Senior Budget Analyst

Senior Budget Analyst

The City of Boise is hiring a Senior Budget Analyst! This role will provide advanced financial analysis, budget planning, forecasting, and strategic decision support for city departments and citywide initiatives. You will serve as a key advisor to department leaders and budget office leadership, helping shape annual budgets, revenue estimates, long-term financial strategies, and executive-level recommendations.

The Senior Budget Analyst develops financial models, conducts cost and revenue studies, prepares budget updates and variance reports, and supports presentations to executive leadership, the mayor, city council, and the public. This role is ideal for a finance professional who enjoys solving complex problems, improving processes, and using data to guide policy, operations, and resource decisions in a large public-sector organization.

Candidates who do not fully meet the qualifications for the Senior Budget Analyst position are encouraged to apply and may be considered for an underfill appointment, with compensation aligned to the approved underfill range. To ensure internal equity and alignment with the approved budget for this position, offers are made within the posted hiring range. Although the hiring range is fixed, employees receive an exceptional benefits and total rewards package that enhances the overall value of employment with the City of Boise.

Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training:

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, accounting or related field
• Five years of experience performing duties such as budget development, strategic planning and financial reporting in a complex organization.
• Experience collaborating with various stakeholders as a business partner to accomplish organizational goals and objectives, including financial and econometric modeling.
• Knowledge of the inter-relationship between budget and accounting or other financially related groups.

Licensing And Other Requirements:

• Valid state-issued drivers license.

Special Requirements:

• Applicants must be able to pass: City of Boise background check processes which includes a criminal history check and reference checks in accordance with the City of Boise Hiring Process Regulation
• Driving Record Check
• Education Verification

Why the City of Boise?

The benefits are real and among the best in the Treasure Valley:

• Zero-cost premium medical coverage for you and your family
• PERSI retirement plus employer-matched 401(k)/457b
• 10 hours vacation/month (grows with tenure), 12 paid holidays, and 8 hours sick leave/month
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• $500 annual wellbeing incentive
• Tuition reimbursement and free local bus pass
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance at no cost

Essential Functions:

Acts as a budget advisor and serves as a resource for city departments and/or budget office leadership on budget and financial matters. Collaborates with various stakeholders and assigned departments with expert level knowledge of operations, producing annual budgets, creating revenue estimates and developing financial strategy. Manages the production of monthly budget variance reports, budget changes and memos that support presentations to the mayor and city council. Produces monthly revenue and expense forecasts and contributes to the development and maintenance of long-term cash flow models for assigned departments. Performs and coordinates analysis and provides insight and budget guidance on various projects. Conducts special projects, including those regarding cost and revenue studies, property tax, CIP, development impact fees, priority based budgeting and performance projects or other analyses. Compiles statistical and analytical data into reports for decision and policy makers. Creates and maintains financial models and tools for forecasting, cost planning and other financial projects. Acts as a financial resource to internal customers to identify and develop reporting specifically tailored for departmental needs. Collaborates, coordinates, communicates and works significantly with a team to achieve varying objectives as required in each situation. Collaborates with business process owners, senior managers and department administrative managers to oversee the formation and implementation of long-term financial management strategies, procedures, software, and stays aware of department regulations and trends. Partners with staff across the Department of Finance to identify and solve a wide array of budget, financial and system issues. Fosters a continuous improvement environment through the elimination of duplicate efforts by streamlining and creating efficiencies and automation. Represents the assigned departments at various public meetings in partnership with operational managers. Develops quarterly and annual budget updates, presented to the city's executive management team, distributed to city council and made available to Boise citizens. Gathers data from various outside agencies and entities. Uses technical tools to organize report data, including key economic indicators for the city, region, state and nation. Performs other duties as assigned. Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this position at any time.

Additional Required Knowledge, Experience, And Training:

Functional knowledge of:

• Large municipal Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems
• Application and data mining tools
• Techniques and methods used in financial analysis and sound business practices
• Governmental budgeting theories and practices.

Ability to:

• Analyze financial data, draw conclusions with skills in effective business writing, and prepare clear and concise reports
• Work with people across the organization in order to facilitate work (i.e., obtain information and research issues), obtain buy-in, coordinate work and communicate to complete numerous special analyses and projects
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with department staff and other City of Boise employees
• Operate a computer and use software applications
• Present information effectively to both small and large groups
• Communicate effectively in the English language at a level necessary for efficient job performance
• Perform all essential and marginal functions as assigned by an authorized employee, supervisor and/or manager with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Individuals must be capable of operating vehicles safely and have an acceptable driving record.

Preferred Knowledge, Experience, And Training:

• Experience performing highly complex financial planning functions in the public sector.
• Certified Public Finance Officer, Certified Government Financial Manager, Project Management Professional and/or Certified Financial Analyst certification(s).
• A high level of proficiency in the Microsoft Office suite, specifically Excel and Publisher.

Working Conditions:

The physical effort characteristics and working environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Physical Efforts While performing the duties of this job the employee is occasionally lifting/carrying up to 10 pounds. Also, the employee is occasionally pushing/pulling up to 10 pounds. Work includes sensory ability to talk, hear and touch. Work in this position also includes close vision. Employees will sit, stand, walk, reach and grasp. Position requires hand/finger dexterity.

Working Environment:

The work environment will include inside conditions. Employees will also drive a vehicle as part of this position. This position works: weekends as required.