Budget Manager

Position Information

Position Description

The Budget Manager VI performs highly advanced managerial work directing, coordinating, and overseeing departmental budget operations. This position leads the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of agency operating and capital budgets and provides strategic fiscal guidance to executive leadership. The Budget Manager is responsible for directing budget planning activities, legislative appropriations development, budget execution, and financial analysis. The position serves as a key advisor on budgetary and funding matters, ensuring compliance with state and federal fiscal requirements while supporting the department's mission and strategic priorities. The position directly supervises three (3) Lead Budget Analysts and nine (9) Budget Analysts, providing leadership to a budget organization responsible for agency-wide budget development, monitoring, forecasting, reporting, and legislative budget activities. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of independent judgment and initiative. Plans, assigns, supervises, and evaluates the work of professional budget staff.

Essential Duties:

• Directs, plans, and oversees agency budget operations and staff to ensure effective financial management and achievement of organizational objectives.
• Provides leadership, supervision, performance management, and professional development for budget personnel.
• Oversees the development, administration, monitoring, and reporting of agency operating budgets and financial plans.
• Directs the preparation and coordination of the Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR), budget requests, fiscal notes, appropriations analyses, and related legislative initiatives.
• Serves as a principal advisor to executive leadership on budgetary, financial, legislative, and strategic planning matters.
• Leads the development of budget estimates used to support agency priorities and decision-making.
• Establishes and maintains budget policies, procedures, internal controls, and performance measures to promote accountability, compliance, and operational efficiency.
• Directs the analysis and management of agency revenues, expenditures, appropriations, and funding sources, ensuring effective stewardship of public resources.
• Represents the agency in budget and financial matters with executive leadership, oversight agencies, legislative offices, auditors, and external stakeholders.
• Leads special projects, audit responses, organizational initiatives, and process improvement efforts related to budget and financial management.
• Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

Education:

Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Admin/ Management or related discipline. Relevant work experience may be substituted for degree on a year per year basis. Substitutions for Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

• 4 years of experience in budget-related work. (Experience can be satisfied by full time or prorated part time equivalent).
• Must have one (1) year supervisory/managerial experience. Project leader or lead worker experience may substitute for supervisory/managerial experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, etc. highly preferred.

Competencies:

Knowledge:

• Applicable computer operating systems and relevant applications
• Auditing and investigative methods, practices and procedures
• Budgeting methods and procedures
• Fund accounting principles and procedures
• Legislative budget processes

Skills:

• Developing, interpreting, and implementing policies, procedures, and technical information
• Researching, analyzing, and interpreting policies and state and federal laws and regulations specific to functional area
• Directing and establishing objectives; clarifying roles and responsibilities through individual performance plans; monitoring and measuring performance against goals; evaluating results and making necessary adjustments to meet deadlines
• Using basic mathematical fundamentals Proficient skill in-S1300: Public relations for maintaining effective working relationships with individuals and groups, both internal and external
• Maintaining effective working relationships with others
• Meeting deadlines
• Analyzing and organizing business and technical data
• Using computers, applicable programs, applications, and systems

Attributes:

• Manages financial and personnel resources to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Oversees financial and personnel resources to achieve individual and organizational goals
• Exercises logic and reasoning to define problems, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; makes decisions that support business objectives and goals

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

• Sedentary work: Lift up to 10 lbs at a time and occasionally carry files/small tools
• Sitting - prolonged periods of time
• Repetitive Motion-substantial movements of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers
• Close Visual Acuity-work includes data/figures; view a computer screen; extensive reading

Conditions of Employment:

Please read the Standard Conditions of Employment (TxDOT) for all positions