Senior Budget Analyst

About the role

Employees at Bernalillo County enjoy the ability to team up with each other to build a high quality of life for our county residents, communities, and businesses. In addition to being an organization with a strong focus on work-life balance, building a culture of flexibility, learning, and belonging the County offers many benefits.

Responsibilities

• Performs complex professional duties related to the County’s budget; develops comprehensive reports, impact analysis, and projections for management and funding agencies, including detailed County-wide expenditure reports for budget planning; formulates and presents funding solutions and process improvement recommendations to management.
• Serves as Project Manager on an ongoing basis for budget and business improvement initiatives, including revenue enhancements, process mapping/documentation, and the development of comprehensive and accurate fiscal data reporting tools.
• Assigned projects may involve cross-departmental collaboration (e.g., Information Technology, ERP, Treasury, Accounting).
• Manages all aspects of project execution, including project justification and innovation potential, establishing priorities and implementation strategies, coordinating work of project team members, ensuring compliance with scope, schedule, and budget.
• Provides funding and process improvement recommendations to leadership.
• Plans, directs, and supervises the work of professional, technical, or clerical staff; participates in the selection process, performance evaluations, and employee development; conducts or contributes to training efforts; documents and addresses performance issues in collaboration with Human Resources; recommends corrective or disciplinary actions as needed.
• Prepares economic forecasts for revenues and tax rates, including bond issues, investment strategies, and grant funding; recommends budget strategies accordingly.
• Performs advanced budget functions, including those related to bond sale budgeting; collaborates with external financial consultants; formulates and recommends strategic funding and budgetary approaches.
• Collaborates with departments and the Capital Improvement Office to ensure accurate capital reporting in the budget; recommend and implement process improvements to strengthen data integrity and long-term sustainability, including identifying and incorporating operational impacts.
• Analyzes the financial implications of payroll and benefits changes, including union negotiations, reclassifications, fringe benefits, and vacant positions; coordinate with Human Resources to reconcile position counts; recommend actions to maintain budget and position control within approved levels.
• Prepares the annual budget report submitted to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA); coordinates with Information Technology and Accounting to establish crosswalks for DFA reporting and troubleshoot issues; proposes and implements process improvements to maintain compliance with DFA Local Government Bureau Management System (LGBMS) standards.
• Works with management to establish and implement short- and long-term goals, objectives, policies, and procedures for budgeting and fiscal planning.
• Develops and implement methods for compiling fiscal data from the financial management system to generate diverse financial reports and documentation, such as department revenue summaries.
• Assesses and resolves budget-related issues; recommends and implements appropriate adjustments to achieve County financial objectives.
• Collaborates with budget staff to produce the Biennial Budget Book, Budget in Brief, and Quarterly Budget Reports for public, state agency, and internal County use; prepares narrative and financial content for these documents.
• Reviews and analyzes the impact of new or modified federal and state legislation; advises on fiscal and budgetary implications.
• Prepares and submits mandated reports and documents to regulatory or oversight agencies as required.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of increasingly responsible professional budget program experience.
• Any equivalent combination of related education and/or experience may be considered for the above requirements.
• One (1) year of lead supervisory experience is preferred.
• Successful completion of a post-offer employment medical examination and background investigation.
• Adherence to all County safety guidelines.
• Complete all FEMA training(s) assigned to this position.
• Possession of a valid New Mexico driver’s license by the date of hire and maintenance of a valid license while employed in this position.
• Complete required supervisor training, if applicable.

Benefits

• Generous leave accruals