Budget Analyst

Salary Range: $31.6513 - 38.4500/hour. Salary reflects Step 1 and Step 5 of a 7-step pay scale. Salary at hiring will be dependent upon the applicant's education, experience, and training.

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Job Summary:
Under direction, performs a variety of technical budget and fiscal management activities including budget development and administration; participates in the creation of the capital plans; assists with the analysis of budget and fiscal management issues in partnership with departments, city management, and/or under City Council direction. 

Scope of Responsibility:
The incumbent is familiar with department or functional operations and is able to work with minimal assistance.  Working under limited supervision, incumbent performs work that requires the interpretation of data and must make decisions considering overall objectives.  Incumbent performs advanced analysis using multiple known objectives. Incumbent must frequently interact with other City employees and the public to provide basic information and has occasional interaction requiring detailed procedural explanations.Customer Service 

• Assists with responses to inquiries from staff, other agencies, and other interested parties.
• Responds to citizens’ questions and comments in a courteous and timely manner.
• Responds to information inquiries regarding budget and fiscal management.

Financial Documents and Reports

• Coordinates, compiles, and publishes the annual Operating Budget and Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan book for City Council and public use.
• Prepares various budget and fiscal management reports and visualizations for Directors and management including analysis of monthly budgets.
• Assists the Finance Director in the development, maintenance, and adjustments for the Capital Improvement Plan, Cost Allocation Plan, and Budget.
• Distributes budget documents and forms to communicate and develop budget information internally and externally.
• Coordinates with Accountants and/or Departments for required budget amendments from grant awards.
• Performs detailed cost analyses, reports on expenditure trends and causes, analyzes department spending variances and their causes, and evaluates operational and capital budget requests.

Policy

• Assists in budget and fiscal management services to comply with City policy.
• Provides technical assistance to staff and management regarding budget and fiscal management policies, regulations, and budget development.
• Monitors expenditures in different program areas and initiates transfers of funding to ensure appropriations are fully expended in compliance with City policy and any other regulations as they apply (i.e. bond covenants and grant requirements). 
• Assists with invoice and purchase order workflow approval 

Analysis and Implementation of Budget

• Assists in monthly analysis of actual performance against budget figures and estimated revenues by account and class and sends reports to departments.
• Conducts research and analysis in a variety of areas including financial planning and financial operations for potential cost savings or waste.
• Tracks Council-directed projects, or approved budgeted projects, for necessary budget amendments and encumbrances crossing fiscal years.
• Performs a wide variety of advanced analytical, financial, budgeting, and other administrative duties in providing responsible staff support in the preparation, development, monitoring, and implementation of City budgets.
• Participates as a team member to assist in establishing funding priorities and in the administration of state and federally funded programs to ensure effectiveness in compliance with all applicable rules and regulations.
• Analyzes special budget issues as requested by the Finance Director and upper management, including compiling information for budgeting for results, Project budget management, grant proposal budgets, updating rate models, and other requests.
• Analyzes payroll overtime expenditures compared to payroll to recommend potential staffing level changes.
• Assists in the analysis of budget impacts of proposed capital projects.
• Makes recommendations necessary to bring budget requests and expenditures into alignment with projections and priorities for appropriations.

Performs other duties as assigned.Required Qualifications and Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business Administration, Economics, Public Administration or a related field; and
• Two (2) or more years of relevant experience
• Must have strong interpersonal skills

Physical Demands & Working Conditions:
Work is a normal office environment.  Work requires intermittent moderate physical effort, moving between 5 and 25 pounds.  Work requires high attention to detail or deadlines (between 45% and 70% of the time).  

Some requirements in this job description may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees.   All requirements are subject to modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

Requirements are representative of minimum levels of knowledge, skills, and experience required.   To perform this job successfully, the worker must possess the abilities and aptitudes to perform each duty proficiently.

This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise.  The City retains the discretion to add duties or change the duties of this position at any time.

Salary : $65,832 - $88,150