Budget & Finance Analyst

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is Americas Queen City opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety health and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork openness accountability productivity and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous responsive accessible and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify analyze and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the department Procurement Card (P-Card) holders by reviewing transactions checking for policy compliance and assisting with allocation and reconciliation by end of the month deadline
• Review and enter requisitions to initiate purchase orders for the department
• Perform open purchase order analysis and reporting
• Review and reconcile vendor statements verify payments and coordinate with vendors and department to ensure timely and accurate payments.
• Coordinate with vendor and departments to resolve discrepancies
• Enter requests for check (RFC) into the citys financial system
• Responsible for daily deposits and custodial funds expense statements
• Assist in internal reviews of financial and procurement records for accuracy and compliance.
• Participate in training sessions to understand financial and procurement systems and share knowledge with department as needed.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• High School graduate or equivalent with three (3) years of related experience
• OR Associates Degree with one (1) year of related experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• Coursework or certification in procurement accounting or finance is a plus.
• Experience in a government or public-sector environment is desirable but not required.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of accounting budget and procurement principles
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with attention to detail and accuracy
• Demonstrated ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships across multiple departments and external suppliers
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in applying departmental policies and procedures
• Ability to express ideas effectively both orally and in writing
• Basic skills using Microsoft Office (Excel Outlook and Teams)
• Familiar with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems (e.g. Workday)
• Strong organizational and time-management skills
• Effective communication and interpersonal abilities
• Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team

ADA and Other Requirements:

Positions in this class typically require grasping talking hearing seeing and repetitive motions.

Physical Requirements:

• Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for sitting standing climbing or walking for extended periods of time
• Light to moderate lifting and carrying; some crouching stooping squatting crawling reaching pushing and pulling when performing tasks
• Ability to see hear and communicate information effectively

Sensory Requirements:

• Concentrated and attentive use of one or more senses (visual audio and other sensory modalities) for proofreading data entry tabulating data.
• Ability to operate in an environment with frequent interruptions from people and or noises which in return could result in some level of stress fatigue or strain.
• Comprehend written information in work-related documents.
• Ability to hear understand and distinguish speech.

Working Conditions:

Work is performed in an indoor office environment with moderate exposure to atmospheric conditions moderate exposure to environmental conditions and frequent exposure to computer screens files and phone.

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The Citys Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes but is not limited to: reference checks social security verification education verification criminal conviction record check and if applicable a credit history check sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes such as the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). The checks must be consistent with the guidelines set forth by these laws requiring organizations to obtain a candidates written authorization before obtaining a criminal background report motor vehicle records check or credit report; and to properly store and dispose of information derived from such reports.

Final candidates must pass a pre-employment drug-screening test and physical examination. During the selection process candidates may be asked to take a skills test and/or participate in other assessments.

The City of Charlotte is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race religion color sex national origin marital status age disability sexual orientation political affiliation or on the basis of actual or perceived gender as expressed through dress appearance or behavior.

Our culture is to serve the community honorably.

HOW TO APPLY

Apply online.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please tell us if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for a job.

You are welcome to visit the City of Charlotte Human Resources Department lobby where self-service application kiosks are available. They are located in our office at 700 East 4th Street Suite 200 Charlotte NC 28202. We are open Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. (EST) excluding official City holidays.

For questions about your application or the hiring process please email .

The City of Charlotte is committed to making our services and programs accessible to all. Upon request auxiliary aids written materials in alternate formats language access and other reasonable accommodations or modifications will be provided. To make a request please fill out the Innovation & Technology ADA request form or call 704.336.4120.

BENEFITS

The City of Charlotte provides a comprehensive benefits package to eligible employees.

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The City of Charlotte is a drug and alcohol-free workplace.