Budget and Financial Analyst

Who We Are

The City of Beverly Hills has a long-standing reputation for providing superior customer service to residents, businesses, and visitors. This characteristic, combined with outstanding staff in all departments, has been a hallmark of success for this high-performance organization. The municipal government (approximately 1,000+ full-time and part-time employees) provides the highest quality safety services, recreational services, municipal services, and physical environment.

The Finance Department's mission is to provide sound fiscal analysis, support services, and reporting in an accurate, timely, cost-effective, and professional manner to City officials, departments, residents, and businesses. The Finance Department provides a variety of services through the operation of four major divisions:
Budget, General Accounting, Purchasing, and Revenue. The Finance Department is responsible for the management and oversight of the City's budget, accounting activities, preparation of annual financial statements and facilitating their respective audits, accounts receivable and payable, procurement assistance and compliance reviews, investment management, business tax collection business and transient occupancy tax collections, cashiering functions, and utility billing.

The City of Beverly Hills Finance Department is seeking a highly analytical and collaborative public finance professional who is passionate about municipal budgeting and strategic financial planning. This individual combines strong technical budget expertise with exceptional communication and critical thinking skills, and the ability to build productive relationships across departments.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Experience developing, monitoring, and analyzing operating and capital budgets in a complex organizational environment
• Strong financial modeling, forecasting, and analytical skills, including the ability to evaluate trends, identify risks, and develop data-driven recommendations that support long-range financial planning and organizational decision-making
• Advanced proficiency with spreadsheets, financial systems, and data analysis tools
• The ability to translate complex financial information into clear, concise presentations and reports for executives, department leaders, commissions, and elected officials
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, continuous process improvement, modernization of budget development and financial systems, and leveraging technology and data-driven solutions to increase efficiency, effectiveness, and transparency
• Ability to take ownership of complex budget and financial assignments with minimal direction, exercise independent judgment, and develop practical solutions to complex challenges
• Strong project management and organizational skills, including the ability to coordinate multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and work effectively with diverse stakeholders in a fast-paced environment
• Sound judgment, political awareness, and the ability to manage sensitive issues with professionalism, discretion, and a customer-service mindset

The ideal candidate is intellectually curious, detail-oriented, adaptable, and capable of working independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment. They demonstrate a team-first attitude, value shared success, and are committed to supporting colleagues and organizational goals. Experience in municipal budgeting, public-sector finance, governmental accounting, performance measurement, or strategic planning is highly desirable.

Participates in the activities and operations of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), within the Administrative Services (Finance) Department, including preparation of the City's proposed and final budgets; coordination of assigned activities with other divisions, departments and outside agencies; preparation of regular financial reports and analysis; and providing highly responsible and complex administrative support to the Budget and Management Officer.

Reporting directly to the Budget and Management Officer, a Budget and Financial Analyst has responsibility for planning, organizing and implementing major programs, services and operations as assigned. Incumbents in this class are responsible for working with departments to develop and implement citywide goals and objectives for planning, organizing and directing the work of City department administrative staff. Assignments are broad in scope and carried out with a significant degree of latitude and independence.

Teamwork is essential. The Budget and Financial Analyst is distinguished from a Management Analyst and Senior Management Analyst in that an employee at the senior level coordinates the citywide operating and capital budgets, is responsible for assigning and managing all work related to budget processes and measures and evaluates performance. The Budget and Financial Analyst must also adhere to confidentiality regarding various…