What are the responsibilities and job description for the Budget Analyst position at Maryland Department of Transportation?
Open Recruitment
Position Specific Recruitment
This is a position specific recruitment, open to anyone who meets the minimum qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this position or function only. You will need to reapply for any future recruitment conducted for this job classification.
The Maryland Aviation Administration (MAA) is the owner & operator of both BWI Thurgood Marshall and Martin State Airports, serving over 27 million passengers annually.
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MAA is currently accepting applications for the position of Budget Analyst (Fiscal Services Administrator I) within the Office of Finance at the Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI Marshall Airport).
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
- Tracking expenses on a monthly and cumulative annual basis for large, complex, and multi-year maintenance and repair contracts currently totaling over $100 million.
- Performing monthly reconciliation of over 85 maintenance and repair contracts, monitored on the Contract Monitoring and Utility spreadsheets to ensure all contracts are in balance within the Financial Management Information System (FMIS).
- Investigating and determining whether required funds are available to approve the submission of MDOT MAA Fund Certifications for all contracts and blanket purchase orders over $25,000 for the operating and capital program.
- Developing and preparing financial status reports on contracts.
- Facilitating monthly Pre-Status of Funds meetings with Contract Support, Budgeting & Contract Administration, and the Environmental Unit to ensure projected spending for all contracts are accurately captured.
- Advising and counseling accounts payable staff and procurement personnel on appropriate coding of invoices, FMIS requisitions, and purchase and change orders, which require a special allocation or distribution of costs.
- Working closely with the accounting department to develop accruals for year-end closing procedures from the Contract Monitoring and Utilities spreadsheets to be entered into FMIS.
This position is located at BWI Marshall Airport in Anne Arundel County, MD.
Qualifications
Minimum Qualifications:
Education: Possession of a bachelor's degree in accounting, auditing, public or business administration, finance, economics or a related field from an accredited college or university.
Experience: Five (5) years of experience in professional accounting, auditing, budgeting, fiscal or financial management.
Notes:
1. Applicants may substitute a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credit hours in accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing, for the required education.
2. Applicants may substitute possession of a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) for one year of the required experience.
3. Applicants may substitute possession of a Master's degree in one of the above specified fields or concentrations for one year of the required experience.
4. U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as defined under the Minimum Qualifications may be substituted for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.
Licenses & Certifications
Salary : $25,000
