Budget Analyst

City Of Roswell, Georgia

The purpose of this classification is to perform routine to moderately complex professional work in the preparation, analysis and monitoring of operational and capital budgets for the City of Roswell. The position is responsible for monitoring revenue and expenditures, preparing various financial analyses, reviewing and analyzing budget requests and assisting with budget preparation, performing professional accounting duties, and preparing related reports and records. The position works under general supervision, independently developing work methods and sequences.

The essential job functions include preparing, analyzing and monitoring operational and capital budgets for the City of Roswell; providing assistance in establishing goals, performance objectives and measures, and benchmarking for departments and divisions; reviewing budget requests with the department head and other management staff; providing technical expertise to department managers, finance staff, City employees, and the general public regarding assigned accounting and budgeting responsibilities; preparing various financial analyses and forecasts to aid in long-range planning and to help ensure the development of a balanced budget; preparing and amending proposed, tentative and final budgets; assisting in coordinating events leading to the adoption of the final budget; monitoring budget revenues, personnel services, operating and capital expenditures; reviewing and approving budget transfers; investigating and correcting budget miscues; preparing journal entries to execute approved inter-fund transfers; preparing budget resolutions and reviewing agenda items submitted by departments/divisions for approval by management staff and elected officials; preparing and making oral and written presentations in areas of responsibility, as requested; coordinating preparation of revenue and expenditure forecasts for current and five-year financial planning; assisting in formulating, updating, and implementing budgetary policies; monitoring budget software data entries for accuracy; controlling access to budget files; providing technical guidance to end-users as needed; compiling budget data for individual departments; creating charts/graphs to analyze/compile individual cost center requests and produce an overview of organization requests; producing Budget and CIP books for distribution to elected officials, departments, and the public; reviewing initial department budget and CIP submittals for accuracy, compliance with policies/guidelines, and conformance with funding constraints; reviewing budget amendment, transfer, and project budget change requests; confirming funding for agenda items, budget amendments, and project budget change requests; compiling and editing to present in summary form; providing training for systems and budget; and preparing or completing various forms, reports, correspondence, budget reports, budget books, CIP books, funding logs, contract approval logs, charts, graphs, policies, procedures, or other documents.

Minimum qualifications require a Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or a related field; supplemented by two (2) years of experience in budget and/or financial analysis; or any equivalent combination of education, training, and experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skills, and abilities for this job. Licenses or certifications are not required. Knowledge, skills and abilities include knowledge of the regulations, ordinances, and standards governing municipal finance and budget programs; principles, practices, methods and terminology of accounting, budget preparation and management; and philosophy, theory and principles of public administration. Ability to research, analyze, reconcile, and report accounting and budget information involving multiple accounts, budgets, funding sources and projects; review and analyze accounting and budget documents; and prepare accurate accounting and budget reports and documents for business planning and evaluation. Skill in operating a computer, including demonstrated experience in creating complex spreadsheets. Ability to evaluate, audit, deduce, and/or assess data using established criteria. Ability to apply principles of persuasion and/or influence over others in coordinating activities of a project, program, or designated area of responsibility. Ability to operate, maneuver and/or control the actions of equipment, machinery, tools, and/or materials used in performing essential functions. Ability to utilize a wide variety of reference, descriptive, advisory and/or design data and information. Ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; ability to calculate decimals and percentages; ability to apply principles of rational systems; to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic, or schedule form; and to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objectives. Ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective criteria, as opposed to that which is clearly measurable or verifiable.

Physical demands include the ability to exert light physical effort, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and/or pulling of objects and materials of light weight (5-10 pounds). Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or work station. Tasks also require the ability to perceive and discriminate colors or shades of colors, depth, texture, and visual cues or signals. Some tasks require the ability to communicate orally.

Work environment is regularly performed without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.