Start: Immediately
Work Hours: 9-5pm, with some evenings, dependent on hearing schedule; in person Mon-Th
Reports to: Director of Finance and Budget
Salary: $70,338-112,807
The Office of City Council President’s Budget and Fiscal Analyst conducts independent, complex financial and policy analysis of legislation and capital and operating budgets introduced before the City Council. The position also conducts financial and budgetary oversight and investigations of City agencies. All work is executed in accordance with the City Council President’s Office’s mission, vision and values.
Mission Statement: To ensure Baltimore City government offers a best-in-class resident experience that centers equity when engaging with residents and communities, allocating budget dollars, conducting oversight of city agencies and enacting legislation.
Our Vision: We will innovate, advocate and deliver results across City government and neighborhoods so that residents, business owners and visitors champion Baltimore as the best place to visit, live, work and play.
Values:
Results: We are constantly driving toward ‘best-in-class’ when it comes to city services.
Innovation: Don’t settle for the status quo: transformational results require creative problem solving.
Community Centered: Our people make Baltimore great and those residents should inform every decision.
Joy: There is so much to celebrate about our city: we get to share those stories with each other and the world.
This is a fast-paced, all-hands-on-deck work environment with a wide diversity of projects occurring simultaneously. This position requires a candidate to be on site for all Council hearings and meetings related to their work.
Duties:
- Reviews, studies, analyzes and makes recommendations on the annual City budget.
- Manages and executes fiscal and budget projects, oversight, and investigations as requested by the City Council Director of Finance and Budget.
- Authors reports, studies, and memos on City budgets, fiscal policies and procedures, revenue and expenditure estimates, appropriations to City agencies, legislation, and oversight investigations.
- Authors reports on the fiscal relationship of the City government with State, Federal, County and other governments and organizations.
- Collaborates with and trains Council members and staff to build fiscal and budgetary capacity within the Council for an effective budget process and the delivery of compelling questioning and commentary during Council and Committee hearings.
- Builds relationships with internal and external stakeholders to effectively deliver on the position’s responsibilities.
- Applies analytics (statistics and operations research) to government data to describe, predict, and improve government performance.
- Collaborate with City Council President’s Oversight team to provide fiscal and budgetary expertise as needed.
- When needed, supports and manages Board of Estimate processes, functions, and relationships in service of the City Council President’s role on the Board of Estimates and other engagement with the Comptroller’s office.
- Attends relevant conferences and consults industry publications to learn about and implement best practices associated with public budgeting and public finance.
REQUIRED KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Demonstrated track record of effective collection, organization, interpretation and presentation of fiscal, budgetary, and operational data.
- Demonstrated ability to apply the principles of finance, accounting, budgeting, fiscal controls, and statistics to produce analysis and recommendations regarding the needs of specific projects.
- Expertise in the analysis and evaluation, on a quantitative or qualitative basis, of the effectiveness of programs in meeting established goals and objectives.
- Demonstrated ability to identify budgetary, fiscal, and programmatic problem areas and recommend solutions based on logical consideration of alternatives.
- Demonstrated ability to interpret and apply a variety of laws, rules, regulations, standards and procedures to budgetary, fiscal, and oversight matters.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and present reports and/or recommendations clearly and concisely.
- Knowledge of the background, issues, and current trends in municipal government finance and other related urban studies (preferred, not required).
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with City officials, departmental personnel and personnel of other governmental agencies and institutions.
- Deliver complex analysis in clear language for wide public consumption.
- Communicates proactively and effectively to keep team members apprised of financial, budgetary, and oversight activity and results.
- Self motivated and entrepreneurial in the delivery of work product.
CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK: Eligible candidates under final consideration for appointment to positions identified as positions of trust will be required to authorize the release of and successfully complete a criminal conviction check
The City of Baltimore is an Equal Opportunity Employer
Financial Disclosure:
This position is required to complete a Financial Disclosure pursuant to Sections 7-7, 7-8, and 7-9 of the City Ethics Law.
