Budget Analyst (Birmingham City Council)

The Budget Analyst is responsible for monitoring financial accounts for the Birmingham City Council district offices. Primary responsibilities include reviewing and reconciling district-specific accounts, generating accurate financial reports, and tracking expenditures to ensure compliance with city, state, and federal regulations. The Budget Analyst serves as a liaison between council offices, city departments, and vendors while supporting the proper execution of contracts/agreements and/or other goods and services for the Birmingham City Council. Additional responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Maintaining audit-ready documentation
• Monitoring compliance
• Resolving financial discrepancies
• Advising council members and staff on funding availability, standard operating procedures, and general accounting principles

This role plays a key part in ensuring the transparent, efficient, and strategic use of public funds. The Budget Analyst shall combine strong accounting and budget fundamentals, often involving significant and cross departmental collaboration to achieve desired outcomes.

**COMPENSATION & BENEFITS:** Salary Range: $57,000.00 - $75,000 + voluntary participation in the defined and fringe benefits plans.

**Education and Experience Requirements:** Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business administration, or closely related field w/ at least five (5) years of experience in bookkeeping, preparing financial reports, reconciliation, data entry, and Microsoft Office Suite.

**Core Skills and Knowledge:**

• Accounting, budgeting, financial analysis, and reporting, internal controls, and risk management.
• Advanced excel, ERP systems, data analytics, accounting software, math, and sound municipal government insight.
• Clear, concise, and effective verbal and written communication.

**TYPICAL JOB DUTIES:**

• Collaborate w/ supervisors and team members to develop comprehensive and consistent reporting across council district offices.
• Analyze spending patterns, contractual agreements, data for accuracy, and transactions throughout the entire budget cycle (i.e., daily, monthly, quarterly, and annually).
• Develop workflow processes w/ district offices that are guided by automation and/or recordkeeping versus informal processes that allow for errors and omissions.
• Prepare detailed financial reports, spreadsheets, and presentations for management and council district offices (as needed).
• Ensures the integrity of accounting information by recording, verifying, consolidating, and entering transactions.
• Maintains strong relationships and connectivity with all departments and stakeholders to ensure consistency of processes, utilization of operating tools, and best practices.
• Continually seeking and implementing opportunities to improve performance and professional skills through professional development and training.
• Conducting periodic internal audits and variance analyses to identify trends or discrepancies.

**EEO STATEMENT:** The Personnel Board of Jefferson County provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment with the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

**ACCOMMODATION:** To request an accommodation in the application or hiring process due to your own ongoing medical condition or disability, please contact our Accommodations Coordinator at accommodationrequest@pbjcal.org or phone at 205-279-3500 (select option 1) Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time. The accommodation process is reserved solely for job seekers with disabilities requesting accessibility assistance or accommodation in the job application process.

**NOTE:** This job posting may close before, or be extended beyond, the listed Target Close Date based on the employment needs of the Merit System. More detail regarding this job is available by clicking Apply.

**DISCLAIMER:** This job posting is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of the job duties, responsibilities, or skills and abilities required for this position and may be changed at the discretion of the Personnel Board at any time.