Description
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS/TYPICAL TASKS: Assisting with the review and analyses of proposed budgeted revenues and expenditures; assisting with proposed and adopted budget presentation; assisting with monitoring budget revenue and expenditures; preparing and maintaining budget and other related fiscal reports, records and files. (These are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work performed. The omission of specific duties does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related, or a logical assignment to the position.)
- Assists with preparation, monitoring and administration of assigned budgets by providing research, analysis and recommended funding/staffing levels to ensure the most effective, efficient use of resources; responds to requests from School officials and citizens for information/assistance; provides interpretation and explanation of budget related information. - Assists in constructing, compiling, advertising and publishing the proposed budget; analyzes resource requests and needs; provides recommendations for funding support while ensuring use of resources maintains a balanced budget. - Works as designated analyst to special fund budgets. Provides support for School Board Committees including Finance and others as designated; including attend meetings; prepares analysis including economic updates, spreadsheets and other documentation as needed; analyzes budget requests; makes recommendations on actions to be taken; tracks committee decisions and prepares School Board resolutions, summary reports and budget transaction documentation. - Monitors and reconciles revenue and expenditures to ensure the budget remains balanced; performs varied analysis on budget data to include comparison of projections to actual expenditures and revenues; performs statistical, account and costs analysis. - Drafts resolutions, timelines, policies and procedures to be considered by the School Board on budget and financial issues. - Works with School Division offices and departments in the preparation, submission, and management of grants. - Manages awarded and accepted grants through the life-cycle to ensure compliance with rules, regulations, and laws including ensuring proper submission of reporting and reimbursement requests. - Analyzes and recommends action to be taken concerning requests for reallocation of funds and supplemental appropriations. - Assists in the development of long-range financial and strategic planning initiatives tasked to the department. - Prepares and analyzes data from benchmarking studies of the School Division through multiple communication networks. - Participates in implementation of recommendations to ensure conformity with approved plans and to provide a link between concept and execution. - Provides assistance to department heads/principals, and their staffs to promote the most efficient and effective accomplishment of operating objectives and processes. Prepares, reviews, completes or processes various forms, reports, correspondence, comparative data, legislative reports, policies, procedures, manuals, publications, bulletins, directories, reference materials or other documentation. - Performs in-depth analysis of organizational issues, practices, policies, and procedures; analyzes the adequacy and effectiveness of practices and policies; analyzes the development and implementation of new procedures and policies as required. - Attends meetings; makes speeches or presentations as needed; develops presentation materials; leads and facilitates meetings, work groups, and process action teams. Prepares clear and concise complex financial reports, with the ability to express ideas clearly both verbally and in writing. - Ability to adjust workload changes, to manage competing task requirements to meet deadlines. - Works with School Division offices and departments to address questions and concerns related to the daily budgetary transactions. - Performs related tasks as required