Department Budget Analyst - Dallas Water Utilities (civil Service)

Departmental Budget Analyst

Assists in developing, preparing and administering a departmental budget providing financial analysis and monitoring to ensure effective oversight and financial management of funds.

The Departmental Budget Analyst provides sound financial research, analysis, and evaluation to make recommendations on departmental budget ensuring effective control of expenditures and available funds.

Essential Functions

• Assists in the preparation of the annual operating budget including capital, grants, community development, or trusts; prepares budget documents that reflect accurate expenditures and operating costs.
• Performs special projects and responds to requests for financial information; creates complex statistical forecasting models, historical trend analysis and other financial projection methods to provide management appropriate information.
• Prepares routine monthly, quarterly, and annual reports such as cost analysis, performance data, financial target analysis, and expenditure and revenue status reports to provide appropriate monitoring for effective decision making.
• Reviews and evaluates council agenda items for appropriate financial and budgetary data; coordinates with departmental staff for resolution of problems; coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff; assists in the oversight and financial management for capital, grant, and trust programs to ensure strategic financial planning.
• Communicates with city departments, managers, auditors, and service providers to obtain or provide information, integrate activities and resolve problems such as reconciling department submissions with approved budgets.
• Prepares and processes financial system transactions such as overseeing the payments for and services received by a department to ensure proper procedures are followed; supervises cash deposits, receivables, payables, and general revenues; performs account reconciliation, grant fund reimbursements and other accounting activities.
• Coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff including providing instructions, reviewing for technical accuracy, completeness, and adherence to established procedures, format and guidelines.
• Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned.

Knowledge and Skills

• Knowledge of automated accounting programs and ability to use spreadsheets and other programs.
• Knowledge of financial, accounting, and budgeting principles and practices.
• Ability to analyze complex policy, financial, and organizational issues.
• Knowledge of City policies and procedures.
• Ability to research financial metrics, forecast future requirements, analyze budget, and make recommendations.
• Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.

Minimum Qualifications

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in an accounting, public administration, finance or business field.

Experience:

• Three (3) years of experience in financial analysis, budget planning/monitoring or professional accounting.

Equivalences:

• High school diploma or GED plus seven (7) years of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Associate degree in any field plus five (5) years of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in a non-specified field plus five (5) years of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Master's degree (or higher) in a specified field plus one (1) year of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.

Other Requirements:

• Requires PC skills for spreadsheet analysis, report preparation, research and utilizing Advantage Financial Systems (AMS).

Salary Range

$60,564.09 - $73,523.75

The salary listed on this job posting is the starting salary range; amount offered will depend upon qualifications.

City of Dallas is an Equal Opportunity Employer and values diversity at all levels of its workforce.