Budget Analyst (internal candidate only)

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Budget Analyst is responsible for assisting the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Budget Director (BD) with budget planning and execution, analyzing budget trends and communicating trends to program staff, and fund balance tracking and forecasting. The position is also responsible for assisting the CFO and BD with analyzing, implementing, and complying with federal and state legislation, statutes, regulations, and published guidance.

Requirements

Minimum 1 year of related work experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s Degree in a related field; work experience can be substituted for a degree, if applicable.

Responsibilities

Develop broad expertise into the Office’s budgets, operations, and statutes.
Review the Office of the Governor’s budget requests and make recommendations to the CFO and BD, based on: Justified programmatic necessity Alignment with Governor's priorities.
Assist with drafting the Office’s annual and supplemental budget submissions to the General Assembly.
Ensure accurate tracking of the Office’s budget requests and appropriations through the use of existing systems and spreadsheets.
Counsel departments in the drafting of requests for new or augmented funding.
Respond to questions from OSPB, Governor's Office leadership, legislators and legislative staff about departments' budgets and operations.
Monitor and provide written summaries of JBC meetings/hearings, and other legislative meetings/hearings.
Review and track bills with potential workload or fiscal impacts to the Office.
Assist with fiscal impact analysis of bills through the use of existing systems and spreadsheets.
Assist with the implementation of bills with fiscal impact.
Production and review of budget-to-actuals for the Office of the Governor and its constituent divisions, Office of the Lieutenant Governor and its divisions and commissions, and the Office of State Planning and Budgeting.
Counsel the Office and its departments on means of addressing programmatic needs through their available funds.
Enforce budgetary controls as mandated by the State Controller and identify budgetary issues that may violate controls.
Coordinate with accounting and program staff to resolve accounting errors and budget issues.
Coordinate with office staff to schedule budget and finance meetings with relevant stakeholders.
Review grant agreements between the Office and non-governmental organizations, and assist with required financial reporting as needed.
Track IA and grant budgets, revenue and expenditures to assist divisions and program staff with proper management of their agreements.
Collect interagency agreement revenue quarterly, or as often determined by the agreement.
Adhere to all health and safety policies in the planning and execution of activities.
Use word processing, spreadsheet, database, and scheduling software applications to prepare correspondence, plans, reports, schedules, and other documents.
Provide continuous effort to improve operations, streamline processes, and work cooperatively and jointly to provide quality customer service.
Participate in project teams as required.
Participate in conferences and workshops as required.
Other duties as requested and required.