United States Agency for International Development in Sarajevo is announcing a vacancy for USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget Analyst) in the Program and Project Office in Sarajevo

14-04, USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget Analyst), Position Grade: FSN-10, Salary range: 51,900.00 – 72,661.00 KM/year

Responsibilities:  The USAID Development Program Specialist (Budget Analyst) (Analyst) position is located in the Program and Project Office (PPO), USAID/Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo, BiH, and reports to the senior Mission Program Budget Analyst. The Analyst provides a range of support in carrying out Office functions, especially as they relate to Mission-wide program budget analysis, support, and reporting.  The Analyst will also provide support, as necessary, for strategic Mission planning and monitoring, and project development support to Mission programs/projects/activities.  The Analyst provides regular updates to and responds to assignments from the higher-graded Program Budget Analyst regarding budget and program/project/activity progress, processing program/project/activity documents for funding, and preparation of a variety of USAID program and activity support materials.  The Analyst also serves as a PPO liaison with the regional Office of Financial Management and Contracting Office on tasks such as pre-award financial surveys, project close-outs, and audit tracking. The Analyst provides support to the development of new fiscal year program budgets, within broad parameters defined by the Program Budget Analyst and the Supervisory Program Officer; oversees and maintains a detailed budget tracking system (using OPS Master, as applicable) of carry-over, new fiscal year, no year, trust fund, and performance fund budgets; provides budget input for individual programming decisions, F Memos, Congressional Notifications (CBJ, Omnibus CN, separate CNs, etc.), allowance requests, obligations, congressional directives, and earmarks; and, supports reconciliation of Mission and USAID/Washington budget, allowance, and obligation figures, and determinations of yearly de-obligations. The Analyst provides substantive Mission-wide support to the annual Procurement Planning process by tracking overall Mission procurement planning, maintaining the ongoing Procurement Plan, and following up with Mission technical Offices and the regional Contracting Office on actions and guidance needed for completing program/project/activity-related procurement actions.