Senior Fiscal and Performance Analyst

City of Deerfield Beach•Bernard Adams Municipal Complex, FL

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position performs advanced professional work in budget development, financial analysis, and performance management. This position supports the preparation and monitoring of the City’s operating and capital budgets, conducts complex financial and economic analyses, including revenue forecasting and expenditure projections, to support budgeting, long-range planning, and strategic financial decision-making, and assists in developing performance measures to evaluate organizational effectiveness. The role plays a key part in data-driven decision-making, ensuring fiscal accountability, and supporting City’s performance management program, including the development and tracking of key performance indicators (KPIs) and outcome measures, ensuring alignment with the City’s Strategic Plan. The role requires a high level of analytical skill, independent judgment, and collaboration with departments to ensure fiscal integrity, regulatory compliance, and alignment with organizational priorities. This position works closely with the Budget Manager and operates under general supervision, exercising independence in developing work methods and determining work sequences.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Finance, Accounting, Economics, or a related field.
Five (5) years of progressively responsible experience in governmental operations, budgeting, grant management and reporting, financial analysis, and performance management, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Nice To Haves

Master’s Degree in business or public administration, finance, accounting, or related field
Experience in municipal government budgeting and financial systems, fund accounting, capital improvement planning, and grant-funded programs
Experience with data analysis and visualization tools, including intermediate to advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.
Experience working with municipal budgeting and enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, including Tyler Munis, OpenGov, or ClearGov.
Familiarity with Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA) best practices.

Responsibilities

Assist with the development, coordination, and publication of the City’s annual operating budget, including the revenue and expenditure projections and performs financial analyses to support budget preparation and long-term planning.
Reviews monthly budget-to-actual reports to monitor departmental budgets, analyze variances and overall financial performance, and recommends budget transfers and amendments, and prepare variance analyses as needed to ensure alignment with fiscal objectives.
Supports the development, implementation, and ongoing maintenance of the City’s Strategic Plan to ensure alignment of departmental budgets and initiatives with organizational goals.
Collaborates with department leadership to identify strategic priorities, define objectives, and establish performance measures that support the Strategic Plan.
Monitors progress on Strategic Plan initiatives and prepares reports that track outcomes.
Responsible for the City’s Performance Measures Program, including the development, implementation, and oversight of processes for linking program budgeting to performance metrics; conducts quarterly reporting, analyzes results, and benchmarks performance against comparable localities and agencies.
Designs benchmark surveys and quantitative techniques to improve the productivity and quality of operations and build an effective workforce.
Provides support with creating dashboards, reports, key performance indicator analysis, and other tracking mechanisms to support operations.
Creates standard operating procedures related to performance measurements, key performance indicators, balance score cards, and other budget support systems.
Assists grant budgeting activities, including budget development, financial monitoring, reimbursement tracking, and compliance with grant requirements and reporting standards.
Conducts complex financial analyses to support policy decisions, service level changes, and operational initiatives.
Assists in the development and implementation of budget policies, procedures, and internal controls.
Create and provides technical guidance and training to departments on budget development, CIP planning, grant financial requirements, standard operating procedures, key performance indicators, and other budget support systems.
Supports audits and responds to inquiries related to operating budgets, capital projects, and grant funding.
Conducts various demographic and economic research and surveys and of the surrounding municipalities and other taxing authorities regarding proposed and final millage rates, water rates, utility service taxes, solid waste fees, and other user fees and rates.
Performs financial, statistical, trend, and modeling analyses identifying patterns and relationships to support evaluation of different business decisions and scenarios.
Ensures budgetary compliance and assists in problem-solving to accomplish overall project and/or program goals and objectives
Exercise considerable initiative, high degree of responsibility for research, analysis, and sound judgment in the planning, scheduling, and carrying out of assignments.
Performs a variety of other budget and other special projects upon request, including preparing briefings, recommendations, and presentations.
Other duties, responsibilities, and activities may change or be assigned at any time with or without notice.