Principal Budget Analyst

Overview Of Position

This position serves as a finance leader who develops and manages complex budgets and or management processes including General Fund interdependencies between Capital and Grant programs and operational processes such as annual central budget development and reporting and financial support for labor negotiations. This role also partners with Grants, Accounting and Payroll to improve, streamline, and facilitate finance processes. Assists the Budget Director Financial Management with monitoring complex department budgets and district revenues to ensure variances are identified and incorporated into total district financial management data.

Assists the Executive Budget Director with special projects in support of new district initiatives.

This position serves as a finance leader who develops and manages complex budgets and or management processes including General Fund interdependencies between Capital and Grant programs and operational processes such as annual central budget development and reporting and financial support for labor negotiations. This role also partners with Grants, Accounting and Payroll to improve, streamline, and facilitate finance processes. Assists the Budget Director Financial Management with monitoring complex department budgets and district revenues to ensure variances are identified and incorporated into total district financial management data.

Assists the Executive Budget Director with special projects in support of new district initiatives.

• Develops financial management or monitoring processes for district-wide activities such as central budget development, capital program interfaces and grants management.
• Reviews budget reporting and monitoring requirements and assists in the development, implementation, and analysis of new, revised, or proposed budget systems and reports.
• Makes recommendations to the Executive Director of Budget regarding potential major process changes.

• Analyzes complex revenue formulas and calculates revenue and expenditure trends to support informed decision making.
• Identifies major financial cost or revenue risks to the district based on program changes or proposals.
• Performs cost analysis and develops reports related to proposed program changes or new district initiatives.

• Initiates and conducts special projects in support of district goals
• Determines timelines and tasks required to achieve required outcomes and develops action plans and required tools.

• Monitors and coordinates financial interactions between the Capital Fund and General Fund
• Sets recommended budget transfer amounts and capital to general fund revenue estimates.

• Provides financial and advisory support for collective bargaining/employee agreements.
• Analyzes proposals and documents annual and multi-year contract costs and funding sources.
• Develops budget coding and processes for tracking new contract items and ensures resources are loaded into the district financial system.

• Research local economic and legislative data.
• Maintains current knowledge of State and Federal laws and regulations to assess the fiscal impact of economic and policy changes.
• Interprets District budget and finances for the public, employee groups, and other agencies.

• Selects, assigns, supervises, schedules, and evaluates the work of assigned staff.
• Advises, assists and trains assigned staff in new processes.

• Lead role in special projects including supervising the work of others.
• May perform related duties consistent with the scope and intent of the position.

Anticipates future consequences and trends accurately; brings creative ideas to market; recognizes strategic opportunities for change; creates competitive and breakthrough strategies.

• Sees ahead clearly and accurately anticipates how potential ideas may play out.
• Think[s] holistically by combining ideas in unique ways or making connection between different ideas.
• Examines and evaluates potential solutions to determine where the greatest gain can be achieved.
• Creates new ways of thinking to address complex issues.

Clearly assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions; sets clear objectives and measures; monitors process, progress, and results; designs feedback loops into work.

• Identifies people and resources necessary to accomplish tasks.
• Develops success indicators and monitors and reports status based on those indicators.
• Develops effective communication skills and tools to interact with team

Successfully mediates conflict between individuals and groups; can hammer out tough agreements and settle disputes equitably; can find common ground and obtain cooperation with minimum noise.

• Deals effectively with others in tough situations.
• Expresses disagreements in a way that does not disparage or attack others.
• Demonstrates the ability to expand areas of agreement and narrow areas of disagreement.
• Recognizes differences in…