PERSONAL SERVICES BUDGET ANALYST (PSA, Opt. 2)

State of Illinois•Springfield, IL

7d•$8,334 - $10,416•Onsite

About The Position

Join the Illinois Department of Central Management Services as Personal Services Budget Analyst. As the Personnel Budget Specialist in our agency, you’ll be at the heart of strategic decision-making, ensuring that every dollar allocated to our workforce supports the CMS vision and mission. Your expertise will help us balance fiscal responsibility with the needs of our employees, enabling programs to thrive and communities to benefit. You’ll collaborate with HR, finance, and leadership to forecast staffing costs, analyze trends, and recommend data-driven solutions that keep our operations strong and sustainable. If you’re passionate about precision, transparency, and impact, this is your opportunity to make a measurable difference—not just in spreadsheets, but in the lives of the people we serve. Bring your analytical skills, your commitment to public service, and your vision for smarter budgeting— to State government.

Requirements

Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four years of college with courses in accounting, finance, or a related field.
Requires prior experience equivalent to three years of progressively responsible administrative experience in accounting or finance, preferably with a focus on personal services for a public or business organization.
Requires completion of a background check and self-disclosure of criminal history.
Requires the ability to use agency technology/equipment (i.e., mobile phone, laptop, etc.) properly in accordance with information security awareness policies and confidentiality guidelines.
Requires ability to attend seminars, conferences, and trainings to stay current on methods, tools, ideologies, or other industry related topics relevant to the job duties.
Requires ability to travel in the performance of duties, with overnight stays as appropriate.

Nice To Haves

Prefers two (2) years of experience creating, developing, and managing complex, multi-million-dollar budgets for multiple program areas.
Prefers extensive knowledge of the Personnel Codes, Rules, Position Classification Plans, Pay Plans, Collective Bargaining agreements, and other related hiring policies, procedures, processes, and guidelines derived therefrom.
Prefers a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, economics, business administration, or a related field or equivalent experience.
Prefers extensive knowledge of staff utilization, compensation, employee turnover, and labor agreements.
Prefers three (3) years of professional experience with data management using Microsoft Office Suite, i.e. Excel, Access, Word, and PowerPoint as well as a working knowledge of financial systems such as Systems Applications & Products (SAP).

Responsibilities

Under the administrative direction of the Budget Division Manager, performs a wide variety of highly complex advanced level Budget Analyst duties, often of a highly confidential and sensitive nature, to facilitate management decisions.
Organizes, plans, executes, manages, and evaluates personal services issues within the Agency, such as funded headcount versus onboard headcount, hiring lag, turnover savings, special pay spending, and prepares recommendations and cost analysis.
Serves as Personal Services Budget Analyst for all CMS, focusing on issues and programs that impact operations and services provided and measures impact to determine a course of action.
Serves as full line supervisor.
Conducts exercises to develop formal agency Personal Services appropriation requests and budget submissions and determines legislative impacts where necessary.
Follows guidance and criteria from officials of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget (GoMB) for the Agency’s annual budget and other projects throughout the year.
Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

Benefits

Competitive Group Insurance benefits including health, life, dental and vision plans.
Flexible work schedules (when available and dependent upon position).
10 -25 days of paid vacation time annually (10 days for first year of state employment).
12 days of paid sick time annually which carryover year to year.
3 paid personal business days per year.
13-14 paid holidays per year dependent on election years.
12 weeks of paid parental leave.
Pension plan through the State Employees Retirement System.
Deferred Compensation Program – voluntary supplemental retirement plan.
Optional pre-tax programs -Medical Care Assistance Plan (MCAP) & Dependent Care Assistant Plan (DCAP).
Tuition Reimbursement Program and Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program eligibility.