Budget Analyst

Virginia Information Technologies Agency•Richmond, VA

2d•$69,863 - $72,450•Onsite

About The Position

The Virginia Department of Health is seeking a Budget Analyst to act as the principal analyst for assigned areas. This role involves conducting fiscal, programmatic, and policy analysis and research into budgets. The analyst will develop recommendations for operating budgets, conduct efficient and effective research, identify problems, and assist with work units and projects. The position also involves identifying opportunities to improve program effectiveness and efficiency, ensuring AOPs meet funding and manpower ceilings, and documenting recommendations. Additionally, the role includes consulting with OBM on proposed legislation, providing data for budget allocations, formulating year-end balance projections, forecasting revenue, evaluating program activities, and maintaining budget reports. The analyst will also assist with technical aspects of files and databases, prepare programmatic and technical instructions, and communicate problems and opportunities to OBM.

Requirements

Experience conducting financial analysis, expenditure trend analysis, and programmatic fiscal review.
Knowledge of policies and procedures for finance and budget administration with complex funding sources.
Experience conducting data analysis and developing financial projections.
Experience analyzing and interpreting a variety of complex documents to reach conclusions, developing solutions and present recommendations.
Excellent organization and time management skills to manage multiple projects and work assignments, meet critical deadlines, adapt to frequent priority and instruction changes, and ensure accuracy and thoroughness in work products.
Ability to conduct policy, budget, performance and issue analyses, interpret and project fiscal/programmatic data, and develop creative recommendations.
Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing.
Experienced in Microsoft Office with advanced proficiency in Excel.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience analyzing and preparing budget documents for a large agency with a complex budget and accounting system.

Responsibilities

Acts as principal analyst for assigned areas and conducts fiscal, programmatic and policy analysis and research into budgets.
Performs all budget and program analysis with guidance from OBM management develops recommendations for operating budgets that follow all policies and procedures; conducts efficient and effective research and analysis to develop thorough knowledge of assigned areas.
Strives to identify problems in assigned units and follows through to develop recommendations.
Takes initiative to assist with work units and projects.
Identifies opportunities to improve effectiveness and efficiency of programs for assigned agencies.
Ensures AOPs meet funding and manpower ceilings.
Documents recommendations and prepares workpapers; budget and policy recommendations are timely and accurate.
Consults with OBM to provide timely review of proposed legislation; highlights issues; provide recommendations.
Attend appropriate meetings.
Assist with coordination of proposed legislation.
Provides data required to determine allocations of program budget targets and yearly allocations to offices/districts.
Works in cooperation with office/districts to formulate year-end balance projections.
Communicates final year-end balance projections.
Forecast non-general funds revenue, historical collections and changes in policies.
Evaluates current and proposed program activities for impact of policies and cost.
Compiles information into report for easy access.
Maintains budget reports to capture data elements.
Uses downloaded expenditure data to manipulate data to conduct analysis.
Develops and maintains spreadsheets and databases.
Assist with technical aspects of files and databases by preparing instructions.
Prepare programmatic and technical instructions related to budgets.
Inform OBM of problems and opportunities.
Complies and updates a descriptive reference document for each program/district that contains pertinent data.
Participates in group meetings; conducts verbal briefings.
Prepare materials for OBM that are clear and consistent.

Benefits

Confirmation of receipt when application and/or résumé is submitted successfully.
Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify.
Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.
Policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions.
Shared Code of Ethics.
Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card) submission before the closing date for this position.
VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply (V3 employer).
Encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process.
AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impied (DBVI) for Alternative Hiring Process consideration.
Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter.
Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still be used as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.