Budget Manager - Fiscal Operations

State of Louisiana • Baton Rouge, LA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

The Budget Manager serves as a strategic financial leader within the Louisiana Department of Education, providing leadership, direction, and oversight for budget development, execution, and financial management across assigned offices and programs. The role guides Budget Analysts, oversees operating budget development and monitoring, evaluates financial trends, and ensures compliance with state and federal funding requirements. The Budget Manager partners with program administrators and fiscal staff to align resources with organizational priorities, strengthen internal controls, and support responsible stewardship of public funds.

The position trains, mentors, and develops Budget Analysts by providing technical guidance, sharing best practices, and reinforcing procedures and expectations. It also manages staff and day-to-day personnel matters, including leave requests, workload distribution, performance evaluations, corrective actions, and employee conduct, in accordance with personnel policies and management practices. Through staff development, executive collaboration, and oversight of complex funding streams, the Budget Manager supports fiscal accountability, operational efficiency, and informed decisions that advance statewide educational goals.

Requirements

• One of the following qualification paths: seven years of experience in budget development or analysis, accounting, auditing, policy planning, procurement, contracts or grants management, project management, statistical analysis, or financial services; six years of full-time work experience in any field plus four years of experience in one of those areas; a bachelor's degree plus four years of experience in one of those areas; or an advanced degree in business administration, accounting, finance, public administration, or statistics plus three years of experience in one of those areas.
• Experience substitution: every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university counts as one year toward the six years of full-time work experience in any field, up to 120 semester hours and four years.
• Demonstrated expertise applying specialized knowledge, skills, and experience in diverse and evolving contexts.
• Ability to make sound judgments by assessing options, weighing risks, and using available information and logical reasoning.
• Ability to collect, analyze, and use data to inform decisions.
• Ability to communicate effectively using structured methods that promote understanding and engagement.
• Ability to identify root causes, analyze relevant data, and apply practical or innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

• Review budget issues, respond to program inquiries, monitor staff assignments, and address deadlines or errors.
• Meet with analysts, review work progress, resolve complex funding questions, and assess training needs, workload, and staffing coverage.
• Review budget-to-actual reports, grant balances, budget adjustments, reconciliations, and required documentation.
• Evaluate spending trends, assess funding risks, review staff performance progress, and recommend process improvements.
• Direct budget development, establish staff assignments and timelines, review budget submissions, and coordinate final deliverables.
• Address leave requests, conduct performance discussions, implement policy changes, resolve compliance issues, and train staff in new procedures.
• Guide and develop Budget Analysts through technical guidance, best practices, and reinforcement of established procedures and expectations.
• Oversee operating budgets and financial management for assigned offices and programs.
• Ensure compliance with state and federal funding requirements and strengthen internal controls.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed