Overview
Tanaq Management Services (TMS) delivers professional, scientific, and technical services and information technology (IT) solutions to federal agencies in health, agriculture, technology, and other government services. TMS is a subsidiary of the St. George Tanaq Corporation, an Alaskan Native Corporation (ANC) committed to serving Federal customers while also giving back to the Tanaq native community and shareholders.
About the Role
We are seeking a Senior Planning Analyst with financial data expertise to provide planning, financial, staffing, and transition data support to the Global Health Center (GHC) and Division of Global HIV and TB (DGHT) Office of the Director (OD) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
This is a hybrid remote position based in the United States. Domestic U.S. travel of up to 20% per year may be required.
Responsibilities
- Leadership support: Works closely with DGHT OD management, responding to their requests for data analysis and program monitoring support, and turns financial, staffing, and operational analyses into executive briefings, decision memos, and recommendations.
- Schedule and financial analysis: Performs analysis of project schedules and financial data needed by DGHT OD to plan, monitor and audit DGHT financial information and respond to requests from funders.
- Data management: Supports data management needs, including identification of funded sites and the implementing mechanism used to fund service provision, and assessment data from project initiatives.
- Financial and staffing reporting: Prepares financial and staffing reports, statements and estimates as requested or directed by the Government to support effective Government operations.
- Analytical support: Provides analytical and evaluative support to improve the effectiveness, quality, and accuracy of GHC, DGHT and PEPFAR/AFGHS financial and staffing data. Generates reporting and dashboards using Excel, Power BI and other reporting tools.
- Financial data analysis: Reviews and analyzes financial-related issues, identifies trends, and maximizes the quality of financial information for the Government's use.
- Data management and manipulation: Maintains and manipulates financial data sets using software packages and interprets the software outputs on substantive data.
- Budget execution and forecasting: Supports budget execution, forecasting, and resource tracking across headquarters branches and international offices, and flags variances, workforce utilization, and operational risk to leadership.
- Resource estimation, tracking, and costing: Supports methods for resource estimation, resource tracking, costing, cost monitoring, and cost effectiveness to plan, monitor, and evaluate HIV, TB, and other health programs, including workforce and operating cost views by country and program.
- Master project planning and tracking: Builds and maintains master project plans for country and program transitions, closeouts, and other division efforts, tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, and issues and following up across headquarters, country offices, and partners.
- Dashboards and analytics: Develops dashboards, trackers, and program quality improvement reports in Power BI, Excel, and Microsoft 365 tools (SharePoint, Teams, Planner) to give leadership a current view of status, staffing, funding, and risks.
- Responsible AI use: Uses approved generative AI tools to draft and refine communications, summarize non-sensitive information, and organize content, with human review for accuracy and policy compliance.
- Management data reconciliation: Reconciles programmatic, operational, workforce, and financial information across sources, and maintains trackers such as a change management data tracker and OD reference dashboards.
- Transition and closeout support: Provides financial and resource analysis for country and program transitions and closeouts, including impact on staffing, funding, and program status.
- Coordination: Works with CDC, HHS, the Department of State, and other interagency partners to resolve workforce, resource, and operational data issues.
Required Experience and Skills
- 10+ years of experience in public health, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or related areas.
- Strong working knowledge of financial formulation, forecasting and execution of programs. This includes demonstrated mastery of financial concepts, principles, directives and best practices.
- Demonstrated experience with budget preparation, monitoring, and variance analysis.
- Experience working with program, budget, and financial data management systems, software, solutions and tools.
- Experience creating, interpreting, and presenting financial reports and forecasts.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel (pivot tables, lookups, complex formulas, modeling).
- Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) preferred.
- Knowledge of GAAP, cost analysis, and/or federal budget regulations.
- Prior experience in government, nonprofit, or corporate financial management.
- Ability to communicate financial and operational analysis to senior leaders in clear executive briefings and memos.
- Ability to obtain government clearance.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Preferred Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in government financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting.
- Experience supporting, developing and coordinating budget deliverables for the Federal budget process with program, functional, and field elements.
- Experience with budget formulation and execution, budget laws and regulations, independently performing budget formulation, execution, and oversight activities; identifying, analyzing, and resolving complex financial/budgetary problems; and researching, interpreting, and applying applicable Federal budget laws and regulations.
- Experience applying analytical and evaluative techniques, skills, and methods to apply and complete evaluations and/or measurements of financial management program for the Federal government.
- Experience using CDC's internal financial systems.
- Possess Public Trust clearance or be able to obtain one.
- Experience managing or analyzing large global health portfolios (for example, portfolios of $1B or more) and workforce data across headquarters and international offices.
- Experience with organizational change, transition, or closeout planning and coordination with HHS and the Department of State.
- Experience using approved generative AI tools to draft and refine communications and summarize non-sensitive information, with human review for accuracy and policy compliance.
- Experience with project management methods (PMP or equivalent is a plus) and with Microsoft 365 administration, such as SharePoint, Teams, and Planner, for tracking and reporting.
Education and Training
- Master's degree and 10+ years of experience in public health, financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting, or related discipline.
Physical Requirements
- Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.
- May occasionally need to lift up to 25 pounds.
Who We Are
Tanaq Management Services (TMS) strives to deeply understand and analyze our clients’ vision, needs, and requirements so we may provide alternative solutions, empowering them to choose the best resolution. We aim to achieve excellence by delivering on our commitments to our clients, employees, and partners.
Our Commitment to Non-Discrimination
Tanaq Management Services is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to disability, status as a protected veteran or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. Tanaq complies with the Drug-free Workplace Act of 1988 and E-Verify.
If you are an individual with a disability and need assistance completing any part of the application process, please email accommodation@tanaq.com to request a reasonable accommodation. This email is for accommodation requests only and cannot be used to inquire about the status of applications.
Notice on Candidate AI Usage
Tanaq is committed to ensuring a fair and competitive interview process for all candidates based on their experience, skills and education. To ensure the integrity of the interview process, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) tools to generate or assist with responses during phone, in person and virtual interviews is not allowed. However, candidates who require a reasonable accommodation that may involve AI are required to contact us prior to their interview at accommodation@tanaq.com.
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