TEMPORARY Senior Budget Analyst

Under direction, performs complex financial, statistical and management analyses in the preparation and administration of general fund and categorical budgets; reviews college expenditures for compliance, budget availability and reasonableness; prepares financial/budget forecasts and reports; serves as college liaison on budget and expenditure issues; provides lead work guidance and direction to accounting support staff; and performs related duties as assigned. The duties listed below are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed.

The omission of specific statements of duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment to this class.

• Provides input in selecting, training and providing day‑to‑day lead work guidance and direction to other staff; assigns, schedules and monitors work for completeness, accuracy and conformance with District, department and legal/regulatory requirements and standards; monitors workflow to ensure that mandated deadlines are being met in an optimal manner; provides information, instruction and training on work procedures and technical/legal/regulatory requirements.
• Provides input to supervisor on employee work performance and behaviors.
• Serves as budget coordinator for an assigned college; compiles and analyzes data and prepares tentative budget documents by program for review by deans, managers and vice presidents; runs labor distribution reports, makes changes based on new/deleted positions and calculates/verifies all salary and benefit costs; compiles and analyzes data to prepare department/division requests for resources; as an ex officio member, serves on the college budget committee and participates in committee discussions;
  
  provides information requested by the committee in considering resource requests; prepares the tentative budget package including any approved resource requests and the committee's comments on all items for review by the college President; sends the approved budget package to the District for inclusion in the District‑wide budget review and development process; prepares wish list packages with full justifications for consideration at the District level.
• Develops budget plans for categorical grants funded by the State Chancellor's Office; works with program managers to allocate funds to salary/benefit and expenditure accounts; submits the approved plan to the State Chancellor's Office and uploads to the District financial and accounting system.
• Participates in developing budgets for new and renewal grant‑funded programs and activities; reviews Labor Distribution Reports to verify and calculate payroll and benefit costs; verifies the allowability of planned program expenditures; ensures requirements for matching and in‑kind funds are planned for; calculates budgets based on fiscal cycles for District and funding sources; reviews any issues and concerns with program managers to ensure resolution.
• Reviews monthly, quarterly, semi‑annual and annual expenditure reports for general fund and categorical/grant‑funded budgets; verifies and may calculate payroll and benefit costs; reconciles labor distribution reports to the general ledger and makes adjustments to labor distribution reports as necessary; verifies the allowability of planned program expenditures under funding program requirements and ensures complete documentation to support expenditures.
• Reviews and approves all college expenditures for compliance, reasonableness and budget availability, including purchase requisitions, invoices, check requests, travel and conference requests, reimbursement requests and other expense‑related forms; verifies expenditures are allowable, in compliance with District policies and procedures and changes to the correct budget and object codes; requests additional supporting information when necessary; approves budget and expenditure transfers to correct errors;
  
  serves as liaison with District Finance Office on budget and expenditure issues such as allocations for categorical funding and the allowability of expenditures.
• Prepares and maintains detailed schedules for all…