Management Analyst - Budget and Audit
Sacramento Housing & Redevelopment Agency Sacramento, California, United States
- Location: Sacramento, California, United States
- Categories: Accounting and Finance, Administrative Analysis and Research
- Job Type: Full Time
- Posted: Jan 08, 2025
Job Description:
Management Analyst - Budget and Audit
Description
DescriptionClassification: Exempt
Responsible for assisting in the planning, coordination, and preparation of the Agency’s annual Audit and the Operating & Capital Improvement Project Budget, reviewing internal controls and understanding and maintaining the financial system and accounting integrity. Must be detail-oriented, a strategic and dynamic thinker and possess excellent interpersonal skills.
SHRA's mission is to revitalize communities, provide affordable housing opportunities, and to serve as the Housing Authority for the City and County of Sacramento. In addition to being a part of an influential organization in the Sacramento community, employees in this classification are eligible for many great benefits.
Some of SHRA's great benefits include:
- Alternate 9/80 Work Schedule: Enjoy a two-week schedule of nine 9-hour days with every other Friday off, giving you more long weekends to relax and maintain work-life balance.
- CalPERS Pension Retirement: Secure your future with a robust retirement plan. CalPERS is the largest public pension fund in the US.
- Comprehensive Health Benefits: Free Medical and Dental insurance for full family (through CalPERS) and free vision insurance for up to Employee +1
- Generous Paid Time Off Package: 12 paid holidays, 3 floating holidays, 2 weeks of vacation, plus 80 hours of Supplemental Leave per year
- Tuition Reimbursement up to $5,250/year: SHRA is also a qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program.
- Free Downtown Parking subsidy for eligible employees
- Professional Development opportunities
Essential Areas of Responsibility
Agency Management
Management Analysts share responsibilities for implementing Agency-wide policies, procedures, objectives and directives through programs and practices which reflect the Vision Statement and the SHRA in-house cultural objectives. Management Analysts are responsible for supporting a "one agency" perspective while acting as advocates for their work units. Management Analysts support the Executive Team.
Audit Management
- Develop timelines and coordinate preparation of Agency financial statements
- Review accountants' work papers and compile information for ACFR.
- Compile the ACFR’s schedules including the Management's Discussions and Analysis (MD&A)
- Assist in the preparation of the Letter of Transmittal (LOT)
- Act as primary contact for external auditors and staff
- Prepare ACFR footnotes and arrange for transmittal and confirmation letters
- Responsible for the coordinating and obtaining approval for Auditor selection
- Organize auditor contract, purchase order and payment
- Prepare staff reports to Commission, Board and Council for the ACFR
- Prepare and update lists for distribution of the ACFR
- Update and maintain financial statement documents in Excel and Word
- Interpret and implement GASB statements and new audit requirements
- Review and update internal controls
- Organize and prepare management responses to audit findings
- Work with grantors to complete grant audits and grant monitoring
Budget Management
- Develop timelines and combine department budgets into the Agency's Operating and Capital Budget
- Assist Executive Management in analyzing the proposed budget and finding alternative funding if needed
- Prepare, analyze and review Revenue and Expense data and complete special reports as needed.
- Prepare and balance expenditure and revenue schedules
- Coordinate printing, binding and distribution of budget documents
- Assist managers in developing departmental budgets
- Review budget proposals for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with laws and other regulations
- Assist with Balancing Public Housing Fund worksheets for the Financial Data Schedule (FDS)
- Assist in Budget projections
- Secondary banking contact person
- Wire transfer payments to vendors
- Oversee bank and loan reconciliations prepared by accountants
- Oversee fixed assets prepared by accountants
- Review and post journal entries
- Review budget amendments.
- Set up general ledger account strings
- Assist in preparing and implementing the Cost allocation Plan pursuant to federal regulations
Education & Experience
- Education equivalent to the completion of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting, business administration or a closely related field.
- Two (2) years of recent professional finance, accounting and budgeting administration experience requiring analysis and interpretation of data in a public agency or municipal environment for a complex organization
- A CPA or MBA is desirable
In addition to being a part of an influential organization in the Sacramento community, employees in this classification are eligible for many great benefits. Some of these benefits include:
- 12 paid holidays plus 3 floating holidays
- Agency closure the last full week of December
- 2 weeks of vacation per year with increasing accruals based on years of service
- 80 Supplemental Leave Hours annually
- 12 sick days per year
- Free Medical and Dental insurance for full family (through CalPERS)
- Free Vision insurance for up to Employee + 1
- 5% Supplemental Allowance towards benefits
- CalPERS Pension Retirement
- $50,000 life insurance
- Free downtown parking
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250 per year
- Professional Development opportunities
Employees who retire with SHRA are eligible for the following CalPERS benefits.
- CalPERS pension
- Free medical insurance after retirement after 20 years of service
- Bilingual certified staff receive an additional 5% each pay period once they have been tested and certified as a bilingual resource.
- SHRA is also a qualified employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program. The PSLF program forgives the remaining balance on your Direct Loans.
- Alternate 9/80 Work Schedule - SHRA strives to provide a work-life balance to all employees. In addition to generous paid leave benefits, SHRA employees work a two-week schedule of nine 9-hour days with every other Friday off.
Closing Date/Time: Continuous