WCSM Budget Director

State of Washington; Olympia (WA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Telework option

Job summary

WaTech, headquartered in Olympia, WA, seeks a WCSM Budget Director (Budget Analyst 4) to provide budgeting, accounting, and financial reporting for the WCSM program. You’ll lead budget planning, forecast financial impacts, and develop executive-level reports to support agency priorities.

The role reports to the WCSM Deputy Program Director, with most work in WaTech and telework approved; onsite ten days per month in Olympia.

Qualifications

• Nine years of professional experience in budget development, execution and report development.
• Four years in public sector budgeting and accounting.
• Advanced Excel skills (Pivot tables and charts, Vlookup, IF/SumIf).
• Ability to take action to learn and grow.
• Ability to take action to meet the needs of others.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the program’s key budget analyst to executive sponsors and program leadership.
• Lead program budget planning and anticipate financial impacts aligned with priorities.
• Compile and create financial reports, analyze spending, and monitor budget.
• Analyze budget variances and maintain spending within the budget.
• Develop monthly and quarterly financial status reports and other on-demand reporting.

Skills

Budgeting

Forecasting

Advanced Excel

Financial analysis

Public sector budgeting

VLOOKUP / PivotTables

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/accounting/public administration

Tools

AFRS

Workday

ERP reporting

Apptio

Job description

WCSM Budget Director

(Budget Analyst 4)

WaTech: Leading the way in technology!

Washington Technology Solutions (WaTech) is at the forefront nationally in integrating innovative technologies that revolutionize how state services are delivered to the people of Washington. WaTech establishes the strategic technological framework for various state domains and programs, overseeing the primary technology services throughout the state.

About the opportunity:

The Workers’ Compensation Systems Modernization (WCSM) Program is a portfolio of projects with the combined task of modernizing Labor & Industries (L&I)’s systems and processes. L&I is moving from a mainframe-centric model to a cloud-first model, creating the ability to introduce new capabilities and enhance existing capabilities more easily in the future. The WCSM Program leadership is located within the WaTech Director’s Office, and the day-to-day Program team will be located in WaTech. The majority of project subject matter experts are located within the Department of Labor & Industries. This position reports to the WCSM Deputy Program Director.

The WCSM Budget Director is part of the WCSM Project Management Office’s leadership team and will provide financial management services to the WCSM Program. These services include budgeting, accounting, business analysis, rate analysis, and fiscal data and report development.

Some of what to expect with this role:

• Serve as the program’s key budget analyst to the Executive Sponsors, Program Director, Deputy Program Director, PMO Director on all budgetary concerns.
• Lead program budget planning and anticipate financial impacts to ensure aligned with program and agency priorities.
• Compile and create financial reports, analyze, and monitor budget.
• Analyze budget for actual spending, variance explanations, and work with WCSM Program leadership and staff to maintain spending within the appropriate budget.
• Adjust projections and spending plans according to actual and projected revenues and expenses.
• Analyze, forecast, and provide timely and accurate executive-level financial information for program.
• Develop and maintain the following reports for the WCSM Program: monthly and quarterly financial status reports, corrective journal entries, and other on demand reporting to support the divisional WCSM Program leadership teams, WaTech, and Legislative staffing team members.
• Analyze legislative bill for appropriations, reconcile appropriations with funding and expenditure authorities, and write fiscal notes.
• Compile and analyze for accuracy monthly, quarterly, and annual revenue & expenditure report.
• Present and lead the discussion of monthly and quarterly financial results for the WCSM Program WCSM Executive Sponsors and Program Leadership.

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Nine years of professional experience in budget development, execution and report development. A bachelor’s degree in business, accounting, public administration, or closely allied field may substitute for four years of experience.
• Four years of professional experience in public sector, budgeting, and accounting. This experience may run concurrent with the nine years of experience in budget development, execution, and report development listed above.
• Advanced Excel skills (create Pivot tables and charts, write formulas such as Vlookup, IF/SumIf)
• The ability to take action to learn and grow.
• The ability to take action to meet the needs of others

Preference may be granted to applicants with the following:

• Experience with Washington state budget processes and applications, including the appropriations cycle.
• Experience with Washington state accounting processes.
• Experience with information systems such as AFRS, Workday, ERP reporting, Apptio or other database systems.
• Experience budgeting for large technology implementation programs.
• Experience writing funding proposals, issue papers, or similar.
• Knowledge of Washington state Legislative process.
• Knowledge of SharePoint and Microsoft Teams.

Telework:

This position is approved for telework. However, the incumbent must be onsite in our Olympia, WA office ten days per month, or as requested by the supervisor and must be within driving distance to Olympia, WA.

We value diversity and different perspectives:

WaTech is committed to providing equal access and opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees. We seek to attract and retain a diverse staff and welcome your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. We invite you to include your preferred name and pronouns in your material to ensure we address you correctly throughout the application process.

What WaTech offers:

As an employee of WaTech, you’ll have access to an outstanding employee benefits package that includes medical and dental plan options for you and your family, paid leave and holidays, retirement plan options and more.

While WaTech is headquartered in Olympia, Washington, which is near some of the country’s most scenic national parks, we are able to offer many of our positions telework and flexible schedule options to help support a healthy work-life balance.

To learn more about WaTech and what our employees enjoy about working here, please visit our website.

Additional information about this role:

• This position requires a background check. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant's suitability to perform in the position and is a continued condition of employment.

Reminder

• A real person is reviewing your application material. It is in your best interest to complete the application in its entirety and review thoroughly before submitting. You will not be eligible to re-apply for this posting for 30 days.
• Applications with missing or incomplete fields, or supplemental question responses such as "see resume" may be considered incomplete and removed from consideration.
• WaTech complies with the employment eligibility verification requirements of the federal Form I-9. The selected candidate must be able to provide proof of identity and eligibility to work in the United States. WaTech does not use the E-Verify system. We are not eligible to extend STEM Optional Practice Training (OPT) opportunities. For more information, please visit https://www.uscis.gov.
• Applicants wishing to claim Veterans Preference should attach a copy of their DD-214 (Member 4 copy), NGB 22, or signed verification of service letter from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs to their application. (Please redact any personally identifiable data such as social security number and date of birth prior to submittal.)

By submitting your materials, you affirm that all information is true and correct. Any untruthful information is cause for removal from the applicant pool. If hired as a result of this recruitment, the discovery of incorrect or falsified information may lead to disciplinary action or dismissal.

Recruitment process:

The first round of application assessments will be conducted seven days after the initial job posting date. The hiring authority reserves the right to offer the position at any time after the initial seven-day job posting date. It is to the applicant's advantage to apply as early as possible.

The salary range reflected above reflects the full potential for this position. The base pay offered to the selected candidate will consider the candidate’s specific qualifying experience and internal equity of the existing team.

Contact us:

For inquiries about this position, please contact Rebekah Wilkes at [phone] or email to [e-mail]

If you’d like to request an accommodation for any part of the selection process, or to receive the application material in an alternate format, please contact Human Resources at [phone] or [e-mail]. Persons of disability or those who are deaf or hard of hearing can call the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.