Budget Advisor - Revenue

Hybrid work arrangement

Our physical office is in Olympia, WA. We offer flexible work schedules and locations. This is a hybrid position where most of the work allows teleworking. However, you must reside in the state of Washington and travel to in-person activities, meetings, and events as needed for business purposes.

Salary range: $108,000 - $134,016 annually.

Office of Financial Management (OFM) serves as the backbone of Washington state government. Our mission is to make our state a better place by connecting people, budgets, policies, data, and systems for state agencies and the Legislature. Our team includes budget advisors, researchers, and other experts, all dedicated public servants working toward an equitable future for every Washingtonian.

We are seeking a Budget Analyst to play a key role in shaping Washington State’s operating, transportation, and capital budgets. This is an opportunity to do meaningful, high‑impact work that directly influences how state resources are planned, prioritized, and delivered.

In this role, you will analyze agency budget requests, develop thoughtful recommendations, and help build the Governor’s proposed budget. Your work will be presented to the OFM Director, the Governor, executive leadership, state agencies, stakeholders, and the Legislature—making you a trusted voice in statewide financial decision‑making.

You will serve as a subject‑matter expert in your assigned portfolio areas, bringing strong analysis and sound judgment to complex funding decisions. Beyond developing budget proposals aligned with the Governor’s priorities, you will also monitor agency programs to ensure they operate as intended—efficiently, effectively, and in service of their goals.

This role is highly collaborative. You will work closely with legislative and executive partners, Governor’s policy staff, agencies, and external stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency across the budget process. If you enjoy digging into complex issues, thinking strategically, and seeing your work shape real outcomes across the state, this role will truly matter.

• Act as a subject‑matter expert on balance sheets, general state revenues, fund balancing, and the revenue allotment review process.
• Develop and implement models related to revenue, expenditures, and other data.
• Perform independent research and analysis of policies and proposals, including expected outcomes, state and local costs, implementation strategies, and stakeholder positions.
• Analyze legislative bills and budget proposals and communicate impacts to decision makers and senior‑level staff.
• Assist with the preparation of analysis and recommend gubernatorial action on enrolled bills.
• Coordinate with the Office of the State Treasurer, legislative counterparts, and OFM revenue and bond analysts on complex calculations of general state revenue and extraordinary general state revenue for each revenue forecast.
• Coordinate with the State Treasurer and the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council on the annual 1% transfer of general state revenue to the Budget Stabilization Account.
• Complete OFM’s portion of the Official Near General Fund Revenue Forecast for the Economic and Revenue Forecast Council four times per year.
• Update the official state balance sheet prior to each Official Revenue Forecast and coordinate with legislative fiscal staff for agreement.
• Coordinate with Statewide Accounting on the final Agency Financial Reporting System fiscal year closing and the annual Comprehensive Financial Reporting (ACFR).
• Act as a subject matter expert for OFM in matters related to tobacco payments, including coordination with the Office of the Attorney General and the Office of the State Treasurer.
• Lead and assist all OFM budget analysts with fund balancing responsibilities during budget development, including training, maintaining the account assignment list, coordinating with OFM IT on fund balance and fiscal reports submitted to the Legislature, and general fund balance system maintenance.
• Lead the revenue allotment review process for OFM, including coordination with other budget advisors.
• Evaluate…