County Budget Manager (#UT8 )

$108.71-$145.70 hourly / $18,842.70-$25,254.18 monthly / $226,116.80-$303,056.00 yearly

• Develop County budget system, process, timelines, and targets;
• Provides administrative coordination, leadership and management support of the County’s budget including review of budget requests and transfers for fiscal impact, and participates in the implementation of short and long-term financial plans to implement Board direction through budgetary control and on-going changes, including mid-year changes;
• Develops and designs processes, procedures, and tools for analysis of the County’s budget for use in determination of fund status, trends, and projections;
• Collects and analyzes data, evaluates related issues and identifies alternatives, and makes recommendations to the County Administrator and Board of Supervisors;
• Keeps the County Administrator and Board of Supervisors informed regarding the County’s overall fiscal status and developing issues or events which could impact the County’s fiscal condition;
• Recommends strategies to maintain the fiscal integrity of the County;
• Prepares reports with recommendations on budgetary initiatives and coordinates implementation after approval including reviewing and preparing associated new or revised policies and procedures and communicates changes to County departments;
• Monitors and evaluates departmental budgets, budget change proposals, and related expenditures and revenues;
• Directs the performance of a variety of analytical and feasibility studies, reviews report of findings and makes recommendations to the County Administrative Officer and/or Assistant County Administrative Officer regarding appropriate courses of action;
• Supervises the review, analysis and monitoring of budgets of County departments;
• Supervises the analysis of budget requests and proposed organizational changes received from operating departments;
• Develops criteria for measuring workload and compiles supporting data in response to budget requests, program alternatives, funding options and resultant service delivery implications;
• Reviews, analyzes and reports on Federal and State legislation which may result in significant fiscal policy and/or programmatic impacts on the County;
• Reviews Federal and State budget impacts on the County;
• Coordinates the related work of professional and support staff as well as assists in the selection, professional development, supervision, review and evaluation of employees;
• Attends Board of Supervisor's budget hearings, participates in the review process, prepares concluding actions, and assists with final preparation of the adopted budget;
• Attends and participates in conferences and meetings of the Board of Supervisors, other boards, commissions, groups and County officials regarding budget, finance, and other matters;
• Directs the maintenance of accurate records and files and the preparation of reports, correspondence and other written materials.

EMPLOYMENT STANDARDS

Knowledge:

Thorough knowledge:

• Principles and practices of budgeting and fiscal administration including financial analysis in a public agency;
• Principles of management analysis and organizational design necessary to analyze, recommend and evaluate budget proposals;
• Principles, programs, and practices of California local government fiscal management and budget control, including knowledge of California budgetary laws and regulations;
• County government organization and functions, and their relationship to federal, state and municipal government;
• Data analysis, statistical representation techniques, and methods of graphic presentation.

Working knowledge:

• Laws, codes, rules, and regulations governing the operation of County government;
• Organization, function and administrative structure of public agencies, including the role of an elected Board;
• Principles and practices of project management and employee supervision, including work planning and staff training.

Ability To:

• Develop, monitor and implement a complex annual budget for a public agency including policy development;
• Define and resolve problems;
• Collect, analyze, interpret and evaluate data;
• Identify, define, and assess alternative courses of action determining logical result projections and consequences of decisions and/or recommendations;
• Plan and carryout various analytical studies in the area of budget administration and complete tasks that include high level interdepartmental coordination and cooperation;
• Analyze complex budgets and fiscal practices of County departments;
• Understand, interpret and apply provisions of applicable laws, ordinances, rules, regulations, and operating procedures;
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with County officials and managers, employees, officials or other agencies, and the general public;
• Use principles of inductive and deductive reasoning to support and validate conclusions and recommendations;
• Plan, organize, and direct the work of staff;
• Exercise responsibility, initiative, ingenuity, independent analysis and judgment in solving highly specialized administrative and management problems;
• Prepare clear, concise and accurate reports, correspondence, policies, procedures and other written materials.

Education and Experience/Training:

Any combination of education and experience which would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying, unless otherwise specified. A typical way to obtain the knowledge and abilities would be:

·Graduation from an accredited college with a major in business administration, public administration, management, finance, economics, accounting or a related field, AND four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in a governmental agency with responsibility performing professional-level budgetary analysis, including: systems, procedures and program evaluation
A master’s degree is desirable and may be substituted for one (1) year of experience.

EST: 4/18 REV: Analyst: TC