Budget Manager

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The Budget Manager oversees FOMB’s budgeting process, including development, implementation, and monitoring of budgets. This role involves working closely with senior management and various departments to ensure accurate financial planning and adherence to the Fiscal Plan.

• Develop, review, and ensure the annual budget process aligns with the Certified Fiscal Plan while monitoring its implementation across government agencies.
• Coordinate with department heads to gather budgetary needs, consolidate departmental budgets, and analyze them for trends, variances, and risks.
• Track liquidity and prepare communications for the Director, Executive Director, and Board, providing recommendations and addressing budgetary challenges.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, resolve budget-related issues, and seek cost‑saving opportunities while ensuring projects remain within budget.
• Review and revise the Fiscal Plan as necessary, collaborating with advisors to ensure its robustness and relevance.
• Mentor staff in implementing operational and financial measures, fostering a positive work environment that encourages goal achievement.
• Collaborate with the communications team to share key messages with stakeholders and communicate important milestones and policy decisions to the Director.
• Supervise staff to ensure compliance with project milestones and meet with advisors on related project implementations.
• Perform other operational tasks as needed or required.

• Daily contact with the Directors and staff to achieve the objectives of PROMESA.
• Frequent contact with advisors, government agencies, attorneys and other stakeholders as needed.

This position may supervise Associates or Senior Associates.

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance;
  Master’s degree preferred; CPA preferable.
• Minimum of 3-5 years of specific combined experience working in the government sector.
• Experience with staff supervisory responsibilities.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting processes, financial reporting, financial monitoring and financial analysis techniques; analytical and financial planning experience.

• Ability to develop, manage, and analyze budgets to align with organizational goals, along with proficiency in preparing detailed financial reports and identifying trends and variances in complex data.
• Strong analytical abilities to address challenges and apply problem‑solving judgment to critical business issues.
• Demonstrates leadership, integrity, and creativity while effectively communicating in both English and Spanish, engaging flexibly with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to meet deadlines, develop actionable plans, prioritize workload, and handle complex and confidential information discreetly.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with co‑workers and external stakeholders, adapting to the dynamic demands of the role.
• Excellent reading and comprehension skills for understanding complex information, with a readiness to take on additional tasks as required.

Physical Demands:
The physical demands described herein represent those to be fulfilled by an employee to successfully perform the essential tasks of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be reached to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks. While carrying out tasks in this job, the employee is normally sitting, using his hands to hold or feel and grasp objects; the employee will often stand, walk, talk, and listen.

Specific vision skills required for this job include close‑up and color vision.

Working Environment:
The features of the working environment described herein represent those found by the employee while performing the essential tasks of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks. While carrying out tasks in this job, the employee is not…