Budget & Business Analyst

CLOSING DATE: Open Until Filled, first review: March 15, 2024

POSITION: Budget and Business Analyst

SALARY: $22.36 – 25.92 / hour DOE

REPORTS TO: Business Services Supervisor

LOCATION: Fish and Wildlife, Nespelem, WA

Basic Functions: Maintains and participates in budget development processes for categorical funds and accounts. Monitors job control processes. Provides accurate and timely budget and financial reports that can be used for current and future financial and program decisions. Advises program administrators on budget issues. The Budget & Business Analyst is a senior technical position in the accounting career path requiring in-depth knowledge of municipal accounting practices, procedures, and techniques, the budget development and financial reporting processes. The Budget & Business Analyst serves as a technical resource for allocation of categorical funding to expense items including job control. Advancement to this position requires demonstration of competency in assembling budget documents, performing budgetary research, monitoring expenditures, and preparation of special reports.

Education and Training:

• The position typically requires an Associates’ Degree in accounting or business or equivalent plus five years of relevant and progressively responsible experience in municipal accounting and budgeting that includes monitoring of restricted funds.
• This position requires a valid driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes vehicle insurance.
• This position is identified as a safety sensitive position and is subject to pre-employment, post-accident, random, and reasonable suspicion drug testing.
• Must submit to and successfully clear an extensive criminal background inquiry (tribal, state, financial) and maintain clearance throughout employment.
• Tribal member and Indian preference will apply.
• Preference will also be given to honorably discharged Veterans who are minimally qualified.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Requires in-depth technical knowledge of the principles and procedures of accounting, with additional expertise in budget preparation and control.
• Requires in-depth knowledge of generally accepted financial processes and programs and of laws, codes, and regulations applying to assigned financial operations.
• Requires a working knowledge of audit documentation requirements.
• Requires working knowledge of the workings of automated accounting systems and relational databases, sufficient to train others in data entry, and to troubleshoot errors and exceptions.
• Requires basic knowledge of job control.
• Requires a basic knowledge of the practices and techniques in accumulating and allocating cost accounting information to determine standard costs or rates.
• Requires working knowledge of the financial management, control, and reporting processes associated with restricted funds.
• Requires well-developed math skills to perform complex accounting and statistical computations.
• Requires sufficient language skills to prepare reports suitable for external publishing.
• Requires well-developed human relations skills to explain detailed information to small groups and work with staff in advisory capacity.
• Requires the ability to perform the essential responsibilities and work tasks of the position.
• Requires the ability to train and provide oversight to employees performing data entry of accounting transactions.
• Requires ability to prepare complex analyses and write reports which adequately communicate problems and solutions.
• Requires ability to organize and prioritize work in order to meet rigid schedules and budget timelines.
• Requires the ability to provide one-on-one and small group discussion, and otherwise work with administrative staff and peers.
• Requires ability to initiate and conduct technical research, complete complex arithmetic, algebraic and statistical computations, solve highly technical problems associated with financial transactions.
• Requires sufficient hand-eye-arm coordination to use a keyboard and 10-key plus arm/hand movements to retrieve work materials and operate a variety of general office equipment.
• Requires visual acuity to read words and numbers.
• Requires auditory ability to carry on conversations over the phone and in person.

Note: Pursuant to Tribal Policy, if this position is safety sensitive it is subject to pre-employment drug testing. In addition, this position is subject to reasonable suspicion and post-accident drug testing.

TRIBAL MEMBER AND INDIAN PREFERENCE WILL APPLY; PREFERENCE WILL ALSO BE GIVEN TO HONORABLY DISCHARGED VETERANS WHO ARE MINIMALLY QUALIFIED.

If required of this position, you must possess and maintain a valid Washington State driver’s license and be eligible for the Tribes’ Vehicle Insurance. In addition, this position may be subject to pre-employment background clearances. If applicable, these clearances must be maintained throughout employment.

INFORMATION: Diane Stensgar, HR Technician Senior, Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, Human Resources Office, P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155, (509) 634-2296 diane.stensgar.hrs@colvilletribes.com