City Budget Manager

Eagle Mountain City•Eagle Mountain, UT

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About The Position

Manages budgeting and financial planning for enterprise funds, including water, wastewater, and storm water, and performs revenue and rate-support analysis as assigned. Supervises management, budget, and finance analysts. Coordinates and administers the organization's annual operating and capital budget development process in a complex, multi-fund governmental accounting environment, including establishing budget instructions, timelines, analytical frameworks, and consolidating departmental submissions. The role analyzes departmental proposals across General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Internal Service Funds, and Enterprise Funds; prepares cost analyses and revenue projections; develops multi-year forecasts and financial models; and monitors budget execution and fund performance. It designs and maintains financial dashboards and reporting solutions using Microsoft Power BI, with data integrations to the organization's ERP and other internal systems. The position prepares reports and presentations for executive leadership, governing bodies, and the public, and provides technical guidance to departments on budgeting, forecasting, fund structure, cost allocation, and reporting tools. The City Budget Manager also serves on boards, councils, committees, or task forces; recommends corrective actions based on variance analysis and updated projections; and ensures compliance with applicable fiscal regulations, governmental accounting standards, internal controls, and Utah municipal fiscal procedures.

Requirements

Master's degree in Public Administration with an emphasis in Local Government, Finance, or a related degree; foreign equivalent degrees are accepted.
Three years of experience as a Management Analyst in a local government with a population greater than 50,000, or a comparable governmental or nonprofit environment.
Experience analyzing finances in a multi-fund governmental accounting environment, developing multi-year budget forecasts and financial models, and monitoring budgets in the public sector.
Ability to analyze financial data, develop forecasts, and communicate recommendations clearly in writing.
Ability to present complex financial information in a public setting.
Ability to prepare financial reports and dashboards using business intelligence tools that draw data from enterprise financial systems.
Knowledge of municipal budgeting and financial planning, including fund-based budgeting and capital planning.
Knowledge of Utah municipal fiscal procedures applicable to cities.

Responsibilities

Manage budgeting and financial planning for enterprise funds, including water, wastewater, and storm water, and conduct revenue and rate-support analysis as assigned.
Supervise management, budget, and finance analysts.
Coordinate and administer annual operating and capital budget development, including budget instructions, timelines, analytical frameworks, and consolidation of departmental submissions.
Analyze budget proposals across General Fund, Special Revenue Funds, Internal Service Funds, and Enterprise Funds for financial assumptions, operational impacts, fiscal-policy compliance, and budgetary constraints.
Prepare cost analyses, revenue projections, and comparative financial evaluations for fund-level and organization-wide planning and decision-making.
Develop and maintain multi-year budget forecasts and financial models incorporating historical fund data, interfund activities, economic indicators, and long-term revenue and expenditure trends.
Analyze budget-to-actual variances by fund, identify material deviations, and recommend budget adjustments and corrective actions.
Monitor budget execution, expenditures, transfers, and fund balances for compliance with appropriations, fiscal controls, and governmental accounting standards.
Design, develop, and maintain financial dashboards and analytical reporting solutions using Microsoft Power BI.
Configure and maintain dashboard data integrations through APIs and connections to the ERP and other internal financial and operational systems.
Prepare budget reports, financial schedules, and presentations for executive leadership, governing bodies, and public stakeholders.
Provide departments with technical guidance on fund structure, budget development, forecasting assumptions, cost allocation, and financial reporting tools.
Serve on boards, councils, committees, or task forces to coordinate agency activities and facilitate agency goals and initiatives.
Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local fiscal regulations, governmental accounting standards, and internal control requirements.