Capital Budget Lead - Wastewater Treatment

King County Water and Land Resources Division -WA; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 208,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

This position is a capital budget lead within the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County, Seattle, WA. You will input appropriation requests for capital projects and monitor balances against forecasts, while serving on oversight boards and preparing financial plans for legislative submittals.

Working as a SME on prioritization processes and capital budget impacts, you will collaborate with portfolio, planning, and analysis units to drive prudent stewardship of ratepayer funds in a hybrid

Qualifications

• Advanced skill in creating high-quality presentation materials.
• Experience performing financial scenario analysis and communicating impacts to stakeholders.
• Ability to interpret and apply financial codes and policies and provide strategic guidance to partners.
• Experience developing and reviewing budgets for government agencies.
• Advanced analytical skills including use of Microsoft Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the capital biennial and supplemental budget submittals including the calculation of appropriation requests and coordination and review of project team narratives.
• Serve as lead author and coordinator of capital dialogue submittals during biennial budget development.
• Provide strategic recommendations and guidance to governance boards, project teams, finance and portfolio staff as well as WTD leadership on king county financial code pertaining to the capital improvement program and appropriation.
• Assist finance and portfolio staff with analysis of various sewer rate and budget scenarios including capital impacts.
• Create succinct presentation materials for capital budget updates.
• Serve as SME on the (capital) delivery board and voting member on the project oversight board.
• Calculating the annual burden rate for capital labor based on forecasted indirect costs and performing year-end reconciliation as well as ongoing monitoring and reporting for appropriate, capitalizable, indirect costs.
• Other duties as assigned

Skills

Capital budgeting

Budget analysis

Financial codes & policy

Government budgeting

Excel proficiency

Job description

This position is a capital budget lead within the Wastewater Treatment Division of King County, Seattle, WA. You will input appropriation requests for capital projects and monitor balances against forecasts, while serving on oversight boards and preparing financial plans for legislative submittals.

Working as a SME on prioritization processes and capital budget impacts, you will collaborate with portfolio, planning, and analysis units to drive prudent stewardship of ratepayer funds in a hybrid