Budget Analyst IV - V

About the role

Performs highly advanced (senior-level) budget preparation, analysis and payroll related work. Work involves preparing and/or overseeing the preparation of agency budgets, preparing budget instructions; analyzing and reviewing budget requests; preparing and monitoring program performance measures; preparing legislative appropriation requests; compiling, reviewing, analyzing, and evaluating financial data; preparing reports; responding to inquiries; recommending appropriate action to resolve financial issues, and assist with maintenance, oversight, procedures, and controls of accounting systems.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the preparation of budgetary and management reports.
• Captures expenditure data, trends, and recommendations for management.
• Analyzes expenditure patterns and makes recommendations on the use of funds.
• Ensures coordination of budgeting procedures, preparation, and reporting.
• Establishes work methods and priorities and determines methodologies and techniques for preforming budget evaluations.
• Informs management of budget deviations, problems, and events likely to affect operations; explains causes; and measures effect on the agency's mission and resources.
• Meets with division directors regarding divisional budgets and procurement strategies.
• Reviews revenue patterns and makes recommendations to management regarding self-funding requirements.
• Prepares reconciliation of treasury cash to budget and investigates any deviations.
• Maintains agency position control and salary budget worksheets.
• Prepares cost allocations monthly.
• Ensure compliance and monitor capital budget expenditures to ensure compliance with the General Appropriations Act.

Requirements

• 25% - Oversees budgetary and management reports.
• 25% - Ensures accuracy and timeliness of legislative appropriations requests, operating budgets, and requests for federal funding.
• 20% - Issues instructions on budget and funding procedures and methods.
• 20% - Ensures compliance with established procedures, requirements, laws and regulations.
• 10% - Back-up to payroll officer submitting on and off cycle payrolls.

Qualifications

• Education: Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field is generally preferred.
• Experience: Budget Analyst IV - Minimum three (3) years’ experience in budget preparation and analysis, financial management, contract coordination?or performance measurement reporting work, including at least 1 year state government budgeting experience.
• Budget Analyst V - Four (4) years’ experience in budget preparation and analysis, financial management, contract coordination or performance measurement reporting work, including 1 year of senior-level state government budgeting experience.

Skills

• Knowledge of financial administration, budget, control and fiscal accounting; and of the agency's financial program, governmental accounting, budget control methods, policies and procedures, and laws and regulations pertaining to fiscal operations.
• Knowledge of accounting, budgetary, and management principles, practices, and procedures.
• Skill in analyzing financial data.
• Skill in the use of electronic data and/or word processing office equipment and software including Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, & Teams), PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat.
• Skill in exhibiting polite and professional communication via phone, e-mail, in person and mail.

Benefits

None specified.

Pay

Salary range is determined by legislative mandate and employee's contribution to the Employees Retirement System.

Schedule

Standard office hours.