Budget and Policy Analyst, Senior

City of Richmond; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

The City of Richmond's Department of Budget & Strategic Planning seeks a dynamic, team-oriented candidate to join its budget team. The role offers exposure to high-level financial analysis and city-wide budgeting for a nearly multi-billion-dollar budget, with opportunities to collaborate across departments and improve operations.

Ideal candidates are self-starters with excellent communication, listening, and problem-solving skills, able to work in a fast-paced government environment and

Qualifications

• Self-starter with strong communication and listening skills.
• Problem solving and critical thinking; able to work in a team.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the development of the City's multi-billion dollar budget.
• Support cross-department collaboration to address budgetary challenges and operational improvements.

Job description

** This opportunity is not to exceed a max compensation amount of $95,000/annually.**

The Department of Budget & Strategic Planning is seeking a dynamic, team-oriented, enthusiastic, and hardworking candidate to join its team! Incumbents must be self-starters, exceptional communicators and listeners, problem solvers, critical thinkers, and most importantly, team players. Incumbents will join a dynamic team of individuals, to help achieve the Department's mission, which is: To provide corporate, performance informed oversight for the development, analysis, and execution of the City's budgeting and strategic performance management processes as well as grant support to balance the needs and resources of the community.

Specifically, incumbents will play a vital team role in the development of the City's nearly multi-billion dollar budget. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to work with multiple municipal departments and employees, learning about key government operations, assisting departments in solving budgetary and financial challenges that may arise, and helping chart a course for the overall improvement in city department operations - making them more efficient, accountable, effective, and aware of local government activity