Budget Management Analyst

Union County, NC

$66K — $99K *
Education, Government & Non-Profit
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Public Administration, Accounting, or a related field.
  • Two years of budgeting and/or accounting experience, preferably in a governmental setting.
  • Knowledge of financial systems and/or statistical analysis tools is a plus.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
  • Thorough understanding of public administration principles including organization, public policy, and fiscal management.

Responsibilities

  • Prepare work papers for audit field work and budget amendments.
  • Reconcile interdepartmental charges and prepare year-end service area estimates.
  • Compile and process service area budget requests and contract details.
  • Assist with preparation, analysis, and coordination of a $430 million annual budget.
  • Serve as the primary point of contact for budget analysis matters in assigned departments.

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with other budget analysts.
  • Opportunity for professional growth and skill enhancement in public financial management.
  • Ability to impact budget decisions for a significant government budget.
  • Engagement in multi-departmental financial planning and consulting.
  • Exposure to comprehensive public administration and fiscal management practices.
Full Job Description
Salary : $66,103.84 - $99,155.76 Annually
Location : Monroe, NC
Job Type: Full-Time Regular
Job Number: 405006
Department: Budget & Grants Management
Opening Date: 09/21/2026
Closing Date: 9/27/2026 11:00 PM Eastern

General Statement

The Budget Management Analyst, under general supervision, performs a wide variety of professional level budget development and analysis involving preparation, administration, maintenance, review and control of County-wide budgets. The position is responsible for performing managerial budget preparation and analysis work; performs statistical and comparative analyses of spending; evaluating best practices for budget development and budget documents; analyzing and reviewing budget request; maintain specialized financial records and statistics and prepare financial reporting documents.
Essential Functions
Prepares various work papers for audit field work, service area budget amendments, journals, and postings for budgeted transactions, transfers, etc. for assigned service areas.
Prepares and reconciles interdepartmental charges for Internal Service Funds; prepares projected year end service area revenues, expenditures, and budgetary impacts; reconciles and prepares estimates for fleet maintenance charges and year-end true-up.
Compiles service area requests for year over year budgetary rolls for contracts, purchase orders, projects, and program balances.
Reviews pre-procurement (requisition) forms.
Prepares and assists with other reports as necessary.
Prepares Contract Deputy Billings and monitors revenue receipts; reviews and updates annually the contract deputy cost estimates.
Assists in preparing, analyzing, and coordinating the annual budget process with a holistic approach for a $430 million budget.
Serves as primary point of contact for assigned departments for budget analysis matters.
Works independently to complete assignments that require thorough complex management, budgetary, financial, organizational, problem solving skills.
Works in an environment that will require serving on a team of budget analysts to complete major assignments.
Prepares departmental budget training and instructions; answers questions and provides analysis.
Analyzes submitted data for year-end estimates and next year budget request for consistency, reasonableness, directives, etc., and enters budget data.
Supports departments with detailed and summary reporting; and related reconciliations.
Reviews contracts for payment/encumbrance terms; prepares encumbrance of budget for contracts; confirms appropriate funding of contracts.
Assists departments with following financial policies, procedures, and guidelines.
Conduct pre-audits all personnel changes that affect cost for compliance and budget availability purposes.
Reviews capital asset additions, deletions, and transfers as prepared by staff; reviews capitalized interest rate and amounts for capital construction work in progress (CWIP) projects; reviews and reconciles CWIP roll forward schedules of additions, closures, and capitalized interest prepared by staff; reviews and/or prepares audit report notes and schedules related to capital assets and CWIP.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Bachelor's Degree in Finance, Economics, Business or Public Administration, Accounting or other closely related field required, and two (2) years of budgeting and/or accounting experience performing financial data analysis and reconciliations, preferably in a governmental setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
Special Requirements:

Knowledge of financial systems and/or statistical analysis tools a plus.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
Thorough knowledge of principles of public administration including organization, public policy and fiscal management.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Education and Experience:

Master's Degree in Public Administration, Finance, Economics or Accounting and two (2) years of experience in capital financing and markets, debt service and planning, bond issuance, enterprise strategic planning, and financial performance management planning and evaluation.
Licenses or Certifications:

North Carolina Budget & Evaluation Officer Certification or North Carolina Finance Officer Certification.
Special Requirements:

Knowledge of financial systems and/or statistical analysis tools.
Proficient in Microsoft Office products.
Thorough knowledge of principles of public administration including organization, public policy and fiscal management.

Supplemental Information
PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Must be physically able to operate a variety of automated office machines including computers, typewriters, calculators, copiers, telephones, printers, etc. including computers, printers, fax machines, copiers, bursters, shredders, calculators, telephones, typewriters, tape drives, etc. Must be able to exert a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time, but may involve walking or standing for periods of time.
WORK ENVIRONMENT

Work is performed in a safe and secure work environment that may periodically have unpredictable requirements or demands.
01

Do you have experience working in a government agency?
  • yes
  • no

02

Do you have at least 2 years of related experience?
  • Yes
  • No

03

Do you have work experience assisting multiple departments and agencies in annual development, execution and monitoring of their departmental/agency budgets AND in the preparation and development of long-term capital improvement plans and related budgetary impact? Please describe your experience, including volume and complexity.
04

Do you possess a North Carolina Finance Officer's or a North Carolina Budget & Evaluation Officer certification?
  • Yes
  • No

05

Do you have experience with analyzing budget requests for personnel, operating and capital expenditures? If so, please describe.
Required Question

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