Manager-Advisor Legislative Budget & Fiscal Policy

City of Minneapolis, MN-posted 2 months ago
Full-time
Minneapolis, MN
Executive, Legislative, and Other General Government Support
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This position serves as a strategic partner in shaping the City of Minneapolis's financial future. It plays a key role in the development, analysis, and oversight of the City's operating and capital budgets, ensuring fiscal responsibility and alignment with citywide priorities. As part of the City's Legislative Research & Oversight Division, the advisor provides expert guidance to City Council on budgetary and fiscal policy matters, evaluates the financial impact of expenditures, conducts in-depth research on service capacity and productivity, and recommends innovative solutions to improve service quality and operational efficiency across the City enterprise.

  • Serves as a trusted advisor to the City Council by synthesizing complex financial, operational, and legislative data into actionable insights.
  • Leads comprehensive reviews of departmental operating and capital budget proposals to ensure financial requests are justified, strategically aligned, and compliant with applicable regulations.
  • Analyzes proposed legislation, ordinances, and policy initiatives to assess their fiscal impact and alignment with the City's budget framework.
  • Applies forecasting models, economic data, and service trends to support long-range financial planning and resource prioritization.
  • Links financial decisions to service outcomes by designing and applying performance indicators that track departmental efficiency, effectiveness, and quality.
  • Conducts research and analysis on issues affecting service capacity, quality, and productivity.
  • Facilitates collaboration across policy, finance, and operations teams to support integrated planning and performance improvement.
  • Monitors the execution of adopted budgets and evaluates departmental adherence to fiscal and programmatic goals.
  • Evaluates budget proposals and policies through an equity lens to ensure resource allocations advance equitable outcomes.
  • Manages and supports a team of Legislative Budget & Fiscal Policy Advisors, providing mentorship and technical guidance.
  • Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, business/public administration, economics or a closely related field.
  • 5 years of progressively responsible experience in budgeting, fiscal policy analysis or finance, including 2 years of conducting complex financial analysis.
  • 2 years of supervisory or team lead experience.
  • Master's degree (MPA, MPP, MBA or similar).
  • Demonstrated expertise in public budgeting principles, including performance-based budgeting and financial forecasting.
  • Knowledge of GAAP, GASB guidelines, and relevant financial reporting protocols.
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