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Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller’s Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more!

Culture
Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on-the-job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

General description:
Join the Budget and Internal Accounting Division as a Budget Analyst! The work involves examining, reviewing and analyzing financial data, including operating budgets, procurements and staffing information, to formulate expenditure forecasts and determine trends; compiling, interpreting, analyzing and reconciling statistics and reports relating to budgetary activities to resolve financial issues and make recommendations; preparing and revising operating budgets and appropriation requests; and communicating technical advice and assistance on budgetary matters to agency management staff. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Apply today and help the Comptroller’s office keep the Texas economy strong.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree.
Five years of progressive responsible experience maintaining and analyzing a complex agency-wide budget or performing financial analyst work at a Texas state agency.

Preferred Qualifications

Work experience that requires verbal and written communication skills to include complex correspondence, English composition, grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Centralized Accounting Payroll/Personnel Financials System.
Centralized Accounting Payroll/Personnel Human Resources System.
Experience with position control management and laws governing state of Texas job classifications and salaries, including planning, coordinating, and evaluating agency position control and salary funds.

Substitutions
Education requirement may be substituted with up to four (4) years of related experience.

In this role, the chosen candidate:

Assists with the planning, organizing, coordinating, and evaluating of budgetary activities for position control and salary funds. Includes data entry into the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System (CAPPS).
Examines budget estimates for completeness, accuracy and conformance with procedures and regulations.
Assists with developing budget policies and procedures.
Examines budgets to determine whether funds have been appropriately allocated.
Reviews financial and operating budget reports for accuracy and identifies areas where more appropriate use of funds can be made.
Collects, organizes, and analyzes data.
Reviews procurement and staffing information for accuracy and verifies funding availability.
Coordinates maintenance on the agency’s internal accounting system to facilitate procurement processing.
Prepares expenditure forecasts.
Advises and assists with budgetary planning and management.
Identifies ways to better utilize funds and staff, improvement of management accountability, and efficient means to reach program objectives.
Advises agency management and division staff on areas where action may be required to stay within the budget.
Prepares and assists with agency budget instructions, legislative appropriations requests, special reports and financial analysis projects.
Maintains CAPPS, Excel and other database of budget and position data.
Performs other related duties as assigned.

The candidate will have knowledge of:

Financial administration, budgetary control, fiscal accounting, General Appropriations Act guidelines and state restrictions governing the allocation and expenditure of funds.
The state’s Strategic Planning and Budgeting (SPB) system.
State procurement and contracting rules, policies, and guidelines.

The candidate will have skills in:

Advanced accounting, financial or complex calculations and/or financial reviews.
Summarizing financial information.

The candidate will have the ability to:

Develop Excel spreadsheets and graphs and Word documents.
Gather and analyze fiscal information and determine appropriate use of funds.
Identify and develop budgetary reports and schedules.
Use a personal computer in a Windows environment, including Microsoft software and mainframe functions.
Use the Centralized Accounting and Payroll/Personnel System.

Veterans:
To receive veteran's preference a copy of your DD214 (Member 4) is required. Veterans, Reservist or Guardsmen with an MOS or additional duties that fall within the essential duties of the job position or other related fields pertaining to the minimum experience requirements may meet the minimum qualifications. All active duty, reservists, guardsmen, and veterans are encouraged to apply if they meet the qualifications for this position.

If selected for the position the following must be provided for proof of veterans’ preference:

Veteran must provide form DD 214.
Surviving Spouse or Orphan must provide DD 1300 or DD 214.

The Comptroller’s Office is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity.

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