Senior Budget Analyst

El Paso County (TX) - El Paso, TX

El Paso, TX

Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support

About the position

Under general supervision, perform complex and specialized analytical work related to the projection of revenues and the preparation and administration of the annual City budget.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate the development of multiple and complex annual budgets for assigned departments.
• Monitor and reconcile operating and project-related revenues.
• Ensure that expenditures are within budgetary and policy guidelines.
• Inform management of budget deviations, problems, and events likely to affect operations.
• Prepare cost analyses, including projections and recovery alternatives.
• Confer with departmental staff to obtain information, advise, and assist department directors and others on budgetary issues.
• Make recommendations on the use and distribution of funds, including allocation of indirect program costs and budget evaluation techniques.
• Oversee, coordinate, and prepare a variety of technical reports on estimates, costing data, and budget limits.
• Perform a variety of operational, planning, and management studies.
• Participate in the strategic planning process for the City's future growth and impact on services.
• Assist in the preparation of the annual debt service budget, oversee and reconcile debt proceeds.
• Collect and compile data for production of the annual budget document.
• Participate in and make presentations in budgetary and related hearings.
• Represent the department in meetings with various departments, committees, and other intergovernmental agencies.
• Train City staff in various budget and financial matters.
• Maintain accurate financial and statistical records.
• Review, process, evaluate, and verify a variety of budgetary and financial information.
• Identify, investigate, and resolve financial errors and discrepancies.
• Establish and maintain cooperative and effective working relationships with others.
• Advise on grant program matters and review and recommend grant application submissions.
• Participate in management studies, Lean Six Sigma projects, or other various assignments.
• Supervise designated employees, if assigned.

Requirements

• A Bachelor's degree or higher in business or public administration, accounting, finance, or a related field.
• Two (2) years of professional experience in budgetary or fiscal analysis and/or research and statistical analysis.