Strategic Public Budget Analyst

City of Grand Rapids; Grand Rapids (MI); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision starting 1

Paid Holidays

Paid Vacation and Sick Time

Tuition Reimbursement and PD

Paid Parental Leave

Employee Assistance Program

Wellness program

Job summary

City of Grand Rapids seeks a Budget Analyst to provide budget preparation, analysis, and evaluation services to City Management. You will prepare preliminary and final Fiscal Plan documents, assist City Departments, and support special projects as assigned by the CFO.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or public administration, economics or related field, plus two years of professional experience in budgeting and government accounting.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or public administration, economics or related field.
• Two years of progressively responsible professional experience in budget planning and analysis, governmental accounting or related field.
• Any combination of equivalent training and experience.

Responsibilities

• Designs and prepares budget planning instructions for revenue, capital and operating requests.
• Researches, compiles and verifies accuracy of financial data and incorporate into the Fiscal Plan.
• Creates statistical graphs based on budgetary data for Financial Overview.
• Compiles debt schedules and coordinates assembly of Fiscal Plan.
• Manages and maintains Budget Amendment database year-round.
• Researches and compiles detailed financial data into a user-friendly format for analytical purposes.

Skills

Budget planning

Financial analysis

Report writing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Public administration

Job description

City of Grand Rapids seeks a Budget Analyst to provide budget preparation, analysis, and evaluation services to City Management. You will prepare preliminary and final Fiscal Plan documents, assist City Departments, and support special projects as assigned by the CFO.

The role requires a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, or public administration, economics or related field, plus two years of professional experience in budgeting and government accounting.