Senior Financial Analyst - Transportation Budget & Planning

Florida Department of Transportation; Tallahassee (FL); On-site; USD 72,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Florida Department of Transportation is seeking a Financial Analyst III in Tallahassee. The role focuses on producing and validating the Program and Resource Plan, coordinating with multiple program areas, and ensuring funding aligns with state and federal requirements.

The successful candidate will analyze data, develop budgets, and present findings to management. Experience in financial modeling and reporting is essential for this position within the Office of Work Program & Budget.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of the transportation planning process.
• Knowledge of data collection methods.
• Skill in using personal computers and software, including Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to analyze legislative bills and their impact on transportation funding.
• Ability to apply and develop applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures.
• Ability to construct, analyze, and interpret financial data and models.
• Ability to solve problems relating to financing approaches.
• Ability to prepare reports and presentations.
• Ability to collect, evaluate, and analyze program performance data.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments.
• Ability to effectively communicate, both verbally and in written form, within the FDOT organization and to external business partners.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

• Perform independent work, applying analytical methods to produce, update, validate, and publish the Program and Resource Plan, which provides planned future funding levels for all the programs in the department. Coordinate with other department program areas, analyze cross-program inputs, and make recommendations to management as needed.
• Establish Schedule A fund allocations and Schedule B program targets for assigned program area offices as the department balances the program plan to available resources and ensures they are developed in compliance with State and Federal laws.
• Monitor, analyze, update, and validate data in the Target Analysis Reporting system to ensure all programmed levels remain current and accurately reflect departmental priorities. Update and publish Schedule B targets. Analyze programmed projects to confirm alignment with funding and performance targets, and apply problem-solving approaches to recommend solutions to management.
• Prepare strategic graphic presentations and data-driven recommendations for assigned program areas for management.
• Develop, update, and publish District Program and Resource Plans, Advance Construction Program and Resource Plans, and Five-Year Work Program Charts.
• Develop the Florida Transportation Commission tentative work program review charts and associated analytical back-up data.
• Analyze and validate large data sets, correlate information between multiple systems, develop performance reports, and recommend innovative or service improvements for the:
• Office of Maintenance annual spending level recommendations presented to the Executive team by applying analytical methods to identify and resolve discrepancies to protect program integrity and reliability; ensuring approved spending levels remain accurate and meet users needs; and maintaining alignment with levels approved by the Executive Team.
• Statewide annual bridge inventory and Bridge Work Plan used to develop funding recommendations for Executive Team consideration. Develop statewide bridge repair and rehabilitation funding levels for Schedule A allocations through coordination with bridge program managers to ensure program plans are balance with available resources. Apply insights of data analyzed to develop recommendations for the Executive Team and inclusion in the Program and Resource Plan
• Update the statewide in-house (operating) levels in the Program and Resource Plan after each snapshot, ensuring data remains current and validated.
• Serve as a backup to management in developing, updating, validating, and managing complex models for predicting future program performance trends and characteristics.
• Apply program logic and technical understanding of the department’s program areas to maintain the integrity of the Program Plan,Work Program, and Budget crosswalk.
• Assist management in the evaluations, status reporting, and presentations related to the Program and Resource Plan performance.

Skills

Transportation planning knowledge

Data collection methods

PC skills: Word & Excel

Ability to analyze legislation

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Florida Department of Transportation is seeking a Financial Analyst III in Tallahassee. The role focuses on producing and validating the Program and Resource Plan, coordinating with multiple program areas, and ensuring funding aligns with state and federal requirements.

The successful candidate will analyze data, develop budgets, and present findings to management. Experience in financial modeling and reporting is essential for this position within the Office of Work Program & Budget.