Budget Analyst (Fiscal Analyst 2) – Two Openings

State of Oregon • Portland, OR

21h • Hybrid

About The Position

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is seeking two full-time Budget Analysts (Fiscal Analyst 2) to join their team in Portland, Oregon. DEQ is the primary regulatory agency responsible for protecting and enhancing Oregon's natural resources. The Central Services Division (CSD) supports the agency's mission by providing essential management services, including accounting and budgeting. Within Financial Services, the Budget Section is responsible for preparing the agency's biennial budget, monitoring expenditures, performing fiscal analysis of legislation, responding to Emergency Board requests, and developing budget implementation plans, forecasts, and cash management updates. DEQ manages complex budgets with multiple legislative budgets, operating sub-program areas, and numerous funding sources and cash accounts. This role involves analyzing and forecasting revenue and expenditure trends, reviewing accounting data, preparing fiscal status reports, and analyzing employee time charging.

Requirements

• 5 years of progressively responsible experience that included the preparation, analysis, and administration of a budget or fiscal system; OR
• 5 years of professional-level experience in accounting, fiscal auditing, management, or program analysis, some of which must have included modeling, forecasting, and analyzing fiscal information; OR
• Successful completion of the Department of Administrative Services Budget and Management Public Administrative Trainee Program
• A Bachelor’s degree in business, public or non-profit management, finance, accounting, public policy, political science, public administration, economics, or a related degree may substitute for 3 years of the required experience.
• A graduate-level degree in any of the above areas may substitute for 4 of the 5 years of experience needed.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated understanding of environmental justice and the historical impacts for marginalized and underrepresented communities.
• Ability to take personal responsibility for increasing their knowledge of environmental justice and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Proactive approach to professional development and a proven ability to seek out new methodologies and tools to improve workflow efficiency and personal performance.
• Experience working with complex cost structures with multiple fund sources.
• Advanced skill in MS Excel, MS Access, and PowerBI.
• Experience with integration of complex financial systems.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and customer service skills; ability to use tact, diplomacy, and good judgment to communicate clearly and effectively with employees at all levels, sometimes in stressful situations, and often to ensure compliance with laws, rules, and regulations.
• Ability to use critical thinking and analytical skills to form independent judgment, initiative, and decision-making; ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
• Ability to prioritize workload to meet changing priorities, complicated assignments, and tight deadlines.
• Experience with applying for federal grants and administration of a grants program.
• Experience using data query tools to pull financial data from data warehouses such as OBIEE, Excel, and Power BI.
• Ability to apply analytical skills to review and forecast expenditures, including experience identifying necessary data and creation of necessary tools.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all phases of budget development and execution for assigned program areas.
• Maintain a general knowledge of all agency program budgets.
• Analyze and forecast revenue and expenditure trends, capital outlay, and program modifications.
• Review and analyze accounting data and spreadsheets to prepare fiscal status reports.
• Compare actual expenditures and projections to operating budget and legislative budgets.
• Review and analyze employee time charging, identifying potential incorrect charges and taking appropriate action.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans for the employee and their qualified family members
• Paid sick leave
• Vacation leave
• Personal leave
• 11 paid holidays a year
• Membership in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)
• Opportunity to potentially receive loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level