Budget Analyst

Role Overview

• As a Budget Analyst, you will provide support to the Budget Planning and Analysis Unit.
• You will perform a wide range of budget analysis activities, including project management in addition to budget monitoring and activities.
• Your primary functions will require thorough knowledge of state and federal budgeting and financial processes.
• You will also support management and staff through budget development, complex forecasting of cost impacts, and by ensuring that programs are supported by sufficient revenues by evaluating expenditures to budget.
• In this role, you will be an active participant in policy strategy development including the analysis of financial impacts of proposed policies with focus on health equity.
• You will provide data that is used to affect the processes in meeting the agency mission and deliver the information to top agency, legislative, executive, and other governmental and non-governmental officials.
• Additionally, the programs and budgets are often interrelated throughout the agency.

Requirements

• Five years of progressively responsible experience that included the preparation, analysis, and administration of a budget or fiscal system.
• OR Five years of professional-level experience in accounting, fiscal auditing, management or program analysis.
• Experience must have included modeling, forecasting and analyzing fiscal information.
• OR Successful completion of the Department of Administrative Services Budget and Management Public Administrative Trainee Program.
• Note: A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Public or Non-Profit Management, Finance, Accounting or a related degree (such as Public Policy, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics or other analytical or technical degree) may substitute for three years of the required experience.
• A graduate-level degree in any of the above areas may substitute for four of the five years.

Benefits

• Excellent, low-cost medical, vision, and dental coverage for you and your family.
• Optional benefits like life insurance, disability coverage, deferred compensation, and FSA options for health and childcare.
• Generous paid time off: 11 holidays, 3 personal days, monthly sick leave, and vacation accrual starting at 8 hours/month.
• Potential eligibility for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program.
• Retirement security through Public Employees Retirement System (PERS)/ Oregon Public Service Retirement Plan (OPSRP).
• Training and development opportunities to grow your career with the State of Oregon.