Budget Analyst Senior: Maxwell Graduate
To provide comprehensive operating and capital budget management through the legislative, developmental, and execution cycles, while promoting stewardship of the Department’s financial resources.
Provide timely in-depth data analysis of the Department’s fiscal performance with respect to monitoring appropriation balances, cash balances, and revenues.
Apply knowledge of governmental financial management, policies, and programs to develop revenue and expense forecasting tools in order to make recommendations to executive and senior level leadership.
Advise and present to Board, senior leadership, unit managers, and department marketing team.
Manage and coordinate Agency’s mandated responsibilities with respect to VA Performs, Agency Risk Management and Internal Control Standards (ARMICS), and Department of Planning and Budget (DPB) submissions.
Develop and maintain effective state relations within the Executive and Legislative Branches in order to advance agency priorities and sustainability.
Manage and coordinate the Agency’s fiscal responses to legislative, executive, federal, and other non-governmental ad hoc inquiries.
Advise on grant post-award spending and commitment activity, and oversee compliance related to fund and appropriation level.
Reviews and processes federal grant expenditure reimbursements.
Coordinates with Agency staff to adhere to grants management reporting and monitoring responsibilities.
Provide financial management and planning support to all levels of the Agency.
Performs agency revenue receipt reconciliations, and manages the Agency’s refund process in conjunction with Agency internal and external customer service staff, as well as communicating directly with boaters and license holders.
Functions independently in performing most duties and leads inter-agency budget team.
Minimum Qualifications
Must demonstrate knowledge of the principles and practices of governmental accounting and fiscal operations, including both account payables and account receivables, as well as a working knowledge of state government budgetary and financial operations, including budget development and execution processes, funding allocations, financial reporting, and financial computer applications.
Considerable experience in developing and managing budgets involving dedicated special revenue and federal funding streams is required.
Demonstrate ability to conduct cost analysis of programs, developing and implementing funding formulas, and statistical analysis to reach sound results and conclusions a must.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft, Visio, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Google Suite, Cardinal, Performance Budgeting System and BITS.
Experience accessing a variety of information resources and applying various computer applications to complex funding issues is required.
Extensive knowledge of spreadsheet and relational database applications is required; working knowledge of macro programming.
High School, GED, or equivalent.
Graduation from an accredited college or university in a related field or extensive related professional experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience in budget, economic, business, and legislative analysis, financial planning or forecasting, performance-based budgeting, structure of financial systems, or financial management; or an equivalent combination of financial experience and education which is not limited to accounting is preferred
Knowledge of state’s budgeting process; experience in financial analysis in a medium to large entity with multiple fund sources and budgets; ability to communicate with legislative bodies and governing boards in budget development is preferred.
Master’s degree with major studies in economics, political science, business, financial management, or another closely related field preferred.
CPA or CGFM Certification