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Weld County Government Fiscal/Budget Analyst in Greeley, Colorado
Under the CFO, the Fiscal Analyst participates in preparing budgets, monitoring, and advising management on fiscal operations, analyzing financial data, and developing fiscal resources, such as grants. The Fiscal Analyst tracks financial information, analyzes data to identify discrepancies or trends, forecasts revenues and expenditures, calculates costs/benefits, and recommends alternatives impacting the county s overall fiscal position. Use information technology to analyze, compile and write standard financial and budget-related reports is critical for this role.
$93,262.03 - $118,141.55 annually, plus benefits (see benefits tab on the job posting).
As an applicant for this position, you should be aware of Senate Bill 19-085, the Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The act requires employers to announce the pay range for job openings. This range encompasses the nine pay steps available should you receive the position and demonstrate satisfactory performance over time.
This position is exempt from the minimum wage and overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act and is therefore ineligible for overtime pay.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Preparing Annual Budget (25%): - Participate in preparation of Weld County s budget by coordinating work with the CFO, Budget Manager, and others in the organization - Work with departments to assess program budgetary needs and develop budget narratives - Review complex budgetary requests for completeness, verify estimates, and summarize budgetary requests and reports for review by management - Assist in balancing revenue and expenditure requests, preparing current annual budget estimates, and preparing long-term financial forecasts - Use modeling tools or assist in the development of modeling tools used in the budget process - Participate in rate-setting process for budgeting and for introduction of new services - Perform cost-benefit analyses for projects or programs - Prepare budget reports and budget entries - Assist in preparing supplemental budget requests throughout the year - Exercise discretion and judgment in making recommendations
Monitoring and Analysis of Fiscal Data (50%): - Monitor revenue and expenditures during the year to verify compliance with budget appropriations - Analyze and evaluate a variety of fiscal statements and statistical reports and explains the spending implications to administrators; alerts senior managers when their individual budgets are developing trends that could lead to deficits - Work with departments to understand budget status and explain any budget variances - Prepare revenue, expenditure, and fund balance projections based on year-to-date receipts/expenditures - Coordinate with management to gather, analyze and summarize personnel cost data for use in financial forecasting - Create, apply, and monitor budgetary performance goals to measure the financial efficiency and program effectiveness of complex agency and services - Analyze, develop recommendations, and report on policy, management and programmatic issues having budgetary implications
Fiscal Reporting (10%): - Prepare, analyze, and distribute various financial and fiscal reports and statements for internal and external use - Retrieve data from various sources to produce reports - Implement and maintain desktop software applications related to managing the status of and preparing the annual budget - Design, test, and maintain Excel spreadsheets and graphs - Give technical assistance to others in use of financial monitoring and reporting system - Maintain and recommend improvements to ERP b dget and finance system
Process Improvement (10%): - Develop and/or recommend procedures to improve fiscal operations - Attend meetings and assist with financial studies and participate in meetings as a representative of the Finance Department - Assess needs and assist in the development of data-based tools to aid in strategic management of budget activities. Initiate continuous improvement methodologies, including research, analysis, reporting, and customer feedback to ensure improvements are effectively applied to the budget process.
Other Duties as Assigned (5%)
Qualifications REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: - Bachelor s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, or related field - Three or more years of progressively responsible experience, preferably in a public government setting... for full information follow application link.