Budget Analyst

Navajo Tribal Utility Authority•Fort Defiance, AZ

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About The Position

The Budget Analyst position involves reviewing purchase requisitions for budgetary and regulatory compliance, reconciling accounts payable payments, and assisting programs with budget modifications. This role also includes examining and investigating expenditures, preparing journal entries, and generating monthly operating expenditure reports for management staff and the Management Board. The analyst will participate in formulating the capital budget, review operating budgets to analyze trends, and consult with department directors to ensure adjustments align with long-term planning. Additionally, the position requires preparing and presenting reports on resources, expenditures, and projected balances, compiling data for statistical studies, and analyzing past and current operations to prepare budgets and justify funding requests. The role also involves preparing comparative analyses of operations, assisting with the Employee Compensation Budget in conjunction with Human Resources, maintaining records of expenses and budget balances, and aiding in the implementation of budgetary control systems. The Budget Analyst will also organize budgetary data for audits, respond to audit questions, and prepare various financial reports, including monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports, adjusted trial balances, and year-end closings. The position also includes drafting roll-forward schedules, reconciling to the general ledger, and performing other assigned duties. Navajo Preference and Navajo Veteran Preference are noted, and the institution is an equal opportunity provider and employer.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED Certificate
Bachelor's degree in accounting, Economics, Finance, or related field
3 Years' accounting and budget analyses experience
Advanced excel and analytical skills required
Valid Driver's License (Subject to motor vehicle review)

Responsibilities

Reviews purchase requisitions to assure budgetary and regulatory compliance.
Reconciles to accounts payable payments.
Assists programs with budget modifications; upon review and approval, enters all modifications into automated systems.
Examines and investigates recorded expenditures questioned by departments and programs; prepares journal entries to correct recorded expenditures when necessary or required.
Prepares and distributes monthly operating expenditure reports to the management staff and prepares budget report for the Management Board.
Participates in formulating the capital budget based on worksheets submitted from all departments for Management Board approval.
Reviews operating budgets periodically to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
Consults with department directors, managers, or supervisors to ensure adjustments are made in accordance with changes to facilitate long-term planning.
Prepares and presents reports showing resources, expenditures, and projected balances.
Compiles data based on statistical studies; analyzes past and current operations to prepare budgets and justify requested funds.
Prepares comparative analyses of operation by analyzing costs in relation to services performed during previous fiscal years and submits reports to director of department or program with recommendation for budget revisions.
Assists with the preparations and monitoring of the Employee Compensation Budget in conjunction with the Human Resources Division, in the balancing of figures, computing totals and performing mathematic calculations in maintaining compensation transfers and report generation.
Maintains records of actual monthly operating expenses and budget balances.
Assists in implementation of budgetary control systems, policies, and practices.
Organizes and compiles budgetary data and related information for audit.
Examines audit questions related to budgets and prepare appropriate responses.
Prepares monthly, quarterly, and year-end reports; prepares adjusted trial balances; assists in the preparation of year-end closings; drafts roll-forward schedules and reconciles to general ledger.
Performs other duties as assigned.