Sr. Comment Analyst/FDMS Lead (Federal Agency) at Aalis Management Consulting in Washington, DC, USA

Job description

• Aalis Management Consulting is seeking a Senior Comment Analyst / FDMS Lead with hands-on Federal public-comment and regulatory experience. This position will lead the organization, review, categorization, analysis, and reporting of large volumes of public comments supporting Federal regulatory activities.
• The ideal candidate has direct experience working with FDMS, Regulations.gov, or comparable Federal public-comment systems and understands how to identify substantive issues, recurring themes, high-risk comments, and other information that supports Government decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead the intake, organization, tracking, and analysis of public comments.
• Download, organize, review, categorize, code, and summarize large volumes of public comments.
• Work with FDMS, Regulations.gov, or comparable Federal comment-management systems.
• Develop and apply consistent comment-coding and categorization methodologies.
• Distinguish substantive, non-substantive, duplicate, form, and other comment types as applicable to project requirements.
• Identify recurring themes, emerging issues, significant concerns, and potentially high-risk issues.
• Perform quantitative analysis of comment volumes, categories, themes, sources, and other required metrics.
• Develop comment matrices, tracking tools, summary reports, tables, charts, and other analytical products.
• Validate comment counts and categorization results for accuracy and consistency.
• Prepare concise summaries of complex public comments for Government review.
• Support development of comment-response and regulatory decision-support materials.
• Identify inconsistencies, gaps, or anomalies in comment data and recommend corrective action.
• Coordinate with the Project Manager / Regulatory Lead and other analysts to maintain consistent review standards.
• Establish and maintain organized electronic files and analytical workpapers.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to Comment Analysts and Data Support personnel.
• Support quality-control reviews and final deliverable development.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in public policy, political science, government, regulatory affairs, legal studies, data analytics, business, communications, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant Federal regulatory, public-comment, policy, or analytical experience.
• Demonstrated hands-on experience reviewing and analyzing public comments.
• Experience organizing, categorizing, coding, and summarizing high-volume comment data.
• Experience identifying themes, substantive issues, and trends within public comments.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills.
• Advanced Excel skills and experience developing analytical work products.
• Direct FDMS and/or Regulations.gov experience.
• Federal notice-and-comment rulemaking experience.
• USDA or other Federal agency experience.
• Experience developing quantitative public-comment metrics.
• Experience supporting regulatory impact, policy, or rulemaking analysis.
• Experience leading or reviewing the work of other analysts.
• Experience with Federal regulatory databases or document-management systems.

Skills

Required

• Advanced Excel skills

Preferred

• USDA or other Federal agency experience