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Federal Budget and Cost Consultant

Guidehouse


Job Location:

Tysons Corner, VA - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 98000 - 163000
Posted: 29 August 2026 (13 days ago)
Application Deadline: 26 November 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Family:

Finance & Accounting Consulting


Travel Required:

None


Clearance Required:

Ability to Obtain Public Trust

What You Will Do:

Assist in maintaining and creating work products using budget and cost analysis and related tools to support operational needs and requirements of the PPBE lifecycle to include but not limited to support of:

  • Congressional Budget Justifications (CBJ)

  • Resource Allocation Plans (RAP)

  • Questions for the Record (QFR) or other taskings

  • Support standardized tasks required by program stakeholders to include but not limited to support of program requests for documentation of budget and cost analysis processes and business rules and reporting on data findings as the result of key discovery activities.

  • Collect maintain and update operational and financial data from required systems of record and Subject Matter Experts

  • Support standardization of data requests and standardization of data cleansing/processing across all relevant budget and cost analysis

  • Manipulate and process large operational and financial data sets with relevant software (e.g. R Studio Tableau CostPerform)

  • Produce standardized deliverable requirements in collaboration with Government leads to include Tableau Server published dashboards annual reports and scenario calculators

What You Will Need:

  • Must be able to OBTAIN and MAINTAIN a Federal or DoD PUBLIC TRUST; candidates must obtain approved adjudication of their PUBLIC TRUST prior to onboarding with Guidehouse. Candidates with an ACTIVE PUBLIC TRUST or SUITABILITY are preferred.

  • Bachelors Degree

  • FOUR (4) years of experience supporting federal budget lifecycle activities financial management cost analysis and reporting.

  • Strong data analytics experience with large complex datasets including development of dashboards visualizations and executive-level reports.

  • Proficient with Tableau Desktop and Tableau Server for data analysis and visualization.

  • Excellent written verbal and visual communication skills with experience translating complex financial data for technical and executive audiences in a federal environment.

  • Demonstrated ability to communicate project deliverables and insights to senior leadership and stakeholders across government and contractor organizations.

What Would Be Nice To Have:

  • Analysis of defense and security financial and operational data preferred

  • Data cleansing manipulation and analysis with RStudio

  • Experience with CostPerform

The annual salary range for this position is $98000.00-$163000.00. Compensation decisions depend on a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill sets experience and training security clearances licensure and certifications and other business and organizational needs.


What We Offer:

Guidehouse offers a comprehensive total rewards package that includes competitive compensation and a flexible benefits package that reflects our commitment to creating a diverse and supportive workplace.

Benefits include:

  • Medical Rx Dental & Vision Insurance

  • Personal and Family Sick Time & Company Paid Holidays

  • Position may be eligible for a discretionary variable incentive bonus

  • Parental Leave and Adoption Assistance

  • 401(k) Retirement Plan

  • Basic Life & Supplemental Life

  • Health Savings Account Dental/Vision & Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts

  • Short-Term & Long-Term Disability

  • Student Loan PayDown

  • Tuition Reimbursement Personal Development & Learning Opportunities

  • Skills Development & Certifications

  • Employee Referral Program

  • Corporate Sponsored Events & Community Outreach

  • Emergency Back-Up Childcare Program

  • Mobility Stipend

About Guidehouse

Guidehouse is an Equal Opportunity EmployerProtected Veterans Individuals with Disabilities or any other basis protected by law ordinance or regulation.

Guidehouse will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law or ordinance including the Fair Chance Ordinance of Los Angeles and San Francisco.

If you have visited our website for information about employment opportunities or to apply for a position and you require an accommodation please contact Guidehouse Recruiting at 1- or via email at . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodation.

All communication regarding recruitment for a Guidehouse position will be sent from Guidehouse email domains including @ or . Correspondence received by an applicant from any other domain should be considered unauthorized and will not be honored by Guidehouse. Note that Guidehouse will never charge a fee or require a money transfer at any stage of the recruitment process and does not collect fees from educational institutions for participation in a recruitment event. Never provide your banking information to a third party purporting to need that information to proceed in the hiring process.

If any person or organization demands money related to a job opportunity with Guidehouse please report the matter to Guidehouses Ethics Hotline. If you want to check the validity of correspondence you have received please contact . Guidehouse is not responsible for losses incurred (monetary or otherwise) from an applicants dealings with unauthorized third parties.

Guidehouse does not accept unsolicited resumes through or from search firms or staffing agencies. All unsolicited resumes will be considered the property of Guidehouse and Guidehouse will not be obligated to pay a placement fee.


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Guidehouse is the only scaled advisory consultancy in the world to fully integrate commercial and public or government businesses within each of our industry segments because complex problems require both perspectives to address and outwit.

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