Senior Fiscal and Performance Analyst

Summary

This position performs advanced professional work in budget development, financial analysis, and performance management. The role supports the preparation and monitoring of the City’s operating and capital budgets, conducts complex financial and economic analyses—including revenue forecasting and expenditure projections—to support budgeting, long‑range planning, and strategic financial decision‑making. It assists in developing performance measures to evaluate organizational effectiveness and supports the City’s performance‑management program, including the development and tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs) and outcome measures that are aligned with the City’s Strategic Plan.

• Assist with the development, coordination, and publication of the City’s annual operating budget, including revenue and expenditure projections and financial analyses to support budget preparation and long‑term planning.
• Review monthly budget‑to‑actual reports to monitor departmental budgets, analyze variances and overall financial performance, recommend budget transfers and amendments, and prepare variance analyses as needed to ensure alignment with fiscal objectives.
• Support the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the City’s Strategic Plan to ensure alignment of departmental budgets and initiatives with organizational goals.
• Collaborate with department leadership to identify strategic priorities, define objectives, and establish performance measures that support the Strategic Plan.
• Monitor progress on Strategic Plan initiatives and prepare reports that track outcomes.
• Manage the City’s Performance Measures Program, including developing, implementing, and overseeing processes for linking program budgeting to performance metrics; conduct quarterly reporting, analyze results, and benchmark performance against comparable localities and agencies.
• Design benchmark surveys and quantitative techniques to improve the productivity and quality of operations; support the creation of dashboards, reports, KPI analysis, and other tracking mechanisms to support operations.
• Develop standard operating procedures related to performance measurements, KPIs, balanced scorecards, and other budget support systems.
• Assist in grant budgeting activities, including budget development, financial monitoring, reimbursement tracking, and compliance with grant requirements and reporting standards.
• Conduct complex financial analyses to support policy decisions, service‑level changes, and operational initiatives.
• Assist in the development and implementation of budget policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Provide technical guidance and training to departments on budget development, CIP planning, grant financial requirements, standard operating procedures, KPIs, and other budget support systems.
• Support audits and respond to inquiries related to operating budgets, capital projects, and grant funding.
• Conduct demographic and economic research and surveys of surrounding municipalities and other taxing authorities regarding proposed and final millage rates, water rates, utility service taxes, solid waste fees, and other user fees and rates.
• Perform financial, statistical, trend, and modeling analyses to identify patterns and relationships that support the evaluation of different business decisions and scenarios.
• Ensure budgetary compliance and assist in problem‑solving to accomplish overall project and program goals and objectives.
• Exercise considerable initiative and maintain a high degree of responsibility for research, analysis, and sound judgment in the planning, scheduling, and execution of assignments.
• Perform a variety of other budget and special projects upon request, including preparing briefings, recommendations, and presentations.

• Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
• Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in governmental operations, budgeting, grant management and reporting, financial analysis, and performance management, or an equivalent combination of…