[Hiring] Senior Budget Analyst @Arizona Department of Administration

Role Description

The Business & Finance Unit is currently seeking a highly qualified Budget Analyst, Senior. This role reports to the Budget Manager and is responsible for the comprehensive financial management of the agency's resources, including federal funding.

• Financial Planning and Forecasting: Overseeing financial planning, monitoring, and analysis. This involves collaborating with the Accounts Receivable department to forecast revenue and meeting with fund stewards and program management to project expenditures.
• Fund Health Assessment: Utilizing revenue and expenditure forecasts to determine cash balances and assess the overall financial health of the agency's funds.
• Budgetary Expertise: Providing budgetary expertise for all funds, requiring a thorough understanding of each fund's legislation, history, program scope, and federal funding sources.
• Reporting and Data Integrity: Ensuring data integrity and performing financial and statistical analysis to support reporting for all levels of management.

This position is available for remote work on a full-time basis within Arizona (including virtual office arrangements).

Qualifications

• Government accounting and budgeting principles, forecasting, resource allocation, and planning.
• Funding mechanisms (appropriations, grants, fee-based) for complex governmental financial operations.
• Federal regulations, Arizona Revised Statutes, and agency/State policies and procedures.
• Researching and compiling information.
• Applicable State statutes, rules, and regulations concerning the Department and section.
• State government and department organizational structure.
• Confidentiality.
• Microsoft Office and G-Suite/Workplace.

Requirements

• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and data analysis skills, including using financial systems and software.
• Proficient in process improvement.
• Excellent verbal and written communication of budget issues and financial information to all staff levels.
• Effective time management.
• Strong fact-gathering, statistical and abstract analysis skills.
• Excellent customer service for internal and external customers.

Benefits

• 10 paid holidays per year
• Accrual of sick and annual leave beginning at 12 and 13 days per year respectively for full-time employees
• Paid Parental Leave - Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• A top-ranked retirement program with lifetime pension benefits
• A robust and affordable insurance plan to include medical, dental, life, short-term and long-term disability
• An incentivized commuter club and public transportation subsidy program
• We promote the importance of work/life balance by offering workplace flexibility
• We offer a variety of learning and career development opportunities