Budget Analyst Temporary Aide (9 month position)

$65,146 - $65,146/Yr

State Of Colorado - Denver, CO

Full-time - Entry Level

Denver, CO

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

The Budget Analyst Temporary Aide position at the State of Colorado is a 9-month role within the Department of Health Care Policy & Financing (HCPF). This position focuses on projecting expenditures and utilization for health care services, assisting in budget analysis, and supporting the department's mission to improve health care equity and access. The role involves collaboration with various teams and requires strong analytical skills to defend budget projections and complete related analyses.

Responsibilities

• Learn Department protocols and take responsibility for a small number of decision items, base reduction items, supplemental requests, budget request amendments, fiscal notes, and ad-hoc analysis as assigned.
• Track problems and communicate these issues to the work lead.
• Assist in defending projections via extensive spreadsheets and written documents.
• Complete any budget analysis related to items such as state plan amendments, requests for proposals, contracts, and other requests related to the assignment.
• Determine the appropriate analysis, perform needed data analysis or research, and make recommendations on whether or not to clear the appropriate document.
• Work on special projects at the direction of the supervisor.
• Attend meetings as a representative of the section, exchanging information with established contacts, detecting, discovering, and exposing information, problems, violations or failures by interviewing or investigating where issues or results are not known ahead of time.
• Collaborate with other staff in the section and, at the direction of the supervisor, across the Department to accomplish work-related activities.
• Promote, develop and maintain effective working relationships with key individuals or groups.

Requirements

• Four (4) years of experience in an occupation related to budget and finance OR a combination of related education in finance, accounting, budgeting, economics or related field and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to four (4) years.

Nice-to-haves

• Prior state experience related to the duties of this position
• Experience pulling and analyzing data sets
• Experience applying equity across budgetary processes and analysis
• Experience forecasting costs or enrollment of programs.

Benefits

• Accrued Sick Leave for State of Colorado Temporary Employees
• Flexplace and Flextime work arrangements