Senior Budget Analyst

Role overview

Budget planning and monitoring

• Assist with agency budget development and implementation, including biennium budget preparation.
• Project, adjust, and monitor allocations for subdivisions, grants, and financial programs.
• Track spending to prevent deficits, propose corrective actions, and prepare periodic reports for senior management.

Cost accounting and allocation

• Calculate equipment depreciation and incorporate it into financial analyses.
• Use cost distribution data to determine cost-pool funding and allocate costs across state and federal programs.
• Participate in cost-allocation methodology work, maintain the Agency Cost Allocation Plan, and develop improved cost-pool approaches.

Analysis and reporting

• Research and interpret financial and operational data using statistical and quantitative methods.
• Develop forecasts and projections for programs with multiple funding sources.
• Prepare cost-allocation summaries and funding-split analyses, complete federal expenditure reports, and assess proposed policy or legislation impacts.

Tools and collaboration

• Use spreadsheets, databases, and other software for financial modeling, projections, reports, and financial data updates.
• Collaborate with program and support staff and participate on projects involving research, modeling, or operational reviews.
• Develop procedures and guidelines to support state and federal regulatory compliance.

Pay information

• The source lists hourly pay from $34.53 to $50.66 across wage steps and annual amounts from $71,822 to $105,373.
• Starting salary is generally step 1; the description notes step progression after six months and annually thereafter, with possible cost-of-living increases and longevity supplements.

Qualifications

• The visible qualification begins with four years of experience in budgeting, but the source description is truncated.

Hiring and benefits information