Departmental Budget Analyst (Dallas Water Utilities - Civil Service)

City of Dallas•Dallas, TX

2d•$60,570 - $73,528

About The Position

The Departmental Budget Analyst assists in developing, preparing, and administering a departmental budget. The role provides financial research, analysis, and evaluation to support budget recommendations and effective control of expenditures and available funds. The analyst prepares annual operating budget materials, including capital, grant, community development, and trust budgets; builds forecasts and historical trend analyses; and prepares financial, cost, performance, revenue, and expenditure reports. The role reviews council agenda items for budgetary accuracy, coordinates budget development and submissions with departmental staff, and supports financial oversight of capital, grant, and trust programs. The analyst communicates with city departments, managers, auditors, and service providers to obtain and share information and resolve financial issues. Duties also include processing financial-system transactions, overseeing payments and services received, supervising cash deposits and receivables, payables, and general revenues, and performing reconciliations, grant reimbursements, and other accounting activities. Other work may be assigned as needed. Candidates need a bachelor's degree in accounting, public administration, finance, or business and three years of relevant financial analysis, budget planning or monitoring, or professional accounting experience. The posting lists education-and-experience equivalencies. PC skills are required for spreadsheet analysis, report preparation, research, and use of Advantage Financial Systems (AMS).

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in accounting, public administration, finance, or business; listed education-and-experience equivalencies are also accepted.
Three years of experience in financial analysis, budget planning or monitoring, or professional accounting.
PC skills for spreadsheet analysis, report preparation, research, and use of Advantage Financial Systems (AMS).
Knowledge of automated accounting programs and ability to use spreadsheets and other programs.
Knowledge of financial, accounting, and budgeting principles and practices.
Ability to analyze complex policy, financial, and organizational issues.
Knowledge of City policies and procedures.
Ability to research financial metrics, forecast future requirements, analyze budgets, and make recommendations.
Effective verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
Equivalency: High school diploma or GED plus seven years of required experience.
Equivalency: Associate's degree in any field plus five years of required experience.
Equivalency: Bachelor's degree or higher in a non-specified field plus five years of required experience.
Equivalency: Master's degree or higher in a specified field plus one year of required experience.

Responsibilities

Assist with preparing the annual operating budget, including capital, grant, community development, or trust budgets, and prepare budget documents reflecting accurate expenditures and operating costs.
Complete special projects and financial-information requests; develop statistical forecasting models, historical trend analyses, and other financial projections.
Prepare routine monthly, quarterly, and annual reports, including cost analyses, performance data, financial target analyses, and expenditure and revenue status reports.
Review and evaluate council agenda items for financial and budgetary data and coordinate with departmental staff to resolve problems.
Coordinate and review annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff, including providing instructions and checking technical accuracy, completeness, and adherence to procedures, formats, and guidelines.
Assist with financial oversight and management of capital, grant, and trust programs.
Communicate with city departments, managers, auditors, and service providers to obtain or provide information, integrate activities, and resolve issues such as reconciling department submissions with approved budgets.
Prepare and process financial-system transactions, oversee payments and services received, and ensure proper procedures are followed.
Supervise cash deposits, receivables, payables, and general revenues; perform account reconciliations, grant fund reimbursements, and other accounting activities.
Perform other work as needed or assigned.