Budget Analyst (budget %26 Management Services)

Cook County Offices

Under The President

Administrative Hearings

Auditor

Bureau of Administration

Bureau of Economic Development

Bureau of Finance

Bureau of Human Resources

Bureau of Technology

Facilities

Office of the President

Job Summary

Perform moderately complex and standard analyses, evaluation, and preparation of budget documents and appropriation bills.

Prepare analyses of financial conditions, revenues, and expenditures of the County funds in preparation for annual budget documents.

Escalate to others for complex situations, resolution, and policies.

Implement and monitor budget activities, coordinate the budget formulation process, and analyze each budget request by account.

Compile budget periodic reports regarding total revenues and expenditures and approve budget entries on the appropriation ledger.

Conduct fiscal impact analyses and analyze fiscal and statistical data.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

• Knowledge of business, finance, auditing, budgeting, and accounting practices and legal requirements.
• Ability to manage projects and initiatives while being able to escalate more complex issues to others.

• Skill in policy analysis and evaluation of programs related to funding priorities.
• Knowledge of structure, function, and operation of Municipal, State, or other governmental organization.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word, Power point, and Access.
• Skill in executing moderately complex data collection, synthesis, analysis, reporting, and development of recommendations to support functional area(s), where analysis is often procedural and straightforward.
• Ability to provide support and collaborate with team members and entry-level management to drive accuracy and precision in analysis.
• Knowledge of procedural analytical practices to perform moderate studies and continually adopt new methods.

Minimum Qualifications


* Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree or higher and


* Two (2) years of budgeting or directly related experience

-OR-


* An equivalent combination of education and/or experience is required.

Physical Requirements:

Sedentary Work involves exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally or a negligible amount of force frequently to lift, carry, push, pull, or otherwise move objects.

Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time but may involve walking or standing for brief periods of time.

The duties listed are not set forth for purposes of limiting the assignment of work.

They are not to be construed as a complete list of the many duties normally to be performed under a job title or those to be performed temporarily outside an employee's normal line of work.

Group and Voluntary Benefits Offered :

• Medical, Dental, and Vision

• Basic Term Life Insurance

• Pension Plan

• Deferred Compensation Program

• Employee Assistance Program

• Paid Holidays, Vacation, and Sick Time

• Voluntary Benefits

• You May...