Business Analyst

Join the City of Modesto as our next Business Analyst and help shape the future of our local economy! In this dynamic role, you'll build relationships with businesses, analyze key economic data, and support programs that attract investment, create jobs, and strengthen our community. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for economic development and making an impact, we’d love to meet you!

• 2.5% Education Incentive – Bachelor’s Degree
• 5% Education Incentive – Master’s Degree

The Community & Economic Development Department is seeking a Business Analyst to advance the City’s economic development initiatives through data‑driven insights, process optimization, and strategic program support, including coordination of the City’s cannabis program. This position is responsible for transforming departmental and citywide data into actionable intelligence that informs policy, improves operational efficiency, and enhances customer experience within development and business attraction processes.

The Business Analyst will analyze market trends, support economic development strategies, and manage key data systems. The ideal candidate possesses exceptional analytical capability, strong business insight, and the ability to work effectively with internal and external stakeholders to advance organizational goals.

• Recruit business prospects and assist them in the set up and permitting of their businesses City‑wide.
• Work with existing businesses City‑wide to protect and expand investments in the local economy.
• Develop and manage databases pertinent to business retention and recruitment efforts.
• Analyze real estate transactions.
• Create and analyze proformas and other financial documents.
• Analyze business loan and grant requests.
• Negotiate, prepare, and supervise the processing of documents, including disposition and development agreements, owner participation agreements, contracts, resolutions, and requests for proposals/qualifications.
• Participate in the development and implementation of the City’s budget.
• Create and/or implement programs to help broaden the local tax bases, generate or attract new capital, increase business activity, produce jobs and diversify the local economy.
• Participate in the development and implementation of division goals, objectives, policies, and priorities.
• Research redevelopment and economic development problems and solutions and prepare a variety of comprehensive reports.
• Build and maintain positive working relationships with co‑workers, other City employees, Community Based Organizations, and the public using principles of good customer service.
• Observe and maintain a safe working environment in compliance with established safety programs and procedures.

• Perform related duties as assigned.

• Principles and practices of community development, redevelopment, and real estate.
• Principles of marketing, sales, advertising, and public relations with specific focus on business retention and recruitment.
• Principles of advertising and public relations to build partnerships in the community to promote Modesto.
• Marketing and financing techniques.
• Basic statistical methods used for management analysis.
• Property values and the effect of economic trends on value and price.
• Effects of construction and the cost of improvements on property values.
• Principles and practices of public relations.
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, rules, and regulations.
• Office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and applicable software applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

• Gather and analyze a variety of complex data, including economic studies, financial statements, marketing studies, plans, specifications, and bid documents; prepare comprehensive written and oral reports.
• Build relationships in the community with community partners, brokers, property and business owners to foster business retention, recruitment, new business start‑up, leisure activity, and retail and office development, industrial opportunities.
• Design and implement Economic Development Programs to recruit, retain and expand local…