This non-partisan position works directly with legislators and is involved in the legislative process by researching, analyzing, summarizing, and presenting a variety of data and other information. The analyst works for the Legislative Fiscal Division of the Legislative Branch and reports to a manager working for the division’s director, the Legislative Fiscal Analyst. An analyst can expect to: · Provide in-depth and data-driven fiscal analysis to support the legislative process · Work directly with legislators on identifying policy issues and ways to measure fiscal impacts · Perform original research at the behest of legislative committees · Objectively address potential fiscal implications of legislative proposals · Provide verbal and written reports to the legislature The work cycle in the Legislative Fiscal Division changes throughout the two-year legislative calendar. During the legislative session, work is intense with analysts staffing legislative committees and subcommittees, responding quickly to legislator requests for detailed analysis, and monitoring appropriation legislation. In the off-season analysts staff interim committees, conduct detailed original research, report on implementation of legislation from the previous session, and contribute in the development of data models used to assess the state’s long-term fiscal outlook. Analysts can expect to research and interpret results on a wide variety of topics. Like the legislative body itself, legislative priorities continually change. Analysts respond by acquiring new knowledge in various topics to provide the most current and accurate information.