Strategic Budget & Forecast Analyst

City of Dallas; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 61,000 - 74,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive benefits

Growth opportunities

Vibrant work culture

Job summary

The City of Dallas offers a meaningful career with purpose, competitive benefits, growth opportunities, and a culture of service. The Budget Analyst assists in developing, preparing and administering the departmental budget with financial analysis to ensure effective oversight and management of funds.

This role provides sound financial research, analysis, and evaluation to make recommendations on departmental budgets and ensures proper control of expenditures and available funds for city

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, public administration, finance or business.
• Three (3) years of experience in financial analysis, budget planning/monitoring or professional accounting.
• Ability to use automated accounting programs and spreadsheets.

Responsibilities

• Assist in preparing the annual operating budget including capital, grants, community development, or trusts; prepares budget documents that reflect accurate expenditures and operating costs.
• Creates complex statistical forecasting models, historical trend analysis and other financial projection methods to provide management appropriate information.
• Prepares routine monthly, quarterly, and annual reports such as cost analysis, performance data, financial target analysis, and expenditure and revenue status reports to provide appropriate monitoring for effective decision making.
• Reviews and evaluates council agenda items for appropriate financial and budgetary data; coordinates with departmental staff for resolution of problems; coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff; assists in the oversight and financial management for capital, grant, and trust programs to ensure strategic financial planning.
• Communicates with city departments, managers, auditors, and service providers to obtain or provide information, integrate activities and resolve problems such as reconciling department submissions with approved budgets.
• Prepares and processes financial system transactions such as overseeing the payments for and services received by a department to ensure proper procedures are followed; supervises cash deposits, receivables, payables, and general revenues; performs account reconciliation, grant fund reimbursements and other accounting activities.
• Coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff including providing instructions, reviewing for technical accuracy, completeness, and adherence to established procedures, format and guidelines.
• Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned.

Skills

Budget analysis

Financial forecasting

Spreadsheets

Accounting concepts

Policy analysis

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting, public administration, finance or business

Tools

Excel

Advantage Financial Systems (AMS)

Job description

The City of Dallas offers a meaningful career with purpose, competitive benefits, growth opportunities, and a culture of service. The Budget Analyst assists in developing, preparing and administering the departmental budget with financial analysis to ensure effective oversight and management of funds.

This role provides sound financial research, analysis, and evaluation to make recommendations on departmental budgets and ensures proper control of expenditures and available funds for city