Budget Analyst / Senior Budget Analyst
Category | Grade:Professional | A06 / A07 / A08Deadline:7 Aug 2026Job ID:26-R9583Posted on:23 Jul 2026
Overview
Support IMF-wide resource planning in Washington by analysing budget and cost data, preparing forecasts and visualisations, helping departments formulate and execute budgets, assessing policy cost implications, drafting internal materials and maintaining budget information systems.
Department: Office of Budget and Planning
Languages
Required: English
Job Areas
- Finance & Budgeting
- Data Science & Analytics
Minimum Experience
Not listed
Estimated Salary
Not available
Responsibilities
- Retrieve, organise and analyse budget and cost data
- Prepare cost comparisons, forecasts, presentations and visualisations
- Support departmental budget formulation and spending decisions
- Monitor execution trends and prepare periodic expenditure forecasts
- Assess budget effects of policies and work-programme changes
- Train counterparts and maintain budget information systems
Requirements
- University degree in business administration, accounting, finance, economics or related field, or qualifying IMF grade experience
- Knowledge of budget, administrative and accounting rules
- Residence in the Washington metropolitan area
- Strong analytical, data-management, writing and presentation skills
Skills
Budget formulationExpenditure forecastingCost analysisFinancial data visualisationResource planningBudget systems support
Tools
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointTableauBudget planning systemsHR systemsAI-enabled analysis tools
Additional info
- Hiring levels A06, A07 and A08
- Contractual employees selected will receive a term staff appointment