Budget Manager

Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico; San Juan (PR); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Financial Oversight & Management Board for Puerto Rico is seeking a Budget Manager to oversee the budgeting process, align it with the Certified Fiscal Plan, and monitor implementation across government agencies. The role involves collaborating with department heads, tracking liquidity, and advising senior leadership.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years in government budgeting, strong analytical skills, and proven supervisory experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; Master’s degree preferred; CPA preferable.
• A minimum of 3–5 years of government sector experience.
• Staff supervisory responsibilities experience.
• Strong knowledge of budgeting processes, financial reporting, monitoring and analysis techniques.
• Ability to communicate effectively in English and Spanish.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and ensure the annual budget process aligns with the Certified Fiscal Plan.
• Coordinate with department heads to gather budgetary needs, consolidate departmental budgets, and analyze them for trends, variances, and risks.
• Track liquidity and prepare communications for the Director, Executive Director, and Board, providing recommendations and addressing budgetary challenges.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, resolve budget-related issues, and seek cost-saving opportunities while keeping projects within budget.
• Review and revise the Fiscal Plan as necessary, collaborating with advisors to ensure robustness and relevance.
• Mentor staff in implementing operational and financial measures, fostering a positive work environment.
• Collaborate with the communications team to share key messages with stakeholders and communicate important milestones and policy decisions to the Director.
• Supervise staff to ensure compliance with project milestones and meet with advisors on related project implementations.
• Perform other operational tasks as needed or required.

Skills

Budgeting

Financial reporting

Financial analysis

Leadership

Bilingual EN/ES

Deadline management

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s in accounting or finance

Master’s degree preferred

CPA preferred

Job description

Job Description
The Budget Manager is responsible for overseeing FOMBs budgeting process, including the development, implementation, and monitoring of budgets. This role involves working closely with senior management and various departments to ensure accurate financial planning and adherence to the Fiscal Plan.

• Develop, review, and ensure the annual budget process aligns with the Certified Fiscal Plan while monitoring its implementation across government agencies.
• Coordinate with department heads to gather budgetary needs, consolidate departmental budgets, and analyze them for trends, variances, and risks.
• Track liquidity and prepare communications for the Director, Executive Director, and Board, providing recommendations and addressing budgetary challenges.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, resolve budget-related issues, and seek cost-saving opportunities while ensuring projects remain within budget.
• Review and revise the Fiscal Plan as necessary, collaborating with advisors to ensure its robustness and relevance.
• Mentor staff in implementing operational and financial measures, fostering a positive work environment that encourages goal achievement.
• Collaborate with the communications team to share key messages with stakeholders and communicate important milestones and policy decisions to the Director.
• Supervise staff to ensure compliance with project milestones and meet with advisors on related project implementations.
• Perform other operational tasks as needed or required.

Job Description
The Budget Manager is responsible for overseeing FOMBs budgeting process, including the development, implementation, and monitoring of budgets. This role involves working closely with senior management and various departments to ensure accurate financial planning and adherence to the Fiscal Plan.

Essential Role And Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and ensure the annual budget process aligns with the Certified Fiscal Plan while monitoring its implementation across government agencies.
• Coordinate with department heads to gather budgetary needs, consolidate departmental budgets, and analyze them for trends, variances, and risks.
• Track liquidity and prepare communications for the Director, Executive Director, and Board, providing recommendations and addressing budgetary challenges.
• Ensure adherence to financial policies, resolve budget-related issues, and seek cost-saving opportunities while ensuring projects remain within budget.
• Review and revise the Fiscal Plan as necessary, collaborating with advisors to ensure its robustness and relevance.
• Mentor staff in implementing operational and financial measures, fostering a positive work environment that encourages goal achievement.
• Collaborate with the communications team to share key messages with stakeholders and communicate important milestones and policy decisions to the Director.
• Supervise staff to ensure compliance with project milestones and meet with advisors on related project implementations.
• Perform other operational tasks as needed or required.

Key Relationships
Daily contact with the Directors, and staff to achieve the objectives of PROMESA.
Frequent contact with advisors, government agencies, attorneys and other stakeholders as needed.

Supervisory Responsibilities
This position may supervise Associates or Senior Associates.

Requirements for the position
The individual must be capable of performing each essential task satisfactorily. The following requirements represent the required knowledge, skills, and/or capacity. Reasonable accommodation may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks.

Education and Experience

• Minimum of a bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance; Master’s degrees in related field preferred; CPA preferable.
• A minimum of 3 - 5 years of specific combined experience working in the government sector is preferred.
• Staff supervisory responsibilities experience
• Strong knowledge of budgeting processes, financial reporting, financial monitoring and financial analysis techniques; analytical and financial planning experience

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to develop, manage, and analyze budgets to align with organizational goals, along with proficiency in preparing detailed financial reports and identifying trends and variances in complex data.
• Strong analytical abilities to address challenges and apply problem-solving judgment to critical business issues.
• Demonstrates leadership, integrity, and creativity while effectively communicating in both English and Spanish, engaging flexibly with team members and stakeholders.
• Ability to meet deadlines, develop actionable plans, prioritize workload, and handle complex and confidential information discreetly.
• Establishes and maintains positive working relationships with co-workers and external stakeholders, adapting to the dynamic demands of the role.
• Excellent reading and comprehension skills for understanding complex information, with a readiness to take on additional tasks as required.

Additional Information
Physical Demands
The physical demands described herein represent those to be fulfilled by an employee to successfully perform the essential tasks of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be reached to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks. While carrying out the tasks of this position, the employee is normally sitting, using his hands to hold or feel and grasp objects; the employee will often stand, walk, talk, and listen. Specific vision skills required for this job include close-up and color vision.

Working environment
The features of the working environment described herein represent those found by the employee while performing the essential tasks of the job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to allow individuals with disabilities to perform essential tasks. While carrying out tasks in this job, the employee is not exposed to the environmental conditions of work. Noise levels in the workplace are generally low.

Health, safety, and environmental requirements
The occupant of this position must strictly comply with all health, safety and environmental policies and procedures and must actively participate in related activities of the organization. The occupant of this position will also be trained in any specific procedures and regulations applicable to the position, if needed. This description is based on a management evaluation made in accordance with the requirements and tasks of the position as of the date of preparation of the description. This description is a general guide for the employees, managers, and colleagues, and does not include an exhaustive list of all elements and details of the job. Management reserves the right to modify this description at any time or change the tasks and responsibilities on a temporary or open-ended basis to meet objectives, timetables and recruiting goals.