Senior Budget Analyst

Job Summary

The Senior Budget Analyst provides financial management, budget modeling, and cost analysis expertise supporting the National Teleradiology Program (NTP) Program Assessment. This role is responsible for evaluating current-state funding structures, charge methodologies, staffing cost models, and operational cost drivers associated with NTP clinical operations, enterprise imaging support, and teleradiology services.

The Senior Budget Analyst supports development of decision-ready financial recommendations that align staffing, operational performance, technical support requirements, and projected enterprise growth with sustainable funding and resource allocation strategies. The role works closely with program leadership, operational analysts, enterprise imaging SMEs, and Government stakeholders to evaluate the financial implications of current and future-state operating models.

Primary Responsibilities

Budgetary Model Assessment

• Evaluate the current NTP budgetary model, funding structure, and financial management approach
• Analyze operational cost drivers associated with:
• Radiologist staffing
• Contract and fee-basis staffing
• Administrative support
• Enterprise imaging support
• Technical operations
• Modality-specific workload demands
• Support comparison of decentralized and centralized funding approaches
• Assess financial sustainability and operational impacts of current and alternative budget structures

Financial Analysis & Cost Modeling

• Develop workload-based financial models and staffing cost analyses
• Perform cost allocation and budget forecasting activities supporting:
• Staffing recommendations
• Operational growth scenarios
• Enterprise imaging expansion
• Contract staff utilization
• Analyze cost-to-workload relationships and productivity-based staffing assumptions
• Support development of five-year budget and staffing projection scenarios

Charge Structure & Benchmarking Analysis

• Evaluate current charge structures and cost recovery methodologies across supported facilities
• Conduct benchmarking comparisons against:
• Commercial teleradiology organizations
• Healthcare industry standards
• Federal healthcare financial models
• Available reimbursement and utilization benchmarks
• Analyze financial impacts of alternative operational and staffing models
• Support development of recommendations related to financial transparency, sustainability, and administrative efficiency

Staffing & Resource Alignment

• Collaborate with Program Analysts, Management Analysts, and Business Process Engineers to:
• Align staffing recommendations with financial realities
• Evaluate operational