Budget Analyst; budget %Management Services

Job Description – BUDGET ANALYST (BUDGET & MANAGEMENT SERVICES) )

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 of business, finance, auditing, budgeting, and accounting practices and legal requirements.
• Ability to manage projects and initiatives while being able to escalates 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, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Skill in executing moderately complex data collection, synthesis, analysis, reporting, and development of recommendations to support functional areas, 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.

• Graduation from an accredited college or university with a Bachelor's Degree or higher.
• Two (2) years of budgeting or directly related experience.
• Alternative:
  Equivalent combination of education and/or experience.

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.

Cook County Government is an Equal Employment Opportunity ("EEO") employer. Cook County prohibits illegal discrimination and harassment and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, sex, age, religion, disability, national origin, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status, source of income, housing status, military service or discharge status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other protected category established by law, statute or ordinance.