Assistant Budget Manager (ABM)

: Description Assistant Budget Manager (AMB) Full Time | Permanent Salary: Up to $110,868 Annually This recruitment may be used to fill multiple positions. The candidate of choice must be able to commute to the Tumwater, WA headquarters office at least one time per week, and other times as requested. The DOC is searching for an Assistant Budget Manager (ABM) to join their team! The ABM reports to one of the agency's six Budget Managers and supports their team by ensuring compliance with the enacted budget as appropriated by the Legislature. This position is key to the success of organizational mission, by ensuring that budget products are accurate and accountable so that DOC is in compliance with state and federal requirements. In this role, you will provide advanced level professional advice, counsel, guidance, technical assistance, and regular financial reports to the division management regarding federal allocations, state allotments and expenditures, and spending patterns. The completion of complex fiscal impact calculations on various program policy changes as recommended by agency management or federal/state law changes, including fiscal notes and budget decision packages, are within the scope of this position. In addition, this position is responsible for the preparation of revenue estimates and anticipated cash disbursements for budget development and is instrumental in the preparation and submission to OFM unanticipated receipts, federal and state seizure funds, and federal and state grant funding adjustments. A completed application packet will include:

• A detailed resume
• A cover letter regarding your interest for this position with our agency
• Three professional references

Duties We are looking for teammates who share our vision of public service, committed to an equitable and inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence, while promoting innovation, engagement, and safety, leading to better outcomes for our incarcerated population, our agency, and our community. As an Assistant Budget Manager , some of your duties may include:

• Fiscal Impact Analysis | Compensation and Special Funds to include:
  • Performing predictive and descriptive modeling, data mining, forecasting, processes for the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of data to reveal patterns, anomalies, key variables, and relationships, leading ultimately to analysis that will guide agencywide decision making
  • Analyzing all budget proviso requirements and grants are shared with program staff and executive leadership after budgets are enacted and tracking them to ensure DOC meets timely submittal requirements.
  • Creating and updating expert level detailed financial analysis and summary reports capturing agencywide and various other adhoc reports for DOC, at least on a monthly basis with some more frequently
  • Streamline, standardize and maintain agency financial reports.
• Budget Processes to include:
  • Leading budget program processes to include CIM, Decision Packages, Financial Projections, and other program wide processes as needed
  • Rollup of individual files from all program areas
  • Review rollup files against agency authority and provide DOC budget leadership with anomalies
  • Maintaining documentation for each Budget process
  • Providing trainings of Budget processes to Budget staff
• Grants which could look like:
  • Assisting with the analysis of the Grant awarded budget
  • Working with the Grants Administrator to obtain spending authority for the agency
  • Providing budgetary and cost out information to the Grants Administrator for grant applications
• Ad Hoc Requests and Projects

Qualifications What we need (required qualifications):

• High School diploma or GED
• A minimum of five (5) years of professional experience in fiscal management to include budget and analysis with preference to state government budget experience or similar analytical experience such as auditing, accounting, research, legal or other analytical fields
• Demonstrated analytical skills, using data to make decisions and constantly improve performance
• Experience developing financial cost estimates for programs and cost estimates for policies and workload

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Excel in order to develop and maintain complex spreadsheet and complex formulas to include “if.”
• Work experience performing complex financial and statistical analysis

What will make your application stand out (preferred qualifications):

• Using excellent communication skills (verbal and written), communicate and prepare complex materials in a comprehensive and understandable manner to a diverse audience employing plain talk
• Able to learn a subject quickly and decipher the necessary steps to accomplish any particular assignment.
• Interpersonal Skills: Interacts well with others; contributes to morale and productivity of group.
• Project Management: Ensures quality and timeliness of assignments; responds to problems; achieves results.
• Knowledge and application of budget management principles, including budget building and development, and financial planning and management.

Supplemental Information Vision: Working together for safer communities. Mission: Improving public safety by positively changing lives. Our Commitment: To operate a safe and humane corrections system and partner with others to transform lives for a better Washington. DOC is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, honorably discharged veteran, veteran status, genetic information, or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a person with a disability. IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Please include a minimum of three (3) professional references with your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates. **Please note: Phone number AND email address are required for all professional references.
• A background check including criminal record history will be conducted prior to a new hire. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability and competence to perform in the position.
• Employees may work directly with or near incarcerated individuals in a potentially hazardous setting. Please consider this when deciding whether to apply.
• We are committed to maintaining a drug and alcohol-free work environment, and our employees are expected to comply with all state and federal laws. A pre-employment drug test may be administered as part of the selection process, and applicants who test positive for any controlled substances, will be disqualified from consideration.
• Oleoresin Capsicum (OC) is an aerosol pepper spray made available as a means of self-defense and/or de-escalation. Applicants with sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Animal care projects are a common component of most Washington State prisons, including dog and cat programs. Applicants with animal sensitivities or allergies are encouraged to ask about the level of exposure they could expect in this position.
• Tuberculosis (TB) is a priority health issue for DOC employees. The successful candidate may be required to provide valid proof of a baseline TB skin test within 60 days from the date of hire. When positive tests result, further information, testing and treatment will also be required. Employment is not contingent upon test results.
• Foreign equivalent degrees awarded outside the United States must have a credential evaluation report attached to your application. You may request the required evaluation/documentation from and Until this documentation is provided, you will not be selected to move forward in the hiring process.

Telework Details This position may be allocated for telework. Work may be performed from your home or another offsite location within the state of Washington using a reliable internet or cellular hotspot service at that time. Employees are expected to perform assigned duties in a safe manner, to take proper care all state-issued equipment, and maintain confidentiality of all information in possession while working offsite. Employees will be required to commute to a Department of Corrections facility or field office as business requires, to potentially include components of the onboarding process. Some offices will have a “drop in” area available, however, a dedicated workspace within a DOC facility will not be provided. What We Offer: As an employee of the Department of Corrections, your work-life integration is a priority. Washington State employees are offered one of the most inclusive and competitive benefits packages in the nation. Besides comprehensive family insurance for medical, dental, and vision, these perks also may include:

• Remote/telework/flexible schedules (depending on position)
• Up to 25 paid vacations days a year
• 8 hours of paid sick leave per month
• 12 paid holidays a year
• Generous retirement plan
• Flex Spending Accounts
• Dependent Care Assistance
• Deferred Compensation and so much more!

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