Senior Budget Analyst

The City of Boise is hiring a Senior Budget Analyst!

This role will provide advanced financial analysis, budget planning, forecasting, and strategic decision support for city departments and citywide initiatives. You will serve as a key advisor to department leaders and budget office leadership, helping shape annual budgets, revenue estimates, long-term financial strategies, and executive-level recommendations.

The Senior Budget Analyst develops financial models, conducts cost and revenue studies, prepares budget updates and variance reports, and supports presentations to executive leadership, the mayor, city council, and the public. This role is ideal for a finance professional who enjoys solving complex problems, improving processes, and using data to guide policy, operations, and resource decisions in a large public-sector organization.

The benefits are real and among the best in the Treasure Valley:

• Zero-premium medical coverage for you and your family
• PERSI retirement plus employer-matched 401(k)/457b
• 10 hours vacation/month (grows with tenure), 12 paid holidays, and 8 hours sick leave/month
• 10 weeks paid parental leave
• $500 annual wellbeing incentive
• Tuition reimbursement and free local bus pass
• Basic life and long-term disability insurance at no cost

This job posting may close earlier than the listed closing date. If this occurs, a minimum of 24 hours’ notice will be provided prior to closing.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Acts as a budget advisor and serves as a resource for city departments and/or budget office leadership on budget and financial matters. Collaborates with various stakeholders and assigned departments with expert level knowledge of operations, producing annual budgets, creating revenue estimates and developing financial strategy. Manages the production of monthly budget variance reports, budget changes and memos that support presentations to the mayor and city council.

Produces monthly revenue and expense forecasts and contributes to the development and maintenance of long‑term cash flow models for assigned departments. Performs and coordinates analysis and provides insight and budget guidance on various projects.

Conducts special projects, including those regarding cost and revenue studies, property tax, CIP, development impact fees, priority based budgeting and performance projects or other analyses. Compiles statistical and analytical data into reports for decision and policy makers. Creates and maintains financial models and tools for forecasting, cost planning and other financial projects. Acts as a financial resource to internal customers to identify and develop reporting specifically tailored for departmental needs.

Collaborates, coordinates, communicates and works significantly with a team to achieve varying objectives as required in each situation.

Collaborates with business process owners, senior managers and department administrative managers to oversee the formation and implementation of long‑term financial management strategies, procedures, software, and stays aware of department regulations and trends. Partners with staff across the Department of Finance to identify and solve a wide array of budget, financial and system issues. Fosters a continuous improvement environment through the elimination of duplicate efforts by streamlining and creating efficiencies and automation.

Represents the assigned departments at various public meetings in partnership with operational managers.

Develops quarterly and annual budget updates, presented to the city’s executive management team, distributed to city council and made available to Boise citizens. Gathers data from various outside agencies and entities. Uses technical tools to organize report data, including key economic indicators for the city, region, state…