Departmental Budget Analyst (Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization)

Salary : $57,656.00 - $72,070.00 Annually
Location : Downtown Dallas, TX
Job Type: Full-time
Job Number: 18040-HOU
Department:Housing & Neighborhood Revitalization
* Org (REQUIRED): 508F FY 21-22 Housing Management Support
Opening Date: 12/24/2023
Closing Date: 1/6/2024 11:59 PM Central
Position Purpose
The Departmental Budget Analyst provides sound financial research, analysis, and evaluation to make recommendations on Departmental Budget ensuring effective control of expenditures and available funds.
Housing & Neighborhood Vitality: Candidate with a strong ability to handle a wide range of budgeting responsibilities is preferred. The duties may include but are not limited to providing financial analysis, monitoring, and making recommendations on budgets to ensure effective control of expenditures and available funds. Performs a variety of professional assisting in the preparation and coordination of the annual operating, capital, grants, community development or trust budgets for a department or the city-wide budget to produce budget documents with accurate reflections of operating costs. Prepares routine reports such as cost analysis, performance data, financial target analysis and produces routine expenditure and revenue reports to provide appropriate monitoring for corrective decision making. Success in this position will requires strong interpersonal, communications skills, excellent excel skills, accounting system implementation experience, strong problem-solving and organizational skills.
Essential Functions
1 Assists in the preparation of the annual operating budget including capital, grants, community development, or trusts; prepares budget documents that reflect accurate expenditures and operating costs.
2 Performs special projects and responds to requests for financial information; creates complex statistical forecasting models, historical trend analysis and other financial projection methods to provide management appropriate information.
3 Prepares routine monthly, quarterly, and annual reports such as cost analysis, performance data, financial target analysis, and expenditure and revenue status reports to provide appropriate monitoring for effective decision making.
4 Reviews and evaluates council agenda items for appropriate financial and budgetary data; coordinates with departmental staff for resolution of problems; coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff; assists in the oversight and financial management for capital, grant, and trust programs to ensure strategic financial planning.
5 Communicates with city departments, managers, auditors, and service providers to obtain or provide information, integrate activities and resolve problems such as reconciling department submissions with approved budgets.
6 Prepares and processes financial system transactions such as overseeing the payments for and services received by a department to ensure proper procedures are followed; supervises cash deposits, receivables, payables, and general revenues; performs account reconciliation, grant fund reimbursements and other accounting activities.
7 Coordinates and reviews annual budget development and submissions with departmental staff including providing instructions, reviewing for technical accuracy, completeness, and adherence to established procedures, format and guidelines.
8 Performs any and all other work as needed or assigned.
Minimum Qualifications
EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in an accounting, public administration, finance, or business field.

EXPERIENCE:

• Three (3) years of experience in financial analysis, budget planning/monitoring or professional accounting.

EQUIVALENCIES:

• High school diploma or GED plus seven (7) years of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Associate degree in any field plus five (5) years of the required will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or higher in a non-specified field plus five (5) years of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.
• Master's degree or higher in a specified field plus one (1) year of the required experience will meet the education and experience requirements.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• Requires PC skills for spreadsheet analysis, report preparation, research and utilizing Advantage Financial Systems (AMS).

PREFERENCES:

• Advanced MS Office or similar software skills required.
• Experience performing all funding actions to support transactions being processed in the Accounting Management System a plus
• Preparing reports using automated accounting systems and other office automation software such as IDIS, and AMS a plus

Supplemental Information
Knowledge and Skills
1 Knowledge of automated accounting programs and ability to use spreadsheets and other programs.
2 Knowledge of financial, accounting, and budgeting principles and practices.
3 Ability to analyze complex policy, financial, and organizational issues.
4 Knowledge of City policies and procedures.
5 Ability to research financial metrics, forecast future requirements, analyze budget, and make recommendations.
6 Communicating effectively verbally and in writing.
7 Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
The salary listed on the job posting is the starting salary range; amount offered will depend upon qualifications.
For evaluation purposes, acceptable qualifying experience for all positions must have been in a paid capacity unless noted otherwise in the minimum qualifications for the posted position.
Additionally, 30+ hours per week will be counted as full-time employment and will receive full credit for the amount of time employed. A minimum of 15 through 29 hours per week will be counted as part-time employment and will receive half credit for the amount of time employed.
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This job posting is ONLY for applicants interested in employment as a Departmental Budget Analyst in the Housing and Neighborhood Revitalization Department.I understand that the position I am applying for is in the Housing Department.

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What is your level of experience in financial analysis, budget planning/monitoring or professional accounting?

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What is the level of experience you have in general accounting?

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What is your level of experience in financial analysis?

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What is your level of experience in budget planning/monitoring?

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What is your proficiency level utilizing MS Excel?

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What is your level of experience in working with AMS' Advantage Accounting System?

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