What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Financial Research Analyst position at El Paso Water?
Salary
$60,780.00 - $95,630.00 Annually
Location
Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type
Unclassified
Job Number
U3038-0126
Department
Administration
Opening Date
01/08/2026
Closing Date
1/13/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Exempt
MOS Codes: None
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field, and four (4) years of professional experience in budget and fiscal analysis or research and statistical analysis or procurement experience.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
General Purpose
Under direction, provide financial support, research and evaluation of statistics on various departmental procedures, projects and grants, including the procurement process and grant administration.
Typical Duties
Plan, develop, and engage in research projects as instructed regarding but not limited to procurement, contracts, grants and other financial projects as necessary. Involves: Collect and compile information. Receive, review, and revise bid and RFP documents and research and formulate purchase orders to ensure compliance with applicable statutes. Develop complex technical or specialized proposals or solicitations. Perform statistical analysis and interpret findings. Identify alternatives to address situations or solve problems with their advantages and disadvantages. Estimate costs of proposals and forecast future demand resources.
Manage the procurement of inventory items, contracts, bids, and associated budget. Involves: Communicate with vendors to obtain quotes. Prepare purchase requisitions for materials and supplies. Recommend materials/supply and parts sources. Approve purchase requests. Monitor supply contracts, assure expenditures are within budget and notify management of potential deviations. Recommend changes in procurement policies and practices to management. Provide management with planning and control information by assembling and analyzing historical financial data; identifying trends; providing forecasts; explaining processes and techniques. Involves: Assist in preparation of RFP's as required in support of emergency and normal operations. Oversee the management of inventory control of assigned area. Manage the receipt, inspection, storage, security and issuance and delivery of material and equipment. Complete special orders for departmental customers. Prepare activity, progress and special reports. Monitor and judge contractor on pricing, quality, and quantity of goods or services specified in contract. Act as liaison between department and contractor in case of disputes, clarifications and complaints. Establish and adjust work procedures to meet warehouse demands. Assist other sections with materials acquisition.
Research and review pertinent regulations, laws, manuals, and procedures pertaining to departmental fiscal matters. Involves: Draft reports, and other technical documents including but not limited to writing specifications for goods and services. Administer and monitor technical and complex contracts and grant projects. Assist in formal audit review of contractors. Negotiate changes and supplemental agreements. Recommend appropriate remedy in the event of unsatisfactory performance. Conduct pre and post administrative briefings. Finalize data analysis, statistical charts, graphs and spreadsheets. Search, update and access computerized databases in support of the overall program. Use and maintain history and research files.
Represent the department and provide technical support and information. Involves: Inform suppliers of purchasing policies and procedures on doing business with the city, bidding process and related information. Create and maintain a variety of computerized records or reports such as vendor lists, inventory files and reports, financial reports or records and status reports. Perform other related work as required.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Assign, schedule, guide and monitor work. Appraise employee performance and review subordinates’ appraisals. Provide for training and development. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Identify and resolve staff differences, conflicts and deficiencies. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Provide training, direction, guidance and support for procurement and grant process to the programmatic managers for the department.
General Information
To view complete job specification, click here.
Note: This is an unclassified contract position.
Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Determined by agreement
01
Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field?
Do you have a minimum of four (4) years of professional experience in budget and fiscal analysis or research and statistical analysis or procurement experience?
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?
Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.
Employer City of El Paso
Address 300 N. Campbell
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone 915-212-0045
Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov
$60,780.00 - $95,630.00 Annually
Location
Various Locations within the City of El Paso, TX
Job Type
Unclassified
Job Number
U3038-0126
Department
Administration
Opening Date
01/08/2026
Closing Date
1/13/2026 11:59 PM Mountain
FLSA
Exempt
- Description
- Benefits
- Questions
MOS Codes: None
Education and Experience: Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field, and four (4) years of professional experience in budget and fiscal analysis or research and statistical analysis or procurement experience.
Licenses and Certificates: Texas Class "C" Driver's License or equivalent from another state.
General Purpose
Under direction, provide financial support, research and evaluation of statistics on various departmental procedures, projects and grants, including the procurement process and grant administration.
Typical Duties
Plan, develop, and engage in research projects as instructed regarding but not limited to procurement, contracts, grants and other financial projects as necessary. Involves: Collect and compile information. Receive, review, and revise bid and RFP documents and research and formulate purchase orders to ensure compliance with applicable statutes. Develop complex technical or specialized proposals or solicitations. Perform statistical analysis and interpret findings. Identify alternatives to address situations or solve problems with their advantages and disadvantages. Estimate costs of proposals and forecast future demand resources.
Manage the procurement of inventory items, contracts, bids, and associated budget. Involves: Communicate with vendors to obtain quotes. Prepare purchase requisitions for materials and supplies. Recommend materials/supply and parts sources. Approve purchase requests. Monitor supply contracts, assure expenditures are within budget and notify management of potential deviations. Recommend changes in procurement policies and practices to management. Provide management with planning and control information by assembling and analyzing historical financial data; identifying trends; providing forecasts; explaining processes and techniques. Involves: Assist in preparation of RFP's as required in support of emergency and normal operations. Oversee the management of inventory control of assigned area. Manage the receipt, inspection, storage, security and issuance and delivery of material and equipment. Complete special orders for departmental customers. Prepare activity, progress and special reports. Monitor and judge contractor on pricing, quality, and quantity of goods or services specified in contract. Act as liaison between department and contractor in case of disputes, clarifications and complaints. Establish and adjust work procedures to meet warehouse demands. Assist other sections with materials acquisition.
Research and review pertinent regulations, laws, manuals, and procedures pertaining to departmental fiscal matters. Involves: Draft reports, and other technical documents including but not limited to writing specifications for goods and services. Administer and monitor technical and complex contracts and grant projects. Assist in formal audit review of contractors. Negotiate changes and supplemental agreements. Recommend appropriate remedy in the event of unsatisfactory performance. Conduct pre and post administrative briefings. Finalize data analysis, statistical charts, graphs and spreadsheets. Search, update and access computerized databases in support of the overall program. Use and maintain history and research files.
Represent the department and provide technical support and information. Involves: Inform suppliers of purchasing policies and procedures on doing business with the city, bidding process and related information. Create and maintain a variety of computerized records or reports such as vendor lists, inventory files and reports, financial reports or records and status reports. Perform other related work as required.
Supervise assigned staff. Involves: Assign, schedule, guide and monitor work. Appraise employee performance and review subordinates’ appraisals. Provide for training and development. Counsel, motivate and maintain harmony. Identify and resolve staff differences, conflicts and deficiencies. Interview applicants. Recommend hiring, termination, transfers, discipline, merit pay or other employee status changes. Enforce personnel rules and regulations and work behavior standards firmly and impartially. Provide training, direction, guidance and support for procurement and grant process to the programmatic managers for the department.
General Information
To view complete job specification, click here.
Note: This is an unclassified contract position.
Please note: Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Please visit www.naces.org/members for more information.
Note: Applicants are encouraged to apply immediately. This position will close when a preset number of qualified applications have been received.
A résumé and/or other documents will not be accepted in lieu of a completed application. Comments such as “See résumé” are not acceptable and will result in the application being considered incomplete.
To qualify for this position, the required education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be clearly stated on your application’s employment history. We do not use any information on your resume to review if you meet the minimum qualifications for this position.
Failure to fully detail all experience and job duties in the application, or copying/pasting directly from the job specification, or responses referring to your résumé will eliminate you from consideration for the position.
Determined by agreement
01
Do you have a Bachelor's Degree or higher in Business or Public Administration, Accounting, Finance or a related field?
- Yes
- No
Do you have a minimum of four (4) years of professional experience in budget and fiscal analysis or research and statistical analysis or procurement experience?
- Yes
- No
Do you have a valid USA driver's license? If so, what type of driver's license do you have?
- Texas Class A - CDL or equivalent from another state.
- Texas Class B - CDL or equivalent from another state.
- Texas Class C or equivalent from another state.
- No, I do not have a valid driver's license.
Applicants with foreign diplomas, transcripts and degrees must have all documents translated and evaluated by an agency of the National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) prior to submitting them to the Human Resources Department. Have you had your diploma, transcripts, degree or other required documents translated and evaluated by an agency of NACES?
- Yes, it has been translated and certified and I can provide documentation upon a job offer.
- No, I have not had my degree translated and certified.
- N/A - my degree is from an accredited U.S. university or college.
Candidates will be evaluated based on the information provided on the application and the completeness of the responses to the Supplemental Questions. The following will disqualify you from moving forward in the recruitment process. -Failure to fully detail all work experience and job duties. -Failure to fully detail all lead, supervisory and managerial experience and duties if required. -Overlapping dates of work experience. -Copying and pasting directly from the job specification. -Responses referring to your résumé.
- I acknowledge I have read and understand the above information.
Employer City of El Paso
Address 300 N. Campbell
El Paso, Texas, 79901
Phone 915-212-0045
Website http://www.elpasotexas.gov
Salary : $60,780 - $95,630