Remote Budget Analyst - Budget & Performance Insights

Jobvite, Inc.; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is seeking a Staff Budget Analyst within the Management and Budget Department in New York. This role supports the Technology Department and Budget Performance & Analysis team, reporting to a Supervising Financial Analyst, and collaborates with multiple finance groups.

The position offers exposure to the agency’s financial structures, processes, and enterprise BudgetPro tools, with opportunities for long-term career growth in a large public

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or related field.
• Or a minimum of 3 years of financial or operational analysis, accounting, and/or budgeting.
• Excellent oral and written presentation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint to analyze, track, persuade, or recommend.

Responsibilities

• Reviewing and analyzing assigned departments’ annual Budget submissions in close coordination with the client Staff Departments to ensure alignment with Budget targets, planning guidance, and agency priorities.
• Reviewing, evaluating, and presenting monthly financial performance results to ensure financial integrity and alignment with the Budget (including coordinating with the Departments to identify offsets as needed) as well as identifying emerging trends in the agency business models.
• Reviewing and analyzing resource requests and preparing recommendation(s) based on the review of agency authorization documents, including Board Items and Memorandums of Justifications and Authorizations, and other resource requests including staffing assessments, to ensure the highest and best use of agency resources and consistency with the approved Budget and agency priorities.
• Verifying that department Budget submissions are properly consolidated in BudgetPro to help prepare the annual Budget Book and other Budget presentations and memorandums for the Board of Commissioners and executive leadership.
• Coordinating with various Departments both inside and outside the Finance suite to develop Budget recommendations, ensure accurate accounting transactions, and monitor the impact of economic conditions on revenues and expenses.
• Participating in RFP committees, task forces, and other special projects to represent the agency’s financial interests.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, Public Administration, or related field

3+ years of financial or operational analysis, accounting, and budgeting

Tools

Microsoft Office

SAP

PeopleSoft

Oracle Hyperion

ICMS/Cognos

PowerBI

Job description

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is seeking a Staff Budget Analyst within the Management and Budget Department in New York. This role supports the Technology Department and Budget Performance & Analysis team, reporting to a Supervising Financial Analyst, and collaborates with multiple finance groups.

The position offers exposure to the agency’s financial structures, processes, and enterprise BudgetPro tools, with opportunities for long-term career growth in a large public