Budget Analyst V
Job in
Austin, Travis County, Texas, 78716, USA
Listing for:
Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System
Full Time
position
Listed on 2026-02-06
Job specializations:
-
Finance & Banking
Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting, Accounting & Finance
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Job Description - Comptroller - Budget Analyst V )
Please note that this job posting can be closed without notice and earlier than the closing date indicated in the posting if a suitable candidate is found. We encourage applicants to submit and complete the application promptly.
Are you ready to grow and make a positive impact? If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!
Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describe the culture here at the Comptroller’s Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state.
About The Division
Join the Budget & Internal Accounting team as a Budget Analyst! Work involves examining, reviewing, and analyzing financial data, including operating budgets, procurements, and staffing information, to formulate expenditure forecasts and determine trends; compiling, interpreting, analyzing, and reconciling statistics and reports relating to budgetary activities to resolve financial issues and make recommendations; preparing and revising operating budgets and appropriation requests; and communicating technical advice and assistance on budgetary matters to agency management staff.
Agency standard work hours are Monday through Friday from 8 am to 5 pm, 40 hours per week with occasional evening and weekend hours. Hours are subject to change based upon business need or division determination.
Minimum Qualifications
5 years of progressive experience preparing, maintaining, and analyzing a complex agency-wide budget or performing financial analyst work at a Texas state agency.3 years of experience with Centralized Accounting Payroll/Personnel Financials System (CAPPS).Preferred Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Accounting, Finance, Auditing, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field.Verbal and written communication skills that include complex correspondence, English composition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.Experience with Centralized Accounting Payroll/Personnel Human Resources System.Experience with preparation of a state agency Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR).Substitutions
One additional year of experience preparing, maintaining, and analyzing a complex agency-wide budget or performing financial analyst work at a Texas state agency may substitute for thirty semester hours of educational requirement with a maximum substitution of 120 semester hours (four years).
In this role you will:
Analyze trends, track, and project future expenditures and budgetary needs.Review requests for additional funds or resource reallocation, evaluate justification, recommend actions, and answer inquiries on budget/resource-related matters.Analyze and examine operating budgets, expenditure patterns, and cost drivers to determine whether funds have been appropriately allocated.Review purchase requisitions for accuracy, proper comptroller object code and PCA account coding, availability of funds, and appropriateness of expense through CAPPS (Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System) Financials.Monitor and maintain assigned division budget, managing all aspects such as tracking personnel actions, requisitions, expenditures, reviewing outstanding encumbrances, and requesting purchase order and voucher maintenance.Prepare monthly forecasts, CAPPS ledger entries, and review and approve personnel actions.Inform management of budget deviations, problems, and events likely to affect operations; explain causes and measures effect on the agency’s mission and resources.Maintain CAPPS, Excel, and other databases of budget data.Assist in the preparation of the Legislative Appropriations Request.Assist in the preparation of annual operating budget and distribute to assigned division.Distribute required reports to division management that reflects spending.Assist with special projects as needed.Create ad hoc reports in Excel for management review, ensuring data accuracy and timely delivery.Perform other related duties as…
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