Budget Technician

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Job Description

The duties described are for the full-performance level. At developmental grade levels, assignments will be of more limited scope, performed with less independence and limited complexity.

The duties may include, but are not limited to:

• Prepares preliminary budget data for program and program support activities, providing projections developed from historical analysis and other accepted techniques.
• Collects and compiles information to determine the annual fiscal needs for the PPQ program for use in developing operating budgets.
• Receives, records and monitors annual appropriation data and reconciles and corrects the State's financial records.
• Loads Status of Funds (SOF) database, collects data for input, updates as necessary to the SOF process.
• Verifies procurement against advance procurement plan, track procurements through Financial Modernization Management Imitative (FMMI) and SOF for proper accounting and payments.
• Assembles background materials and prepares a variety of special reports such as annualized projections and cost accounting reports, for managers to use in conducting their program activities.
• Performs review of credit card procurement activity, notifying Budget Analyst of discrepancies, problems, or unauthorized activity.
• Researches and identifies questionable funding costs for budget period, functional area, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Major Object Class (MOC).
• Prepares a variety of spreadsheet reports with financial data from various sources for use in annual budgeting process and monthly SOF reviews.