access Areas (MAA) and participation in the Human Reliability Program (10 C.F.R. Part 712), which requires successful competition of a DOE counterintelligence evaluation and may include a counterintelligence-scope polygraph examination.
  • CNS is a drug-free workplace.
  • Candidates accepting a job offer will be required to pass a pre-placement physical, drug screening and background investigation.
  • All employees are subject to being randomly selected for drug testing without advance notification.
  • CNS is an equal opportunity employer.
  • All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment based on merit and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, protected veteran status or disability.