State Director of Planning and Budget

The Division of Administration/Office of Planning and Budget has a vacancy. This job title has an assigned pay grade of AS-629.

The Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) has the primary responsibility of implementing performance-based budgeting in the Executive Branch of Louisiana state government. This includes budget-related services such as long- and short-term financial analysis and operating budget development, monitoring and control, and policy development, planning, accountability, and other management services including integration of performance information into the budget development process. OPB staff represents the Governor and Commissioner of Administration on commissions, councils, boards, task forces, and consensus estimating conferences and through the State Economist, OPB provides revenue projections to the Revenue Estimating Conference.

The State Director of Planning and Budget oversees all programs and operations of the Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) as well as the performance based budget functions of all state agencies.

The Division of Administration is the state government’s management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

• Overseeing the state’s capital construction program
• Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
• Development of the state budget
• Providing technology services
• Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
• Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Two years of the required experience for the following minimum qualifications must have been at the managerial level or above:

• Fourteen years of experience in budget development or analysis, accounting, auditing, policy planning, procurement, contracts or grants management, project management, statistical analysis, or financial services; or
• Six years of full-time work experience in any field plus eleven years of experience in budget development or analysis, accounting, auditing, policy planning, procurement, contracts or grants management, project management, statistical analysis, or financial services; or
• A bachelor’s degree plus eleven years of experience in budget development or analysis, accounting, auditing, policy planning, procurement, contracts or grants management, project management, statistical analysis, or financial services; or
• An advanced degree plus ten years of experience in budget development or analysis, accounting, auditing, policy planning, procurement, contracts or grants management, project management, statistical analysis, or financial services.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

• Provides overall supervision and direction to the Office of Planning and Budget (OPB) which is responsible for preparing the Governor’s Executive Budget and overseeing budgetary matters throughout the fiscal year.
• Responsible for developing the vision of OPB and ensuring the operations align with Division of Administration’s policies.
• Assumes full responsibility for administering the total state budget and planning program. Directs and supervises the preparation of the consolidated state Performance Based Budget (PBB). Prepares the General Appropriations Bill for introduction to the Legislature.
• Plans and directs the analysis of activities and operation of…