As a Management Analyst 2, you will serve as a trusted financial and analytical advisor to department leadership. You will independently manage complex budgeting, financial analysis, grant administration, and program evaluation functions, ensuring regulatory compliance, fiscal accountability, and data-informed decision-making in support of City and department goals.
What you will get to do:
As a Management Analyst 2, you will serve as a trusted financial and analytical advisor to department leadership. You will perform a variety of budgetary tasks and analyses that may include:
Budget Development: Coordinates budget development, establishes assumptions and timelines to comply with the city-wide budget process with guidance and within established processes, ensures department management has appropriate information available for an effective and efficient decision-making process within their department; reviews and analyses proposals to ensure consistency with citywide objectives.
Financial Grant Management & Reporting: Assists departments with the tracking and reporting of expenditures related to grants including collection of financial documents, determining eligibility of expenditures per grant documents, reporting in online portals, generating and tracking reimbursement requests, preparing for grantor audits.
Financial Analysis: Monitors budgets, tracks actual expenditures and revenues, analyzes trends and spending patterns to forecast future expenditures and revenues, estimates service delivery costs; identifies issues and concerns, makes recommendations, and coordinates solutions to address midyear adjustments; manages position control tracking within the department to ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained.
Communication: Coordinates and prepares materials for presentation to a variety of audiences, potentially including Department Management, City Management, Council, advisory committees and the public; assists in developing communication strategies. Researches, develops and writes a variety of reports including quarterly and annual reports, staff reports, and Council memos and agenda items; conducts research, analyzes findings and presents recommendations; drafts and reviews contracts and amendments.
Advisor: Advises on budgetary and financial issues; may participate in department(s) management team structure; evaluates department organizational practices, policies and procedures as they relate to budgetary and financial issues; may plan and/or coordinate implementation of approved changes.
Qualities We Are Looking For:
- Analytical Thinking & Problem Solving: Ability to evaluate complex financial and operational data, identify trends, and develop sound, actionable recommendations that support effective service delivery.
- Fiscal Stewardship: Demonstrates a strong commitment to public-sector financial accountability, ensuring budgets, grants, and funds are managed accurately and transparently.
- Judgment & Independence: Exercises professional judgment, works independently on complex assignments, and appropriately escalates issues when needed.
- Communication & Influence: Clearly communicates complex information verbally and in writing; builds understanding and support among diverse stakeholders.
- Collaboration & Relationship Building: Establishes effective working relationships across departments and with external partners to achieve shared goals.
- Attention to Detail: Maintains a high degree of accuracy in financial analysis, reporting, and compliance-related work.
- Adaptability: Successfully manages multiple priorities and deadlines in a dynamic environment while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
The current schedule for this position requires a minimum of 3 days working on-site in the office and 2 days remote. Actual work schedule will be determined at time of an employment offer.
Qualifications:
For a full list of knowledge, skills and abilities required for job role success, please view the class specification.
To be successful, this selected candidate needs to have knowledge of:
- Government operational practices and procedures.
- Research and forecasting methods and procedures.
- Practices and principles of financial analysis, policy analysis, purchasing, budget, financial management, project development, organizational assessment, and/or program evaluation.
- Municipal budget and accounting, including Oregon local budget law.
- Utilizing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to inform budget development and financial analysis
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business administration, finance, accounting, economics, or a closely related field.
- One (1) to four (4) years of progressively responsible professional experience in financial analysis, budgeting, program analysis, or related public-sector work.
Any combination of qualifying education, training, and/or work experience equivalent to five (5) or more years will be considered.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting environmental, utilities, transportation, or public works programs.
- Direct experience with governmental budgeting, fund accounting, and Oregon Budget Law.
- Experience administering federal or state grants, including compliance, reporting, and audits.
- Advanced proficiency with financial systems, ERP tools, and data analysis software.
- Experience developing and presenting financial or analytical information to executive leadership or governing bodies.
