Budget Management Analyst

Prince George's County Government•Largo, MD

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This is entry-level trainee professional level staff work, either assisting with conducting detailed analyses and providing recommendations concerning County Government or other County Agency’s operating and capital budgets, performing moderately complex special issue and project management assignments, and/or performing program evaluation and management analyses assignments. Personal contacts for employees in this class are primarily with other employees and supervisors in the Office of Management and Budget, and Budget Management Liaisons within assigned Departments/Agencies. The purpose of these contacts is to advise, persuade, often negotiate, and otherwise present analyses and recommendations about issues which have significant impact on operating and capital budget formulation and decision making, and other issues which have either political, legal, fiscal, social, environmental, tax rate and/or service delivery implications.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited College or University in Accounting, Business/Public Management, Finance, Economics, Quantitative Analyses, or closely related field.
One (1) year of experience providing paraprofessional support to an accounting or budget office performing budgetary or financial recordkeeping.
An equivalent combination of education, experience and training which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities may be considered.
EACH APPLICATION MUST INCLUDE INFORMATION THAT CLEARLY DEMONSTRATES THE ABOVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR THIS POSITION.

Responsibilities

Serves as liaison between the Office of Management and Budget and assigned departments and agencies for all aspects of budget preparation, review and administration.
Assists in providing budget preparation instruction and guidance to assigned departments and agencies; provides technical assistance during budget preparation.
Assists in evaluating budgetary submissions for technical compliance and for funding implications upon program operations.
Assists in preparing written and oral presentations describing requested budgets of assigned departments and agencies.
Assists in participating in budgetary meetings with agency representatives, senior budget staff, and Council members and staff regarding budget proposals.
Assists in conducting management studies of agency operations and develop administrative systems.
Uses automated data systems and other sources, monitors agency expenditure patterns and prepares projections of future expenditures.
Assists in inspecting field operations of assigned departments and agencies and evaluates program and budgetary needs.
Assists in monitoring assigned Department/Agency approved operating and capital budgets by identifying issues and problems requiring attention, obtaining and analyzing information through field audits and statistical analyses, preparing reports of findings and recommendations, providing guidance and assistance to Department/Agency heads and managers, and following through on approved course of action.
Assists in conducting a variety of studies requiring coordination among many people and Departments/Agencies, and consideration of many issues.
Meets with appropriate officials to discuss proposals, consider alternatives and modifications, and/or resolve problems.
Assists in analyzing Department/Agency operations and staffing patterns and recommends actions to improve service delivery and attain maximum cost-effectiveness.
Assists in analyzing and recommends action to be taken concerning requests for reallocation of funds and supplemental appropriations; ensures proposed transactions comply with rules, regulations and laws, and represent most cost-effective means of accomplishment.
Reviews and analyzes numerous computer reports; manipulates and reconciles data for clarity and accuracy; and creates data bases, spreadsheets, and other analytic structures to analyze budgets, issues, reorganizations, etc.
Discovers, analyzes and reports on issues and problems appropriate to areas of assignment.
Assists in drafting budgetary legislation and Executive Orders; reviews and analyzes State and Federal grant proposals affecting assigned agencies.
Prepares written and oral reports for the Deputy Budget Director, Budget Director, and Chief Administrative Officer.
Serves as budget representative on selected County committees and occasionally serves as budget representative for the County with outside organizations.
Will be required to use automated equipment in conjunction with assigned duties and responsibilities.
Willingly and cooperatively performs tasks and duties which may not be specifically listed in the class specification or position description, but which are within the general occupational category and responsibility level typically associated with the employee's class of work.