Budget Analyst 2

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Budget Analysts prepare and implement budgets including the development of expenditure projections narrative justification of programs and detailed biennial spending plans; review and analyze budget requests and adjustments; and ensure compliance with budgetary directives policies regulations and limitations.

The Budget Analyst II position within the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) Bureau of Administrative Services Office of Fiscal Management is based in Carson City and may require up to 10% travel. The incumbent will be responsible for a broad range of complex fiscal and budgetary functions. Key responsibilities include oversight of multiple complex budget units; preparation and management of assigned budgets; account reconciliation; accounting; auditing; fiscal forecasting; and grant management including draw completion and federal reporting. Additional duties involve developing expenditure projections drafting narrative justifications for programs preparing detailed biennial spending plans and reviewing and analyzing budget requests and adjustments. The incumbent ensures compliance with applicable budgetary directives policies regulations and limitations and contributes to the development and review of work programs for submission to the Administrative Services Officer III for Division approval. This position requires advanced knowledge and proficiency in budget and fiscal management. The incumbent is expected to work independently provide guidance and training to others and serve as a liaison between NDEP Bureaus Division Administration and external agencies such as the Executive Budget Office and the Legislative Counsel Bureau on all assigned budget matters.

Assist agencies in developing budget requests by explaining statutory requirements and providing fiscal guidance; analyze budget requests; make recommendations regarding additions deletions and/or reductions; prepare written justification and summary statements for budget requests.
Control and oversee budgets to ensure compliance with authorized spending limitations and determine the necessity of work program adjustments; monitor budgets through review of audit reports verification of compliance and review of agency internal controls and performance levels.

Assist assigned agencies and/or programs by analyzing organizing and balancing agency/program requests; review and make recommendations on work program changes; and analyze the impact on existing and future agency budgets.
Present budgets at agency meetings and to administrators; may present budgets before the legislature as required; attend various budget hearings to make presentations and respond to questions; may provide testimony and consult with legislative fiscal staff; prepare and analyze legislative bill drafts and comments to fiscal notes; and estimate revenue impact of legislative proposals.

Design develop maintain and enhance automated budgetary systems to track expenditures and revenue monitor performance indicators and conduct statistical analysis; develop and maintain spreadsheets data bases and tables; design and generate standard and ad hoc reports charts graphs and related materials.

Assist agencies with the strategic planning process including development of long and short range objectives; allocate agency and/or program budget resources; prepare periodic budget analyses for management.

Project revenue and expenditures using trend analysis and statistical models and tools.

Analyze expenditures and monitor fiscal transactions for each approved budget account to ensure compliance with budget limits internal procedures applicable laws and regulations and legislative intent.

Research and develop policy recommendations related to accounting practices internal control procedures allocation of personnel resources and fiscal practices; review payroll allocations work programs and cash balances; analyze funding availability for proposed expenditures and staffing.

Perform related duties as assigned.

Under direction Budget Analyst IIs perform the full range of duties described in the series concept. This level is distinguished from Budget Analyst I by responsibility for more complex budgets which are larger in size and have more funding sources and legislatively mandated expenditure restrictions. This is the journey level in the series.

Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration accounting finance economics or closely related field and three years of professional budgeting accounting economic or management analysis and projection staff analyst or auditing experience one year of which was equivalent to a Budget Analyst I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

This job specification lists the major knowledge skills and abilities of the job and is not all inclusive. Incumbent(s) will be expected to have knowledge skills and abilities from a previous level.

The State of Nevada is an equal opportunity employer dedicated to building diverse inclusive and innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. All applicants are considered without regard to race color national origin religion or belief age disability sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression pregnancy domestic partnership genetic information (GINA) or compensation and/or wages.

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