Senior Budget Analyst - Budget Analyst

Organization Background

The mission of DPS is to serve the people of Iowa by providing public safety services with leadership, integrity and professionalism through the core values of courtesy, service and protection. The Department is a statewide law enforcement agency and includes the Administrative Services Division, the Iowa State Patrol, the Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation, the Iowa Division of Narcotics Enforcement, the Iowa State Fire Marshal and the Division of Intelligence.

The Department works in conjunction with federal, state and local jurisdictions of the criminal justice community to provide for the safety of persons living in or traveling through the State of Iowa.

• Health/Dental and Life Insurance
• Paid time off - Nine paid holidays plus generous paid vacation and paid sick leave which begin to accrue on your first day of employment
• Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) defined benefit program
• Employee discounts from a variety of vendors
• Collaborative, creative, positive work environment
• Paid opportunities for professional growth and development - including training, courses and conferences

The Department of Public Safety is seeking a Senior Budget Analyst to lead the budget development process for a large state agency. Budget development includes preparing, entering, and maintaining the annual budget request utilizing past data analysis. A download of financial reports to track/analyze payments, receipts, and cash balances for the department to include monthly ICN and eDAS invoices will be completed daily.

This position will direct, analyze and facilitate budgeting for all divisions/bureaus of the Department of Public Safety by creating financial statements monthly which include current expenditures, current outstanding expenses, and future budget forecasts. This position will collaborate with executive management on analysis of the agency budget by leading quarterly meetings to ensure projects are on track and being invoiced as expected, income and expenditures are accurately reflected, and discuss explanations of significant budget changes.

This position will develop and maintain an analytical model for forecasting to assure financial feasibility for future projects. This model will include an extensive salary forecast and projection for over 1,000 full‑time positions, taking into account vacancy savings. The vacancy savings will account for staffing changes, known wage and benefit increases, collective bargaining agreement changes, and reliable assumptions based on historical data.

Costing Allocations (including, but not limited to, Payroll, SWCAP, eDAS, ICN, Single Audit, and Computer Software) will be created, analyzed, maintained and updated yearly to insure proper allocation of expenses.

Applicants must be able to pass through a background investigation conducted by the Iowa Department of Public Safety.

Applicants are encouraged to attach a cover letter and resume within the NEOGOV application.

The State of Iowa is an E-Verify employer.

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