Description
Salary:$50,726 - $79,482
Position Grade:15G
Department:Budget Division
Job Type:Full-Time Permanent
Examination Number:EX1222
Location: Downtown - St. Louis, MO
Incumbents in this classification determine how proposed legislation, pension systems, expenditures, staffing, worker’s compensation and other operating expenses fiscally impact the City of St. Louis. Incumbents assist in the annual assembly of the city’s operating plan and annual budget in addition to preparing and analyzing budget requests.
Essential Functions and Responsibilities:
- Compiles data and updates databases in preparation for production of the annual operating plan.
- Tracks departmental expenditures and staffing costs in relation to the annual operating plan and capital improvement plan.
- Provides technical support for final assembly of such plan.
- Manages databases used for generation of annual operating plan books, budget requests and the recording and forecasting of expenses and revenue for city departments.
- Produces and publishes capital budget by assembling information, making recommendations, attending meetings and providing financial analysis to senior staff, city departments, and the Capital Committee.
- Produces and publishes annual operating budget documents.
- Obtains information from city departments, analyzes data and monitors meetings to determine impact of proposed legislation and pension system on the budget.
- Generates fiscal notes for the state regarding the effects of proposed legislation on the city.
- Tracks expenditures, revenues, and staffing as related to the city budget. Responds to inquiries from the press, general public or city officials.
- Acts as a liaison for the department; works with other departmental public information officers and the Mayor’s Office as necessary on collaborative projects and messaging.
- May serve as website contact for the department, coordinating with the City’s web team to keep the department’s pages up to date and correct.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Data Utilization: Requires the ability to perform mid-level data analysis including the ability to audit, deduce, assess, conclude and appraise. Requires discretion in determining and referencing such to established criteria to define consequences and develop alternatives.
- Human Interaction: Requires the ability to provide guidance, assistance and/or interpretation to others, such as coworkers and the public, on how to apply policies, procedures and standards to specific situations.
- Equipment, Machinery, Tools and Materials Use: Requires the ability to operate, maneuver and/or provide simple but continuous adjustment on equipment, machinery and tools such as personal computer, fax machine, calculator, word processing, spreadsheet and database software, and/or materials used in performing essential functions.
- Verbal Aptitude: Requires the ability to utilize a variety of advisory data and information such as operating plans, line item detail, payroll and expenditure reports, city and state statutes, budget books, actuarial studies, instruction manuals and related routine correspondence.
- Mathematical Aptitude: Requires the ability to perform addition, subtraction, multiplication and division; calculate percentages, fractions and decimals; may require the ability to utilize principles of basic probability and statistical inference.
- Functional Reasoning: Requires the ability to apply principles of rational systems. Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagrammatic or schedule form. Ability to exercise independent judgment to adopt or modify methods and standards to meet variations in assigned objective.
- Situational Reasoning: Requires the ability to exercise the judgment, decisiveness and creativity required in situations involving the evaluation of information against measurable or verifiable criteria.
- Environmental Factors: Tasks are regularly performed in safe and comfortable surroundings without exposure to adverse environmental conditions.
- Physical Requirements: Tasks involve the ability to exert light physical effort in sedentary to light work, but which may involve some lifting, carrying, pushing and pulling of objects weighing five (5) to ten (10) pounds, such as office supplies. Tasks may involve extended periods of time at a keyboard or workstation.
- Sensory Requirements: Requires the ability to recognize and identify similarities or differences between characteristics of colors, shapes, and sounds, associated with job-related objects, materials and tasks, such as charts and graphs.
Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree in Public or Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Accounting, or a closely related field; plus two years of experience as a budget analyst. OR an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
Preferences:
A Master’s degree in a closely related field. Previous experience working as a budget or policy analyst with a federal, state, or local government agency.
Scoring Components and Their Weights
Experience and Training: 100%
May be Subject to:
Background Investigation: Pass/Fail
Medical Examination: Pass/Fail
Documentation of Academic Credentials must be Submitted Upon Request
When completing the Employment History and the Educational/Training History sections of the Employment Application, please be as thorough as possible when describing your education, training and experience relating to this position. Applicants will only receive credit for their experience, training and education as shown on the application. Resumes will not be accepted as a substitute to a fully completed application. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Veterans Preference Points
To be eligible for veteran's preference points, the applicant must submit a copy of their DD 214 Certificate of Release or Discharge from Active Duty with the Employment Application or upon request. The Director of Personnel may, in their discretion, accept alternate documentation.
City Residence Preference Points
City residents who pass an examination for a position in the classified service and do not receive any other preference will receive a five (5) point preference on a scale of 100 points on the exam. An additional one (1) point shall be added to the passing score of City residents who receive any other preference on a scale of 100 points.City residents must have resided in the City for at least one (1) year at the time of filing their application to be eligible for the preference points.
Accommodations
If assistance with the job application is necessary based on a physical impairment, mental impairment, or otherwise, they should reach out to the Office on the Disabled with contact information.This office will not disclose any information that an applicant or employee has a disability or has discussed possible accommodations without the applicant's or employee's prior consent.
