What are the responsibilities and job description for the Management and Budget Specialist III, Grade N25 position at Montgomery County Government?
About the Position
WHO WE ARE
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
The ideal and successful candidate will have the following experience, knowledge, and skills:
- Considerable knowledge of the principles, practices, methods and techniques of budgeting and program evaluation.
- Considerable knowledge of the laws, rules and regulations governing the preparation, review and implementation of operating and capital budget requests.
- Considerable skill in identifying, synthesizing and evaluating complex budget related issues and assignments, bringing together information from a variety of sources, and selecting appropriate analytical approaches.
- Demonstrated ability to develop creative and innovative solutions to complex budget and program management issues.
- Considerable skill in expressing ideas, conclusions and recommendations effectively, clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
- Ability to plan, set priorities and organize work assignments to meet tight and often conflicting deadlines.
- Ability to use automated systems technology and software as tools for analyzing operating and capital budgets and related matters.
What You'll Be Doing
Key duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:
- Compiling, analyzing, preparing, and monitoring the annual operating and CIP budgets for the RRM Division.
- Working closely with RRM management team, DEP Director's Office, OMB, and budget managers from other departments in order to successfully develop and complete budget submissions, ongoing financial activities including budget, quarterly reporting, purchasing, and resolution of problematic financial issues.
- Preparing the Future Fiscal Impact (FFI), funding parameters, pre-budget process to distribute to staff and managers for submission.
- Compiling estimated expense/budget data using complex Master Budget Excel spreadsheet, analyze ERP/Oracle and Business Intelligence (BI) tools for accuracy.
- Preparing trend analysis of expenditures and six-year fiscal plan, comparing prior and current budget data.
- Resolving complex personnel errors with FTE’s and correct errors in posting transactions.
- Monitoring approved operating budget for RRM’s annual expenditures for operations and programs. Work with staff and managers to communicate any problems and coordinate resolution.
- Performing annual, quarterly, monthly, and ad hoc analysis of approved operating and CIP budgets, specifically track current approved fiscal year budgets for encumbrances, actual expenses, carry over purchase orders, and accruals.
- Reviewing and processing invoice and p-card payments, and procurement requisitions (RQ).
- Reviewing travel and mileage reimbursement requests.
- Identifying budget efficiencies across the department using metrics, quantitative and financial models, and forecasting tools to analyze the fiscal impact of proposed changes.
To ensure a positive workplace and to comply with federal, state and County laws, the incumbent is responsible for completing mandatory trainings within the first three to six months or within the specified timeframe.
Minimum Qualifications
Education: Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor’s Degree.
Equivalency: An equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted.
Preferred Criteria, Interview Preferences
Preference for interviews will be given to applicants with experience in the following. Please address this information in a separate section of the resume.
- Experience compiling, analyzing, preparing, and monitoring a large annual operating and/or capital improvement programs budgets in a government setting.
- Experience managing operating and capital encumbrance liquidations, requisition/purchase order creation, payments, accruals, and payment processing functions to include review and approval of invoices and card payments.
- Experience performing annual, quarterly, monthly, and ad hoc analysis of approved operating and CIP budgets.
- Experience working closely with staff, managers and leaders at all levels to successfully develop and complete budget submissions.
- Experience performing analysis using Excel, Oracle & Business Intelligence, or other related automated systems technology and software tools.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Office of Human Resources (OHR) reviews the minimum qualifications of all applicants, irrespective of whether the candidate has previously been found to have met the minimum requirements for the job or been temporarily promoted to the same position. This evaluation is based solely on the information contained in the application/resume submitted for this specific position.
Montgomery County Government(MCG) is an equal opportunity employer, committed to workforce diversity. Accordingly, as it relates to employment opportunities, the County will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities, in accordance with the law. Applicants requiring reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process should email OHR at OHR@montgomerycountymd.gov. Individual determinations on requests for reasonable accommodation will be made in accordance with all applicable laws.
MCG also provides hiring preference to certain categories of veterans and veterans/persons with a disability. For more information and to claim employment preference, refer to the Careers webpage on Hiring Preference.
All applicants will respond to a series of questions related to their education, relevant experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities required to minimally perform the job. The applicant's responses in conjunction with their resume and all other information provided in the employment application process will be evaluated to determine the minimum qualifications and preferred criteria or interview preference status. Based on the results, the highest qualified applicants will be placed on an Eligible List and may be considered for an interview. Employees meeting minimum qualifications who are the same grade will be placed on the Eligible List as a "Lateral Transfer" candidate and may be considered for an interview.
This will establish an Eligible List that may be used to fill both current and future vacancies.
If selected for consideration for this position, you may be required to provide evidence that you possess the knowledge, skills, and abilities indicated on your resume.
Montgomery County Ethics Law: Except as provided by law or regulation, the County's "Public Employees" (which does not include employees of the Sheriff's office) are subject to the County's ethics law including the requirements to obtain advanced approval of any outside employment and the prohibitions on certain outside employment. The outside employment requirements of the ethics law can be found at 19A-12 of the County Code. Additional information about outside employment can be obtained from the Ethics Commission website.
Salary : $81,122 - $125,339
