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Budget Analyst / Senior Budget Analyst

IMFWashington, D.C., United States
Category | Grade:Professional | A06 / A07 / A08Deadline:7 Aug 2026Job ID:26-R9583Posted on:23 Jul 2026
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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

  1. Finance & Budgeting
  2. 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