Job Description

• Are you a curious, data driven analyst with a proven track record of providing budgetary and financial expertise in preparing a complex budget? 
• Do you have strong technical and analytical skills, as well as excellent customer service and relationship building skills? 
• Are you excited by the idea of working in a public sector environment where you are encouraged and empowered to constantly improve processes?

If this is you, look no further!

Multnomah County’s Department of Community Justice (DCJ) Business Services Unit invites applications for a Budget Analyst. As a Budget Analyst with DCJ, you will be responsible for contracts, internal services, material & supplies budget within the department, including but not limited to: budget preparation, technical budget data, tracking changes throughout the fiscal year, maintaining legal budget requirements for personnel, and technical linking of budget systems. This position works closely with DCJ’s Contracts unit, Department of Community Assets and management staff on changes throughout the fiscal year.

Key job duties of this position include, but are not limited to:

• New fiscal year department budget preparation
• Current year budget maintenance and monitoring
• Personnel position tracking, costing, and analysis for various employee classifications and bargaining units
• Internal Service Rate review, tracking, reconciliation, and ongoing analysis
• Contracts and Materials / Supplies budget modifications, updates, and department-wide communication
• Partner with Department HR regarding any personnel additions or reductions as determined by management decision-making while maintaining confidentiality
• Balance and update funding amounts based on grant and other governmental revenues
• Financial reporting using pivot tables, vlookup, dashboards, and other formulas or methods to assist with trend presentation or routine data sharing
• Maintain department’s accounting structure to reflect the financial reporting hierarchy
• Understand and maintain various rate methodologies (detention bed rate, housing supports, provider cost of living adjustments, personnel cost for indirect cost allocations) to utilize in budget preparation and support
• Contract requisition analysis
• Customer service with various stakeholders
• Process improvement
• Independent task orientation

WORKFORCE EQUITY:

At Multnomah County we are committed to maintaining an effective, respectful and inclusive workplace. We value collaborative problem solving and strive for continuous improvement. We strongly believe in workforce equity, diversity and inclusion. Visit our Workforce Equity Strategies Plan (WESP) to see where Multnomah County is headed with these values.

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY JUSTICE:

Vision ~ Community Safety through Positive Change 

The Department of Community Justice (DCJ) is recognized as a national leader in both adult and juvenile community justice. DCJ routinely consults and makes use of evidence-based practices in our program and policy development. The Department’s commitment to data-informed decision-making has led DCJ to make smart investments of taxpayer dollars in supervision, sanctions, and services for the county’s highest risk and highest need justice-involved individuals. DCJ makes long-term investments in its employees through the provision of education and training. The Department believes that in order to enhance public safety we must work collaboratively with the judiciary, law enforcement, schools, treatment agencies, and the community.

The Department shares information with community members, partners, and staff to keep communities safe by preventing and reducing crime and routinely evaluating which local policies support best practices. DCJ operates 24 hours a day, with nearly 650 regular, on-call, and temporary employees. The Department supervises approximately 7,500 adult probationers and parolees and those defendants requiring pretrial services. DCJ’s Juvenile Services Division operates the Donald E. Long Juvenile Detention Facility and is responsible for approximately 500 youth on formal and informal community supervision.

More general information about the Department of Community Justice including our mission, vision, and strategies can be found at: www.multco.us/dcj.

The Department of Community Justice’s Strategic Plan (Executive Summary and Full report) can be found at: https://multco.us/file/68223/download.

TO QUALIFY:

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific about how your background is relevant. For details about how we typically screen applications, review our overview of the selection process page.

Minimum  Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:

• Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in finance, economics, statistics, accounting or a related field (professional work at or near the level of this position can substitute year for year for the educational requirement); AND
• Four (4) years of progressively responsible financial management experience, three (3) years of which must be specifically related to budgeting.
• Must pass a thorough background investigation which includes, but is not limited to a review of applicant’s criminal, civil, driving, military, educational and employment history prior to employment.

Preferred Qualifications/Transferable Skills*:

You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider some or all of the following when identifying the most qualified candidates. Please clearly explain in your application packet how you meet any of the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills.

• Questica experience entering budgets
• Intermediate level experience with Workday
• Advanced level training & experience with Google (e.g. Gmail, Google Docs, Google Sheets, Google Slides, Google calendar, etc.).
• Advanced level training & experience with Microsoft Office Suite (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, etc.).

How to Apply

Job Categories: Equal Opportunities. Job Types: Full-Time. Salaries: 80,000 - 100,000.

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