The CDC Foundation helps the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) save and improve lives by unleashing the power of collaboration between CDC, philanthropies, corporations, organizations and individuals to protect the health, safety and security of America and the world. The CDC Foundation is the go-to nonprofit authorized by Congress to mobilize philanthropic partners and private-sector resources to support CDC’s critical health protection mission. Since 1995, the CDC Foundation has raised over $1.9 billion and launched more than 1,300 programs impacting a variety of health threats from chronic disease conditions including cardiovascular disease and cancer, to infectious diseases like rotavirus and HIV, to emergency responses, including COVID-19 and Ebola. The CDC Foundation managed hundreds of programs in the United States and in more than 90 countries last year.
The CDC Foundation is working with CDC and state and local authorities to provide surge staff to support surveillance, prevention and response activities within the Overdose Data to Action (OD2A) program and to select unfunded states. The CDC Foundation seeks candidates for a Operations Analyst. Under general supervision, the Operations Analyst will be responsible for providing leadership, coordinating budgetary functions and providing overall direction and guidance on these functions. In this position, the Operations Analyst will perform a wide range of analytical, technical and advisory functions related to the budgetary process. This position will work closely with OD2A leadership, federal grants team and compliance to determine whether program budget and financial planning activities support the mission, goals, objectives and priorities of the department. The candidate will analyze budgets and spending trends and program costs against benefits realized; evaluate program efficiency and cost effectiveness.
Job Highlights
- Position Title: Operations Analyst – OD2A Staffing Support
- Location: Remote
- Position End Date: 7/31/2024
- Salary: $85,000 plus benefits
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in finance and or accounting with 3-5 years of finance, accounting and or budget experience. Experience in working with federal funding streams. Master’s degree in finance and or accounting is preferred.
- 3-5 years Project budgeting experience
- 3-5 years’ experience working cradle to grave grants – pre-award to post award
- 3-5 years’ budget experience – creating total budgets
- 3-5 years’ experience working with federal awards
- Federal grants management experience, CDC cooperative agreements preferred
- Gathering, analyzing, verifying, and consolidating information and statistical data needed in execution and presentation.
- Researching, planning, forecasting, compiling, and summarizing data concerning personnel salaries and expenses and line-item information needed for execution.
- Reviewing historical financial data and trends to prepare and validate budget estimates for programs.
- Identifying and resolving a variety of financial and/or budget-related policy issues, questions and problems related to an organizations’ mission.
- Entering relevant data from a variety of sources into forms, reports, and financial system.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse partners and stakeholders, including law enforcement professionals, and engage in strategic partnerships
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Zoom, Salesforce, NetSuite and Smartsheet
Responsibilities
- Develop and prepare budget documents, justifications and reports.
- Develop budgetary procedures, policies and instructions.
- Analyze and make recommendations on financial or management issues.
- Process and analyze financial data using IT systems.
- Explain and provide guidance to management and co-workers to ensure compliance with laws, regulations, policies and standards.
- Make budgetary recommendations to management based on analysis and assessments of data, program assumptions, and realism of estimates.
- Perform a wide variety of analytical duties connected with the review, analysis, and recommendation of the agency’s budget.
- Project and analyze the potential effects of budgetary actions on program viability and the attainment of program objectives.
- Assess and report on the amount and timing of allotments of funds to agency components and programs.
- Analyze financial and budgetary relationships to develop recommendations for financial and/or budget actions.
- Monitor budgets with different sources and types of funding such as: direct annual and multiyear discretionary appropriations, permanent indefinite mandatory authority, and transfers from other agencies.
- Administer contracts, track and document contract invoices, monitor and report on such agreements.
- Track recurring purchase orders and contracts and ensure timely payment of outstanding invoices to ensure continued vendor service.
- Identify and analyze trends in the receipt, allocation, obligation, and expenditure of funds to ensure the annual financial plan are met on a timely basis, and funds are available and used effectively to support program objectives. APPLY HERE