Budget Manager

El Paso Community College • El Paso, TX

7d • Onsite

About The Position

Under the direction of the Budget Director, the Budget Manager coordinates the maintenance of the District’s annual budget development, monitors financial performance across the College and its departments, prepares statistical and comparative analyses, and tracks positions and funding. In-person work on campus is an essential function. The position manages budget operations and directs workflow for Budget Office staff, while supporting budget heads and staff with budgeting, business, and forecasting needs. It also provides personnel management guidance to staff and assumes responsibility for office activities when the Director of Budgets is absent.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and five years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience demonstrating the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.
• Submit a transcript reflecting completed coursework and degrees conferred; the candidate must be fully qualified at the time of application.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
• Experience generating reports and presenting complex statistical information.
• Knowledge of current modern principles, practices, and methods of budgeting.
• Ability to resolve budget-related matters in a timely and professional manner.
• Ability to maintain effective working relationships with employees and administrators.
• Ability to plan and organize multiple work activities to meet deadlines.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality of work-related information.
• Ability to accurately identify and analyze budget support for the District.
• Ability to make decisions in accordance with established departmental policies and procedures.
• Complete and submit an online EPCC Application for Employment by the announced deadline, with required transcripts uploaded.
• Successful applicant must undergo a criminal background check, as permitted and/or required by applicable law and College policies and procedures.
• Successful candidate must provide documentation verifying employment authorization eligibility and identity before employment.

Responsibilities

• Assist in developing, implementing, and maintaining the District’s annual budget process, including establishing budget calendar timelines and budget instruction guidelines.
• Examine and reconcile annual budget requests for compliance with fiscal-year budget procedures.
• Ensure budget revisions are completed throughout the budget development process.
• Review final budget data processed through the automated system and reconcile it to the District’s total annual budget.
• Consolidate budget phases and perform the budget roll process to the Finance module in the automated system for the new fiscal year.
• Manage budget operations, including directing workflow to Budget Office staff.
• Oversee maintenance and monitoring of automated-system funds, organizations, and accounts.
• Analyze and monitor College-wide budgets and budget variances.
• Collaborate with Human Resources in managing budgeted positions.
• Communicate with, support, and provide guidance to budget heads and staff to address budget issues and meet budgeting, business, and forecasting needs.
• Confer with local, state, and federal regulatory agencies to ensure required policies and procedures are followed.
• Provide instruction and answer questions relating to procedures.
• Oversee the position requisition process and address funding issues.
• Oversee personnel transactions and vacant positions, and prepare monthly salary-savings analysis for management reporting.
• Research data and prepare analytical reports to support financial decisions; compile budget and expenditure data to analyze past performance and project future performance.
• Assist the director with special projects as needed.
• Assume responsibility for office activities in the absence of the Director of Budgets.
• Generate and conduct presentations.
• Provide staff personnel-management direction and guidance, including orientation, training, performance evaluation, professional development, coaching, and counseling.
• Participate in setting performance goals and priorities that contribute to the departmental mission.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Out-of-town candidates invited for an on-campus interview will be reimbursed for one-half of transportation costs for travel within the United States.
• The College will arrange and pay for up to two nights of lodging for invited out-of-town candidates.

What This Job Offers

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