City Budget Manager

Eagle Mountain City; Eagle Mountain (UT); Vor Ort; USD 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Eagle Mountain City is seeking a Management Analyst to lead budgeting and financial planning across multiple funds, including capital planning and revenue forecasting. The role requires developing advanced models, dashboards, and reports to support executive decisions and public accountability.

The position supervises analysts, coordinates annual budget development, and ensures adherence to fiscal regulations and organizational policies. A local government background is highly valued.

Qualifikationen

• Master's degree in Public Administration with emphasis in Local Government, Finance, or related field; foreign equivalence accepted.
• Three (3) years experience as a Management Analyst in local government (population >50,000) or comparable environment with multi-fund accounting.
• Ability to analyze financial data, develop forecasts, and communicate recommendations clearly in writing.
• Ability to present complex financial information in public settings.
• Experience preparing financial reports and dashboards using BI tools pulling data from enterprise financial systems.

Aufgaben

• Manage budgeting and financial planning for enterprise funds (water, wastewater, storm water).
• Supervise budget/finance analysts and coordinate the annual operating and capital budget process.
• Analyze budget proposals across General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Internal Service Funds, and Enterprise Funds.
• Prepare cost analyses, revenue projections, and multi-year budget forecasts.
• Develop dashboards and reporting solutions using Power BI for monitoring and decision support.
• Ensure compliance with fiscal regulations and accounting standards.

Kenntnisse

Budgeting

Forecasting

Financial analysis

Variance analysis

Report writing

Public presentation

Ausbildung

Master's degree in Public Administration (local government/finance)

Tools

Power BI

ERP system

Jobbeschreibung

Duties: Manages budgeting and financial planning for enterprise funds (water, wastewater, storm water), including revenue and rate-support analysis as assigned. Supervises management/budget/finance analysts. Coordinate and administer the organization's annual operating and capital budget development process within a complex, multi-fund governmental accounting environment, including establishment of budget instructions, timelines, analytical frameworks, and consolidation of departmental submissions. Analyze departmental budget proposals across General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Internal Service Funds, and Enterprise Funds to validate financial assumptions, evaluate programmatic and operational impacts, and ensure compliance with adopted fiscal policies and budgetary constraints. Prepare advanced cost analyses, revenue projections, and comparative financial evaluations to support fund-level and organization-wide budget planning and decision-making. Develop, maintain, and enhance multi-year budget forecasts and financial models incorporating historical fund data, interfund activities, economic indicators, and long-term expenditure and revenue trends. Perform detailed variance analyses comparing budgeted and actual revenues and expenditures by fund, identify material deviations, and formulate recommendations for budgetary adjustments and financial corrective actions. Monitor budget execution throughout the fiscal year to ensure expenditures, transfers, and fund balances remain in compliance with adopted appropriations, fiscal controls, and applicable governmental accounting standards. Design, develop, and maintain advanced financial dashboards and analytical reporting solutions utilizing Microsoft Power BI to support budget monitoring, forecasting, and executive-level decision support. Configure and maintain data integrations for financial dashboards using application programming interfaces (APIs) and data connections to the organization's enterprise resource planning (ERP) system and other internal financial and operational systems. Prepare comprehensive budget reports, financial schedules, and presentations translating complex multi-fund financial data for executive leadership, governing bodies, and public stakeholders. Serve as a subject-matter expert providing technical guidance to departments regarding fund structure, budget development practices, forecasting assumptions, cost allocation methodologies, and effective use of financial reporting tools. Serves on various boards, councils, committees, or task forces to coordinate agency activities and facilitate agency goals and initiatives. Monitors budget performance and prepare variance analyses; recommends corrective actions based on updated projections and observed financial trends. Ensures compliance with federal, state, and local fiscal regulations, governmental accounting standards, and internal control requirements.- Utah Fiscal Procedures Act replacement.

Requirements: Master's degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Local Government, Finance, or a related degree. Foreign equivalent degree accepted. Three (3) years experience as a Management Analyst in a local government (with a population greater than 50,000) or comparable governmental or non-profit environment, which includes experience in analysis in a multifund governmental accounting environment, developing multi-year budget forecasts and financial models, and budget monitoring in the public sector. Demonstrated ability to analyze financial data, develop forecasts, and communicate recommendations clearly in writing. Demonstrated ability to present complex financial information in a public setting. Demonstrated ability to prepare financial reports and dashboards using business intelligence tools drawing data from enterprise financial systems. Demonstrated knowledge of municipal budgeting and financial planning, including fund-based budgeting and capital planning. Demonstrated knowledge of Utah municipal fiscal procedures applicable to cities.