Job Board Title:
Budget Analyst, Union County

Post Date
1/5/2023

Expiration Date
4/5/2023

Details:
The Budget Analyst, under general supervision, performs a wide variety of professional level budget development and analysis involving preparation, administration, maintenance, review and control of County-wide budgets. The position is responsible for performing managerial budget preparation and analysis work; performs statistical and comparative analyses of spending; evaluating best practices for budget development and budget documents; analyzing and reviewing budget request; maintain specialized financial records and statistics and prepare financial reporting documents.

Essential Functions:
Prepares various work papers for audit field work, service area budget amendments, journals, and postings for budgeted transactions, transfers, etc. for assigned service areas.
Prepares and reconciles interdepartmental charges for Internal Service Funds; prepares projected year end service area revenues, expenditures, and budgetary impacts; reconciles and prepares estimates for fleet maintenance charges and year-end true-up.
Compiles service area requests for year over year budgetary rolls for contracts, purchase orders, projects, and program balances.
Reviews pre-procurement (requisition) forms.
Prepares and assists with other reports as necessary.
Prepares Contract Deputy Billings and monitors revenue receipts; reviews and updates annually the contract deputy cost estimates.
Assists in preparing, analyzing, and coordinating the annual budget process with a holistic approach for a $430 million budget.
Serves as primary point of contact for assigned departments for budget analysis matters.
Works independently to complete assignments that require thorough complex management, budgetary, financial, organizational, problem solving skills.
Works in an environment that will require serving on a team of budget analysts to complete major assignments.
Prepares departmental budget training and instructions; answers questions and provides analysis.
Analyzes submitted data for year-end estimates and next year budget request for consistency, reasonableness, directives, etc., and enters budget data.
Supports departments with detailed and summary reporting; and related reconciliations.
Reviews contracts for payment/encumbrance terms; prepares encumbrance of budget for contracts; confirms appropriate funding of contracts.
Assists departments with following financial policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Conduct pre-audits all personnel changes that affect cost for compliance and budget availability purposes.
Reviews capital asset additions, deletions, and transfers as prepared by staff; reviews capitalized interest rate and amounts for capital construction work in progress (CWIP) projects; reviews and reconciles CWIP roll forward schedules of additions, closures, and capitalized interest prepared by staff; reviews and/or prepares audit report notes and schedules related to capital assets and CWIP.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:
Please provide a writing sample, specifically a policy position memo/paper, or some other form of communication that demonstrates your ability to prepare and support a policy position.

Also, please provide a link to a budget document you were instrumental in creating and or provide samples of previous budget reports.

Comments:
Union County recognizes that each qualified applicant offers a different combination of experience and education. We seek to engage the applicant whose qualifications best fits our needs and recognize the selected candidate's knowledge and skill with an assignment to a corresponding classification and compensation appropriate for the level of ability. Salary ranges for each level is listed below.

Budget Analyst (Salary range $52,781-$81,811):
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business or Public Administration, Accounting or other closely related field required, and two (2) years of budgeting and/or accounting experience performing financial data analysis and reconciliations, preferably in a governmental setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Requirements:
Knowledge of financial systems and/or statistical analysis tools a plus.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
Thorough knowledge of principles of public administration including organization, public policy and fiscal management.

Senior Budget Analyst (Salary range $55,209-$85,574):
Education and Experience:
Requires a Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business or Public Administration, Accounting or other closely related field, and five (5) years of accounting experience performing financial data analysis and reconciliations, preferably in a governmental setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Employer:
Union County, NC

Email:
dawn.parker@unioncountync.gov

Website:
https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/unioncounty/jobs/3816370/budget-analyst