Principal Fiscal Policy Analyst

• Conducts a comprehensive review and analysis of proposed budgetary items.
• Researches and analyzes data and information relative to budgetary issues and oversees the research and analysis of lower level staff.
• Conducts audits of City operations programs and activities; evaluates actual versus projected outcomes; identifies areas of risk; recommends functional and operational changes needed to improve the economy efficiency and effectiveness of City government services and programs.
• Conducts audit planning executes field work and document audit steps in working papers.
• Oversees the development of comparative studies of other cities as they relate to municipal finance and participates in the development as needed.
• Reviews fiscal forecasts including review of past current and proposed revenues and expenditures and reports on the findings.
• Researches federal state and local programs to determine sources of funding and appropriate expenditure options.
• Researches and analyzes the policy and fiscal effects of new or proposed legislation.
• Participates in the construction of economic models and indexes.
• Prepares fiscal and economic project analysis.
• Develops reports relating to budgetary and legislative policy concerns.
• Performs supervisory work.
• Oversees the development of recommendations and assists lowerlevel staff in presenting the recommendations for review by higherlevel management in connection with the analysis studies and reports described herein.
• Attends public meetings and presents reports as necessary.
• Conducts fraud waste and abuse investigations.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

• Principles practices and techniques of public administration and public policy.
• Principles and practices of organizational financial and policy analysis.
• Principles methods and practices of municipal finance budgeting and accounting.
• Principles methods and practices of longrange financial planning.
• Advanced research and analytical methods techniques and procedures.
• Operational characteristics services and activities of audit and performance measurement programs.
• Principles and practices of complex auditing and accounting functions and their application to municipal/governmental accounting systems with emphasis on fiscal and operational aspects of such organizations.
• Various professional accounting standards such as Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Generally Accepted Governmental Auditing Standards (GAGAS).
• Technical report writing and presentation.
• Public speaking.
• Basic supervisory principles and practices.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word.
• Applicable federal state and local laws rules and regulations.

• Use of modern office equipment including computers computer applications and software.

• Analyze a variety of complex administrative and organizational problems and make sound independent policy and procedural recommendations.
• Plan and organize complex budgetary and auditing projects; design implement and monitor internal audit programs systems and procedures.
• Communicate clearly verbally and in writing.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with others at all staff levels.
• Interpret laws regulations and policies.
• Prepare comprehensive and accurate reports.
• Demonstrate patience poise flexibility tact reliability and dependability.
• Work with sensitive and confidential information.
• Display good judgment.
• Adjust to rapidly shifting priorities and timelines.
• Learn quickly and show initiative.
• Work effectively with multidisciplinary teams.
• Facilitate groups.
• Train supervise and evaluate assigned staff.

Please note the City of Sacramentos preferred method of communication with applicants is via email. As such please ensure you verify the email address on your application and check your email frequently including your spam and junk email notifications can also be accessed through the applicant inbox.

1. Application: (Pass/Fail) All applicants must complete and submit online a City of Sacramento employment application by the final filing deadline;

• Employment applications must be submitted online; paper applications will not be accepted.
• Employment applications will be considered incomplete and will be disqualified:
  • If applicants do not list current and past jobrelated experience in theduties area of theWork Experience section.Note: Qualifying experience is based on fulltime experience (40 hours per week). Qualifying experience is calculated to the fulltime equivalent (prorated if less than 40 hours/week).
  • If see resume is noted in the Work Experience section; a resume will not substitute for the information required in the Work Experience section.
• Position/job titles will not be considered in determining eligibility for meeting the minimum qualifications for this position.
• Proof of education such as but not limited to university/college transcripts and degrees should be submitted online with your application. Proof of education will be required at time of appointment.

• Responses to the supplemental questionnaire must be submitted online; paper questionnaire will not be accepted.
• Incomplete supplemental questionnaire will not pass the review process; omitted information cannot be considered or assumed.
• A resume will not substitute for the information required in the supplemental questionnaire.
• Possession of the minimum qualifications is not necessarily a guarantee for further advancement in the selectionprocess.

• Please visit for a comprehensive stepbystep guide to the application process.
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• Visit the City of Sacramento Human Resources Department website at an email to ; or
• Call the Human Resources Department at (916)