Budget & Research Analyst

Job Description:

Budget & Research Analyst

Description

Description

THE POSITION

The Town of Prescott Valley is seeking the next Budget & Research Analyst to ensure adherence to statutory, regulatory, and policy requirements. This position collaborates with departments to facilitate budget development, provide technical guidance, and ensure accurate financial reporting. If you have a desire to serve the community, we encourage you to apply.

Examples of Duties

ESSENTIAL DUTIES INCLUDE:

• Facilitating and assisting departments with budget development, including identifying requirements for materials and supplies, contractual services, capital expenditures, debt, and internal services, coordinating and preparing employee salary and benefit schedules, and maintaining position control in the budgeting system.
• Performing complex financial analyses, including long-range revenue and expenditure forecasts related to operating and capital items, reserves, and budgetary fund balance.
• Manages and monitors lease, development and franchise agreements, continuing disclosures, promissory notes, and other contracts or legal documents to ensure debt and contract databases are maintained; related accounting transactions are accurately processed and recorded; internal compliance metrics are maintained; reimbursement requests are prepared and reconciled.
• Coordinate the annual Capital Improvement Financial Plan (CIFP) development process including developing instructions and forms, providing department support and assistance, performing analytical reviews to ensure adequate scoping for assigning funding sources, ensuring related ongoing operating cost estimates are included for each project.
• Reviews, reconciles, and allocates investment, state shared, property tax, franchise fees and other revenues in a timely and accurate manner; ensuring that items are recorded correctly or processes reclassifications and adjusting entries, as necessary.

Typical Qualification

Requirements:

• Education and/or experience equivalent to a bachelor's degree in business or public administration, accounting, finance or economics. Municipal government experience, including hands-on experience in researching and interpreting Arizona Revised Statutes, Town Code and other authoritative guidance.
• Must be able to pass a background check.
• Skill in conducting budgetary and fiscal research, analysis and evaluation of projects and preparing detailed and accurate reports and recommendations for management review.

Compensation:

The Town's complete compensation package includes salary, benefits, and a high-performance culture. The Town package includes a no-cost to individual health insurance plan, participation in the state retirement system, optional 457 deferred compensation with town match up to 6%, vacation, holidays, and additional comprehensive benefits.

The expected hiring range is $67,745.60 - $77,896.00

The full salary range is $67,745.60 - $94,848.00

Closing Date: February 3rd at 5:00PM

Apply online: prescottvalley-az.gov

Equal Opportunity Employer

Supplemental Information

The Town of Prescott Valley—The Cooler Side of Arizona

The Town of Prescott Valley is located in beautiful central Arizona, set between the scenic Mingus and Bradshaw mountain ranges in the heart of Yavapai County. Our high desert elevation of 5,100 feet affords us four seasons with mild temperatures year-round. Prescott Valley is the largest and fastest-growing municipality in the county. (est. 50,000 pop.)

Founded in 1966, Prescott Valley offers a small-town, rural atmosphere filled with rich natural beauty and modern amenities. Three national forests are nearby, and the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is a short two-hour drive away. The Prescott Valley lifestyle is for someone who enjoys a relaxed pace of life, but also wants the excitement of being part of a growing, evolving community!

Known as a diverse, welcoming community, Prescott Valley boasts excellent cultural, recreational and educational activities and superior public services. The Town's downtown area is anchored by a 5,000 seat, town-owned event center that hosts concerts, sporting events, and shows.

A carefully created General Plan serves to protect the quality of life that has been the reason that many have moved to Prescott Valley. The town has an excellent K-12 school system, local access to higher education, and offers a variety of shopping and restaurant options in and around its inviting central business district.

Town Values

Incorporated in 1978, the Town operates under the council-manager form of government. We believe our greatest resource in fulfilling our mission is our employees! Our signature count-on-me SERVICE culture means together, we roll up our sleeves and get the job done quickly and effectively. We value INTEGRITY, holding ourselves to the highest standards; we are responsible, honest and transparent. RESPECT, we treat others with dignity. We genuinely welcome differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences for a more inclusive workplace. TEAMWORK, honoring our commitments. FUN, our energizing force to create and innovate finding a new way to pioneer public services. When we have fun doing what we love our citizens love their experiences with us! With a sense of humility we give our time, attention and action in service to others.

Under the leadership of our Town Manager and Council, the Town of Prescott Valley is a proactive, visionary, and solution-oriented organization. Fiscally conservative, the Town is financially sound with little debt and healthy reserves, positioning us to move forward in continued smart and sustainable growth for years to come.

Benefits
Major benefits for a full-time regular, employee:
Medical: United Healthcare;
Employeecoverage paid at 100% by Town.
Employee + Spouse coverage is $311.56/month

Employee + Child(ren) coverage is $242.92/month

Employee + Family coverage is$$435.66/month

• Dental: Ameritas;Employee coverage paid at 100% by Town. Family coverage optional at $28.02/month.
• Vision: VSP Network or Eyemed Vision Care, Employee coverage paid at 100%. Family coverage optional at $5.50/month.
• Life Insurance:Town provided supplemental life insurance at one times the employee'sbase payup to$100,000.
• Voluntary Individual and Family Term Life Insurance: Additional term life insurance coverage available for employee, spouse and children.
• General Leave:Annually up to 200 hours for hourly and salary employees.
• Holidays: Eleven (11) paid holidays; Ten (10) hours per day for FT employees.
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA): Pre-tax pay deductions to use for eligible medical or dependent daycare costs.
• Disability Insurance: Town provided personal illness or injury short and long term disability benefits with 50% and 60% lost wages replacement respectively.
• Workers' Compensation: Provides 100% lost wages and related medical benefits as for on the job work related illness or injuries.
• Retirement Plans: ASRS Arizona State Retirement
• MediCare:While the Town provides the required contributions towards MediCare we do not participate in Social Security.
• State Unemployment: State mandated coverage is provided.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP): Free counseling and referral services for employees and their immediate families is provided for financial planning, legal services, depression, substance abuse, family/marital and other relationship issues.
• Fit for Life Wellness Program: The Town is dedicated to providing a safe and healthy workplace for all employees. Participation is strictly voluntary and offers $200 participation incentive.
• Direct Deposit: Paychecks are deposited directly into the employee's bank account(s) on a bi-weekly schedule.

Salary:

$32.57 - $45.60 Hourly