B268 Budget Manager

The Budget Manager VI performs highly advanced managerial work directing, coordinating, and overseeing departmental budget operations. This position leads the development, implementation, monitoring, and evaluation of agency operating and capital budgets and provides strategic fiscal guidance to executive leadership. The Budget Manager is responsible for directing budget planning activities, legislative appropriations development, budget execution, and financial analysis. The position serves as a key advisor on budgetary and funding matters, ensuring compliance with state and federal fiscal requirements while supporting the department's mission and strategic priorities. The position directly supervises three (3) Lead Budget Analysts and nine (9) Budget Analysts, providing leadership to a budget organization responsible for agency-wide budget development, monitoring, forecasting, reporting, and legislative budget activities. Works under minimal supervision, with extensive latitude for the use of independent judgment and initiative. Plans, assigns, supervises, and evaluates the work of professional budget staff.Essential Duties:Directs, plans, and oversees agency budget operations and staff to ensure effective financial management and achievement of organizational objectives.Provides leadership, supervision, performance management, and professional development for budget personnel.Oversees the development, administration, monitoring, and reporting of agency operating budgets and financial plans.Directs the preparation and coordination of the Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR), budget requests, fiscal notes, appropriations analyses, and related legislative initiatives.Serves as a principal advisor to executive leadership on budgetary, financial, legislative, and strategic planning matters.Leads the development of budget estimates used to support agency priorities and decision-making.Establishes and maintains budget policies, procedures, internal controls, and performance measures to promote accountability, compliance, and operational efficiency.Directs the analysis and management of agency revenues, expenditures, appropriations, and funding sources, ensuring effective stewardship of public resources.Represents the agency in budget and financial matters with executive leadership, oversight agencies, legislative offices, auditors, and external stakeholders.Leads special projects, audit responses, organizational initiatives, and process improvement efforts related to budget and financial management.Performs other job responsibilities as assigned.