Budget Analyst

Job Summary

Are you looking for a career that directly impacts the community? Is working for an organization that serves disparate populations something that interests you? If you are experienced in grant budget management, forecasting, and data analysis and want to use your skills to support program performance, we invite you to join our Administrative Division as a Budget Analyst. This is an Appointive, Full-time (1.0 FTE) position.

• Prepares biennial budget for all salary, benefits, maintenance, operational expenses, and capital improvements.
• Prepares budgets and provides financial planning for contracts, grant applications and inter-local agreements in support of program operations.
• Tracks grant and contract changes as they relate to budgets.
• Participate in fund balancing and reconciliation efforts.
• Conducts feasibility studies and financial analysis and makes recommendations to leaders.
• Coordinates personnel-related activities and approves funding availability for position changes.
• Performs cost control and containment analysis.
• Prepares and presents business and financial information, including complex reports and analyses, for decision makers, often under emergent deadlines.
• Serves as a division liaison to address recruitment, classification, or compensation issues by creating compensation impact model simulations and presenting financial and position data.
• Supports the administration, development, and maintenance of the electronic systems budget and position functions. Develop and maintain databases, spreadsheets, and related management systems for budget development and administration.
• Provides financial analysis of fiscal activities for detailed monitoring, analysis, and reporting related to program budgets and grants.
• Manages and monitors business policies, processes, and other regulatory guidelines related to business planning, budget planning, and other department activities.
• Conduct research related to departmental, divisional, and program budget and finance matters.
• Explains or interprets complex rules, policies, and procedures, including private, local, state, and federal funding policies and regulations. May make decisions within those established policies and procedures.
• Facilitates and ensures adherence to policies and procedures related to budgeting.
• Meets with division management and staff to compile and analyze documentation regarding revenue, spending levels, or staffing requirements.
• Monitors and forecasts revenue and expenditures, prepares budget related projections, and develops recommendations for multiple levels of management. Develops corrective actions as needed.
• Oversee the implementation of approved recommendations and action plans.
• Participate in developing program definitions, goals, and performance measures.
• Participates in the assessment and development of entrepreneurial business models that enhance the financial viability of the agency.
• Provides information and training on financial management, planning, budgets, expenditures, and revenue forecasting to assigned programs.
• Provides research and monitoring of administrative or operational issues and programs by gathering information and data.
• Assists with the development of written and oral presentations, statistical and graphical reports, and other materials that help leaders make informed budget decisions.

What you bring to the table

• Knowledge of the government budgeting process, policies, procedures, and fiscal management principles.
• Ability to analyze and interpret budget and financial information.
• Ability to prepare comprehensive budget and financial reports.
• Intermediate knowledge of standard Microsoft Office programs and ERP systems
• Understands current trends and developments related to fiscal management, business practices, or area of specialty.
• Knowledge of business operations, principles, and practices.
• Understands classification schemes.
• Skilled in written and verbal communications and presentation skills.
• Ability to handle multiple competing priorities, organize and manage workload, and make decisions necessary to respond in an expeditious manner.
• Advanced organizational skills, including the ability to prioritize, coordinate, and simultaneously manage multiple projects with a high level of accuracy.
• Skilled in researching issues, defining a problem, and developing and accessing alternatives.
• Skilled in fiscal analysis.
• Skilled in project management.

Who should apply

The items below are the requirements for the job and are relevant to this position. The organization values work experience, lived experience, and education and realizes that people take different paths to acquire knowledge.

• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, or finance.
• Three years of experience with fiscal management, working with policies and regulations, or business process analysis.
• Government financial experience preferred
• Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) experience preferred.

We will consider any equivalent combination of education and experience that provides the necessary qualifications to successfully perform the duties of the position.

Working Conditions & Physical Requirements

Work Setting

• Work is performed almost exclusively indoors in an office environment. Exposure to hazards is limited to those commonly found in government office environments.
• Your office will be set up to provide personal safety, including social distancing, screening, sanitation, disinfection, and masks.
• This is an exempt position, which will require occasionally working beyond the normally scheduled workweek.

• Duties require the use of standard office furniture and equipment (e.g., desk, filing cabinet, computer, printer, telephone, fax machine, copy machine, etc.)

• Some travel is required, and is typically local or regional, to meet with clients, conduct business, or attend or provide training.