Principal Budget and Financial Analyst Job Rialto area,California USA,Finance & Banking

Definition

The City of Rialto is looking for a super‑star analyst to join a dynamic City Manager’s Office team. An ideal candidate will be a dynamic individual who is a self‑starter and problem solver, able to work in a fast‑paced environment under minimum supervision, with a positive, can‑do attitude. This person will be a team player open to different ideas and perspectives, and willing to step in and lead or contribute to a group effort, for the overall benefit of the City.

The City of Rialto is looking for an outstanding public administration professional to facilitate a number of key projects and initiatives for the City Manager.

Under administrative direction, to serve as a manager/division head within the City Manager’s Office performing a wide variety of complex/professional level administrative duties. This position will support the City Manager and Assistant City Manager in a variety of city management operations including reviewing financial projections, project management for key city council priority areas, agenda management, legislative affairs and public information related assignments.

Distinguishing

Characteristics

This is an advanced professional level “at‑will” classification which may serve as a manager/division head within a large city department; incumbents manage departmental administrative functions and perform the most complex aspects related to financial analyses, budgetary, forecasting, and related work. Incumbents are responsible for performing diverse, specialized, and complex work involving significant accountability, with a high degree of impact as a result of decisions made based upon the analyses conducted.

Positions assigned to this classification serve as a professional‑level resource for organizational, managerial, and operational financial analyses and studies. Performance of the work requires the use of considerable independence, initiative, and discretion within broad guidelines. The work frequently requires attending meetings, coordination with other departments, and making presentations to City Council. Assigned duties and responsibilities will require work to be performed during and outside of normal office hours, weekends, and holidays.

Essential

Function Statements

Essential responsibilities and duties may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Serves as a division head within the Finance Department or large city department; participates in the development and implementation of goals, objectives, policies and priorities; analyzes, recommends, develops, and administers policies and procedures to meet departmental administrative needs as well as governmental and accepted accounting reporting requirements.

Assists the department director by performing a wide range of complex professional‑level general cost accounting, financial analysis, auditing, and financial reporting work.

Participates in the preparation and administration of the City’s operating and capital improvement budgets city‑wide or at the department level; quantifies impact of budget on the City’s financial performance; submits budget recommendations; and monitors expenditures.

Performs complex administrative and financial analyses, including problem identification, selection of methodology, and evaluation of alternative solutions and presentation of findings.

Analyzes past and present financial operations and expenditures and estimates future revenues to use in preparation of the annual budget and long‑range financial forecasts.

Coordinates and provides documentation for debt issuance, regulatory disclosure compliance and debt administration.

Establishes financial controls and reviews expenditures for conformance with approved budgets; prepares and reviews reports and statements; develops operating and other statistics used for budgeting purchase and costs.

Monitors capital improvement project expenditures; maintains financial records and control of capital projects in coordination with departments or Finance (depending on assignment).

Prepares analytical and statistical reports on operations and activities including policies, procedures, methods and proposals to improve efficiency, cost…