Budget Analyst

Job Title

Budget Analyst

Job Description

The Prevention Services Division works with partners across Colorado to improve the health of all Coloradans. Division professionals develop, review, implement and evaluate public health interventions proven to promote healthy living, prevent chronic disease, protect against injury and ensure access to health care and opportunities for a healthy lifestyle. The division strives to understand the needs of Colorado's communities and encourages the contributions of stakeholders in identifying and solving public health problems. The division is committed to the professional development, collaborative effort, and sustained wellness of its workforce.

The Fiscal, Contracting, Compliance and Operations Branch (FCCO) within PSD provides support to all programs within the Division, offering services that include fiscal management and oversight, procurement and contracting development and oversight, compliance monitoring and operations support. The branch provides division wide training, forms, policies and procedures for all of the Division's business operations including all fiscal, compliance and contracting workflow. The branch maintains access to all department systems and houses super users for department systems including Info Advantage, OnBase, CORE and more. The branch provides support for all division operations functions including the creation and management of division operations, personnel liaison functions, organizational charts and more. The branch is responsible for building, maintaining and implementing all systems, processes, policies and procedures to support the functions listed above. The branch is responsible for producing financial records, tracking internal and external expenditures totaling over $200 million division wide. The branch is responsible for preparation of hundreds of contracts and purchase orders each year as well as compliance monitoring activities of grant funding passed through to external agencies. This position is responsible for budgeting, tracking, balancing, monitoring, reporting, and managing all monies for assigned branch programs/grants. This position must independently use professional judgment and resources from a variety of areas to evaluate program needs compared with current funding levels, working with program management to ensure alignment of available resources with prioritized programmatic needs. This position provides budgetary and financial support to all levels of division management including offering fiscal recommendations and frequent independent decision-making, assists in the achievement of service goals and objectives at the least possible cost to the Division, prepares and provides budget data and analysis to the central budget office for submission to the Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB) and Joint Budget Committee (JBC) for long bill spending authority, helps prepare fiscal notes for legislative council staff on impending legislation, and other financial responsibilities as assigned.

Key responsibilities include budget development and monitoring, advising program leadership, CORE transaction and data maintenance, program budgets, and providing supporting analysis to negotiate budget outcomes.

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights

Residency requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Class code & classification description: H8E2XX - Budget Analyst II

Minimum qualifications: An applicant may meet the minimum qualifications for this job in one of two ways: They may qualify through their work experience alone or through a combination of education and work experience.

Work experience only: Six (6) years of professional experience working as an accountant, budget analyst, financial analyst, bookkeeper, or another closely related field.

Education and experience: Graduation from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, math, business or a field of study closely related to the work assignment, and professional experience as an accountant, budget analyst, financial analyst, bookkeeper, or another closely related field equal to Six (6) years.

Preferred qualifications: In addition to the minimum requirements, the successful candidate in this position will have the following highly desirable experience and competencies: public sector budgeting experience, knowledge of fiscal regulations, experience with CORE or another financial system, financial analysis and forecasting experience, grant lifecycle management, ability to relay financial information in simple terms to non-financial customers, problem-solving and independent judgment, experience tracking and reconciling financial information, proficiency working collaboratively with internal teams, organizational skills, ability to set, track, and accomplish priorities and goals.

Conditions of employment: A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process. This position will have hybrid workplace options available, at the discretion of the supervisor and based on business needs. The employee will still be required to report to the agency address listed on this announcement.

Appeal rights: An applicant who has been removed from consideration during the selection or comparative analysis process may file an appeal with the State Personnel Board and/or request a review by the State Personnel Director. A standard appeal form is available on the State Personnel Board website at CO State Personnel Board Forms and Filing.

Supplemental Information

A complete application packet must include: Completed State of Colorado application. If using education to qualify for this position a copy of your transcripts (unofficial acceptable) or diploma must be provided with application. Transcripts must be attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application. If you are a veteran, a copy of your DD214 must be attached to your colorado.gov/jobs application.

The selection process: All applications that are received by the closing of this announcement will be reviewed against the Minimum Qualifications in this announcement. Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications proceed to the next step. Colorado Revised Statutes require that state employees are hired and promoted based on merit and fitness through a comparative analysis process. Part of, or all of, the comparative analysis for this position may be a structured application review, which involves a review of the information you submit in your application materials by Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) against the preferred qualifications. A top group, up to six candidates, will be invited to schedule an interview with the hiring manager.

E-Verify: CDPHE uses e-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about E-Verify, including your rights and responsibilities.

ADAAA accommodations: The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator at View email address on click.appcast.io or call View phone number on click.appcast.io, option 5.