Budget Analyst V (Senior Budget Analyst)

Position Description
We are a technology agency powered by people.
DIR offers secure, modern, and cost-effective technology to help government entities in Texas serve their constituents.
DIR is a fast-paced and collaborative environment with highly motivated, innovative, and engaged employees dedicated to achieving the best value for the state. We have over 260 professionals working at DIR who are honored to serve as the cornerstone of public sector technology in Texas. By joining DIR, you will be an integral part of transforming how Texas government serves Texans.

Position Summary
Performs highly advanced (senior-level) budget preparation and financial analysis work. Work involves coordinating budgetary activities, developing, reviewing, and analyzing operating budgets, and providing technical advice and assistance on budgetary matters. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment.

• Oversees the preparation of budgetary and financial management reports.
• Oversees the development and evaluation of performance and workload measures.
• Examines revenue trends and cost of services and calculates cost recovery fees.
• Analyzes expenditure patterns and makes recommendations on the use of funds.
• Coordinates the preparation of budgets to provide management with expenditure data, trends, and recommendations; Includes ensuring coordination of budgeting procedures, preparation, and reporting.
• Determines methodologies and techniques for prioritizing and performing budget evaluations; includes overseeing the planning, organizing, coordinating, and evaluating of budgetary activities.
• Informs management of budget deviations, problems, and events likely to affect operations; explains causes; and measures effect on the agency’s mission and resources.
• Performs other work-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
Education

• Graduation from a four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business, public administration or related field.
• Additional work-related experience may be substituted for education on a year-for-year basis (High-school diploma required).

Experience and Training Required

• Minimum of seven (7) years of experience in budget preparation and analysis.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in state government budget preparation and analysis.

Experience and Training Preferred

• Lead role experience in fiscal note preparation and responding to legislative budget inquiries during a Texas legislative session.
• Hands-on experience with CAPPS Financials and CAPPS HR/Payroll budgeting modules.
• Experience with Business Objects, NetPlus, and Power BI for fiscal reporting and dashboards.
• Direct experience preparing a Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) using the Legislative Budget Board’s Automated Budget and Evaluation System of Texas (ABEST).
• CAPPS, LBB ABEST, Business Objects, USAS experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Knowledge of accounting, budgetary, and management principles, practices, and procedures
• Knowledge of forecasting methodologies
• Knowledge of automated accounting, budgeting, and forecasting programs; and of performance measurement and reporting
• Knowledge of Information Technology related services and familiarity with ITIL processes preferred
• Knowledge of legislative appropriation request and annual operating budget processes and of performance measurement and reporting.
• Knowledge of legal restrictions governing allocation of funds.
• Skill in the use of a computer and applicable software.
• Ability to analyze fiscal management information to determine appropriate use of funds
• Ability to perform statistical analyses
• Ability to identify and develop budgetary reports and schedules
• Ability to accurately and efficiently work with large data sets
• Ability to identify and implement process improvement and automation opportunities
• Knowledge of DIR’s funding model, including cost-recovery rates for Shared Technology Services and Cooperative Contracts administrative fees.
• Ability to monitor and report on performance measurement and to coordinate the gathering and analysis of data.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective and cordial working relationships at all organizational levels, including agency management, direct supervisors, co-workers, internal and external customers.
• Ability to understand, follow and convey brief oral and/or written instructions.
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing, in a clear and concise manner.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team, and to support and contribute to a cohesive team environment.
• Ability to work under pressure and exacting schedules to complete assigned tasks.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule to meet required deadlines.
• Ability to comply with all agency policy and applicable laws.
• Ability to comply with all applicable safety rules, regulations, and standards.
• Ability to maintain the security and integrity of any critical infrastructure researched, worked on, or accessed for work purposes.

Computer Skills

• Advanced Microsoft Excel skills necessary to perform work assignments, including complex data analysis.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office skills, including Power Point and Word.
• Familiarity with remote meeting applications (Microsoft Teams, Webex, etc.).

Other Requirements

• Regular and punctual attendance at the workplace.
• Criminal background check.

Working Conditions

• Frequent use of computers, copiers, printers, and telephones.
• Frequent standing, walking, sitting, listening, and talking.
• Frequent work under stress, as a team member, and in direct contact with others.
• Occasional bending, stooping, lifting, and climbing.