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Business Administrator 4

ORAU, Oak Ridge, TN, United States


Overview
Business Manager - Responsible for all National Institute for Occupational Safety (NIOSH) Project detailed financial and administrative responsibilities including human resources support, training, and transportation day-to-day activities for large and/or complex programs, organizations or proposals. Responsible for executing the financial requirements, specifically ensuring accuracy of a 3-tiered budgeting system, reconciling projected cost against actual cost at each level, interpreting data and providing an explanation of findings to project management.

Appointment Type
Full-Time Regular (FTR)

Location
Oak Ridge, TN (Hybrid - 50% On-Site)

Salary Range
$96,657.60 - $134,472 per year

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain a 3-tier project budgeting system.

Construct a 5‑Year budget by company (i.e., 1 prime contractor, 2 major subcontractors, 6 specialty subcontractors, and 3 subject matter experts) derived from monthly burn rate, including travel, other direct costs, indirect costs, and equipment refresh.

Work with Objective 5 Manager to construct/maintain a 12‑month budget monitoring 5 cost areas by month: cost funds received, subcontractor invoiced cost, prime invoiced cost, total invoiced cost, and remaining cost balance.

Utilize the annual projected project budget on a GL period basis to construct 3 budget types by: personnel, company, and objectives/teams.

Develop a three‑phased monthly proposed project budget: Phase 1 – person budgeting type; Phase 2 – company budgeting type; Phase 3 – objective/teams budgets.

Compile monthly proposed subcontractor budgets.

Act as Business Support Project Manager – subcontractors management.

Distribute monthly funds allocation data for major subcontractors and SMEs to operations specialists.

Oversee monthly releases invoice reconciliation and monitor the unused funds spreadsheet.

Brief Objective Manager on impact of unused funds to available funds balance.

Act as Business Support Project Manager – data maintenance.

Reconcile and maintain actual cost vs projected cost expenditures by month for labor cost and other cost.

Update and maintain reports of all committed funds, invoiced funds, and balances for all subcontractor companies for each contracted period.

Provide Objective 5 Manager bi‑monthly and totals‑to‑date for budget categories.

Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in budgeting/forecasting, human resources, business, finance, liberal arts, or related field and 6 to 10 years of job‑related experience; an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted for the minimum requirements.

Proven experience in developing budget spreadsheets for multiple subcontractors or support programs and their project work units or sub‑units.

Experience with Microsoft Access for tracking data, building, and accessing reports.

Experience in developing technical solutions for NIOSH and training personnel on new solutions.

Strong interpersonal and communication skills, written and oral; ability to provide work leadership to team members.

Proven ability to multi‑task, manage projects or subcontracts, and create systems where none exist.

High proficiency with all Microsoft software products; familiarity with compensation from an HR or procurement perspective.

Must be able to obtain and maintain a NACI level security clearance.

Benefits

Legally required benefits

Group health insurance including medical, prescription, dental, and vision

Retirement plan contribution matching

Disability insurance

Group life insurance

Travel accident insurance

Section 125 reimbursement accounts

Other voluntary employee paid benefit and insurance offerings

Telework

Paid time off (PTO)

Paid holidays

Flexible work schedules or compressed work weeks

Occupational health and wellness programs

Employee assistance program

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