Senior Budget Analyst

Job Summary:

Serves as management analyst for the agency: Reviews requests, analyzes, and makes recommendations regarding staffing levels, resource allocations and organizational goals and objectives to determine if funding is available.

Serves as liaison to management personnel regarding budget issues; reviews, collects and prepares analyses of actual and budgeting cost data for use in analyzing options in the collective bargaining process. Assists in formulating recommendations designed to conserve resources and/or improve delivery systems.

Performs analysis of budget problems and recommends cost-effective solutions.

Helps in preparation of agency fiscal policy/procedures as needed and analyzes the effect of proposed legislation and policies.

May serve as staff member on assigned committees.

Maintains financial records.

Develop spreadsheets with budget history to determine anticipated expenditure levels.

Performs revenue and expenditure analysis to include updates of economic assumptions and forecasts of revenue and expenditures.

Prepare reports and make recommendations of new work methods or systems to improve efficiency and effectiveness.