What are the responsibilities and job description for the Budget Analyst 3 - DNR Budget Manager position at State of Alaska?
What You Will Be Doing
The Budget Manager position monitors and manages DNR’s annual operating budget, totaling over $274 million in a mix of 20 different fund sources.
The key responsibilities of the position include the following:
- Developing, preparing, evaluating, and submitting DNR's annual operating and capital budgets.
- Budget implementation, administration, and monitoring oversight.
- Providing consultation and guidance to DNR divisions in all areas of budget development and management, including using the Alaska Budget System (ABS), the Integrated Resource Information System (IRIS), general budget preparation guidelines, policy issues, and DNR priorities.
- Providing legislative session budget support, including preparing and reviewing the fiscal impact of proposed legislation (fiscal notes).
- Supervising the Budget Analyst 1/2 and overseeing all DNR divisions' budget work.
Mission and Culture
The Support Services Division is a unified organization dedicated to delivering client-focused financial, budget, procurement, human resource, and information technology services to support all DNR staff and public-facing service programs. Providing superior customer service is at the core of everything we do!
Benefits of Joining Our Team
At SSD, we take great pride in our positive work culture! We maintain a supportive and collaborative team environment that fosters professional development, accountability, and service excellence. Staff eagerly share knowledge and resources, look for ways to assist one another, and are celebrated for suggesting ways to increase efficiency in our daily work. Our team enjoys flexible schedules and hybrid telework options and strongly emphasizes maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
The Working Environment You Can Expect
Our office in Juneau is located on the 5th floor of the Willoughby building in downtown Juneau, just across from the State Office Building. Our office offers spectacular channel and mountain views, ample parking, and quick access to dining and shopping establishments. Juneau boasts a vibrant, enjoyable community atmosphere with parks, museums, excellent schools, great restaurants, and local theater.
We are looking for someone with the following competencies.
- Budget Administration: Knowledge of the principles and practices of budget administration and analysis; including preparing, justifying, reporting on, and executing the budget; and the relationships among program, budget, accounting, and reporting systems.
- Financial Management: Prepares, justifies, and/or administers the budget for program areas; plans, administers, and monitors expenditures to ensure cost-effective support of programs and policies; assesses financial condition of an organization.
- Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable, high-quality, timely, and cost-effective results. Determines objectives, sets priorities, and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
- Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
- Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
Minimum Qualifications
One year of full-working professional level experience analyzing and reviewing budgetary data and information; preparing analysis, reports, and recommendations on budgetary information; and utilizing electronic information management systems. This is met by service as a Budget Analyst 2 with the State of Alaska or the equivalent elsewhere.
OR
Two years of full-working level professional experience in accounting or auditing; financial management, budget analysis, management, or projection/forecasting, budget legislation or policy analysis; economic or management analysis and projection; or conducting research, analysis, and interpretation of economic, budgetary, and fiscal information and making presentations and recommendations on results to management.
OR
Two years of experience as a business executive or manager establishing and implementing policies, goals, objectives, and procedures; conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members; directing and coordinating an organization's activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency; and reviewing reports such as financial statements, sales and activity reports; and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
OR
Two years of full-working level professional experience in accounting or auditing; financial management, budget analysis, management, or projection/forecasting, budget legislation or policy analysis; economic or management analysis and projection; or conducting research, analysis, and interpretation of economic, budgetary, and fiscal information and making presentations and recommendations on results to management.
OR
Two years of experience as a business executive or manager establishing and implementing policies, goals, objectives, and procedures; conferring with board members, organization officials, and staff members; directing and coordinating an organization's activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency; and reviewing reports such as financial statements, sales and activity reports; and other performance data to measure productivity and goal achievement and to determine areas needing cost reduction and program improvement.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements to be considered for employment at this time.
If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:
- Three most recent evaluations or letters of recommendation.
- List of three professional references with current contact information.
Application Notice
You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or a hardcopy application. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “How to Apply" page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Supplemental Questions
This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process. The questions may be a mix of yes/no, multiple-choice, and select-all-that-apply. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will help determine which applicants will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
Education
If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.
Special Instructions for Foreign Education
Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Work Experience
If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application entirely. Noting, "see resume" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.
Bargaining Unit
If you are a current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.
EEO Statement
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.
Contact Information
Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.
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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:
Melissa Hurley-Marvin
Deputy Director
Phone: 907-465-3379
Email: melissa.hurley-marvin@alaska.gov
Careers with the State of Alaska offer MANY benefits
The following information describes typical benefits available to employees of the State of Alaska. Actual benefits received may differ by bargaining unit or branch of government, position type, or be prorated for other than full time work.
For a quick breakdown of the insurance, health, and retirement benefits available for State Employees you can view an orientation video from Division of Retirement and Benefits. (Please note this video is specifically designed for new State Employees.)
Insurance Benefits
- Health insurance, which includes employer contributions toward medical/vision/dental
- The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See https://drb.alaska.gov/help/plans.html for additional information.
- AVTEC
- Confidential
- Correctional Officers
- Marine Engineers
- Mt. Edgecumbe Teachers
- Supervisory
- Unlicensed Vessel Personnel/Inland Boatman's Union
- Exempt employees (not covered by collective bargaining)
- The following employee groups are covered by Union health trusts. Contact the appropriate Union for additional information.
- General Government
- Labor, Trades and Crafts
- Public Safety Employees Association
- Masters, Mates & Pilots
- The following employee groups are under AlaskaCare Benefits administered by the State: See https://drb.alaska.gov/help/plans.html for additional information.
- Employer paid Basic Life insurance with additional coverage available (amount depends on Bargaining Unit)
Optional Insurance Benefits
- Group-based insurance premiums for
- Term life (employee, spouse or qualified same sex partner, and dependents)
- Long-term and short-term disability
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment
- Long-term care (self and eligible family members)
- Supplemental Survivor Benefits
- Employee-funded flexible spending accounts for tax savings on eligible health care or dependent care expenses
Retirement Benefits
- Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/Teachers' Retirement System (TRS)
- Matching employer contribution into a defined contribution program (new employees)
- Employer contribution into a defined benefit or defined contribution program (current employees)
- Contributions to the Alaska Supplemental Annuity Plan in lieu of contributions to Social Security
- Option to enroll in the Alaska Deferred Compensation Program
- Note: The Defined Contribution Plan, Supplemental Annuity Plan and Deferred Compensation Program offer a variety of investment options
See https://drb.alaska.gov/retiree/ for additional information
Paid Leave & Other Benefits- Personal leave with an accrual rate increase based on time served
- Twelve (12) paid holidays a year
