Lead Budget Analyst - 00151

Lead Budget Analyst

Are you a Commonwealth employee officer with experience serving as a lead on complex budgets or financial projects?

Do you have considerable knowledge of fiscal standards, policies, and procedures for accounting, reporting, and budgeting?

Apply to be our Lead Budget Analyst !

Title: Lead Budget Analyst - 00151

State Role Title: Financial Services Specialist III

Hiring Range: $117,000 - $127,000

Pay Band: 6

Agency: Department of General Services (DGS)

Location: Richmond, VA

This opportunity is ONLY open to CURRENT STATE EMPLOYEES. Applications that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

The DGS Office of Budget is seeking an experienced budget professional to serve as the Lead Budget Analyst . This position is responsible for maintaining high-level budgetary controls for assigned business units, providing training and assistance to other Budget Analysts, and serves in other capacities during the absence of the Chief Budget Officer (CBO). This position also leads the Internal Service Fund Department of Planning and Budget (DPB) report submission, as well as the monthly expenditure and revenue projection process.

Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Manage the full budget process for assigned DGS funds including but not limited to planning for routine and special expenditures, set up, appropriation monitoring, and execution of Budget Execution (BEX transactions).
• Review and approve operating BEXs.
• Lead the monthly expenditure and revenue forecasting projection process, including creating annual and monthly spreadsheets for data input, scheduling projection review meetings with the Budget Analysts and the CBO, and reviewing and following up on projection data with Budget Analysts for any questions on the data.
• Lead the Internal Service Fund submission process, including overseeing the set up and completion of each ISF report by the Budget Analysts and for any ISF reports/divisions directly assigned to you, reviewing ISF reports for irregularities and making necessary corrections prior to submission to the CBO, and developing models that demonstrate the effect that changes in cost drivers will have on future rates.
• Draft Decision Packages and Fiscal Impact Statements.
• Ensure division personnel are trained and provided with all necessary financial information to meet established deadlines.
• Serve as backup for all Budget Analyst duties for non-assigned divisions.

This position is located in Richmond, Virginia and eligible for a hybrid telework schedule (telework up to 2 days/week) after 6 months of satisfactory performance and the completion of a Telework Agreement.

We've got great benefits!

DGS offers excellent health benefits at affordable pricing, pre-tax spending accounts, paid life insurance, paid Short- and Long-Term Disability benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and other leave benefits, wellness programs, and a state retirement plan with options for tax-deferred retirement savings including employer matching. Additionally, supplemental bus passes, ride share, or parking are available and DGS is a qualifying employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.

Minimum Requirements:

• Experience providing leadership, guidance, and training to staff, including serving as a lead worker and/or coordinating the work of others on complex budgets or financial projects.
• Considerable experience with financial management and budget management, including budgets with general and non-general funds.
• Experience analyzing complex financial data, transactions, and reports and experience forecasting revenue and expenditures.
• Considerable knowledge of fiscal standards, policies, and procedures for accounting, reporting, and budgeting.
• Knowledge of public sector budgeting practices.
• Demonstrated ability to independently establish, maintain, evaluate and improve financial processes, systems and internal controls.
• Strong ability to effectively reason in the abstract, conduct complete and thorough analyses, determine the impact of actions or plans, and make effective recommendations to resolve complex issues and support agency plans and decisions.
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to analyze historical trends, data, legislation, and policy.
• Demonstrated effective written communication skills, to include the ability to write reports, budget requests, fiscal impact statements, or analytical findings in narrative form.
• Effective oral communication skills, to include creating and giving presentations to executive level management and communicating with division directors and other state agencies.
• Exceptionally strong skills in knowledge of automated spreadsheet applications and automated financial software, including the ability to effectively use automated applications in accomplishing work and developing/improving processes.

Visa sponsorship will not be provided for this position now or in the future. Confirmation of eligibility to work will be required at time of hire.

The selected candidate must also pass a criminal background check.

Additional Considerations:

• Considerable experience in developing, planning, monitoring, and managing large, complex budgets.
• Experience with capital budgets and associated monitoring.
• Experience with Commonwealth of Virginia biennium budget development.
• Experience with Internal Service Funds.
• Experience drafting fiscal impact statements.
• Experience with People Soft Financial Systems.

This opportunity is ONLY open to CURRENT STATE EMPLOYEES. Applications that do not meet this requirement will not be considered.

The online state application must contain all required information and fully respond to questions to be considered for this job opportunity. Please be sure that all of your relevant qualifications and considerations are specifically addressed in your submitted application.

Online applications should be submitted via jobs.virginia.gov. Fax, e-mail, or mail applications will not be accepted. For assistance or computer access, please visit your local Virginia Employment Office or contact our office View email address on click.appcast.io or View phone number on click.appcast.io.

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application has been successfully submitted. Applications will continue to be accepted until a suitable pool of candidates is received, but this position may be closed at any time after September 23, 2026. Please refer to the "Your Application" page in your account to check the status of your application for this position. Applicants in need of accommodation during the application and/or interview process may contact DGS at View phone number on click.appcast.io for assistance.

The Virginia Department of General Services is an equal opportunity employer and a proud Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Certified employer. Individuals from minoritized groups, individuals with disabilities, veterans, and individuals with AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service experience are encouraged to apply.

From July 1, 2026, through January 21, 2029, applicants who were terminated from a position of employment with the federal government on or after January 1, 2025 due to a reduction in the federal budget or initiatives put in place by the federal Department of Government Efficiency may be eligible for HB494 Federal Employee Priority Consideration. Applicants seeking HB494 Federal Employee Priority Consideration must identify themselves within the state application process and provide supporting documentation, including a Standard Form 50 (SF-50), verifying their eligibility.

In support of the Commonwealth's commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at View phone number on click.appcast.io.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.

Contact Information:

Name: DGS Human Resources

Phone: View phone number on click.appcast.io

Email: View email address on click.appcast.io

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