Job Description

"Drive financial excellence and shape the future of City operations as a Budget Program Specialist-where strategic management meets impactful decision-making.\xe2\x80\x9d
The is hiring for a Budget Program Specialist I, located in Honolulu. This position is responsible for performing the most complex budgetary, fiscal, and management analyses impacting overall City government operations and programs. Position serves as a principal staff specialist, technical advisor, and lead analyst to the Budget Program Administrator in one or more major segments or functional areas of the overall City and County government expenditure program and conducts the most difficult and sensitive assignments in this area, including personal services, legislation, city-wide policies and/or procedures.Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Collects, reviews, compiles personal services data (subject but not limited to salaries, overtime, premium pays, position information), expenditures and other subject areas of the operating budget, formulates methodologies through quantitative and qualitative means to monitor and analyze for all sources of funds throughout the year and prepares recommendations and reports.
• Provides advice and assistance on interpreting collective bargaining agreements, legislative requests and city-wide programs involving the most difficult and complex issues.
• Serves as designated lead and technical expert to manage the operating budgeting system (currently, Advantage Budgeting System) of the City\'s C2HERPS project, which is a complex information system that integrates financial, human resource, payroll, and budgeting functionality.
• Responsible to coordinate and prepare system data on citywide basis; duties include: security, rollover, project, run and maintain city-wide salary projections, ensure accuracy and successful interfaces, and prepares/provides other citywide/departmental (sensitive) data preparation for users (department, analyst, and budget managers) of the system, and overall reconciliation of the system.
• Develops and conducts analyses of departmental six-year financial expenditure projections and coordinates and prescribes departmental methodologies and proper input in preparation of the city\'s financial outlook.

If you qualify for the position, your name will be placed on an eligible list for further consideration. This list may be used to fill current and future vacancies in this department.Applications must be submitted online by October 19, 2024, 11:59 p.m. Hawaii Standard Time (HST) to be accepted.
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Equivalent to graduation from a regionally-accredited four year college or university with a bachelor\'s degree in Political Science, Public or Business Administration, Economics or a related field.Education obtained outside of the United States must be comparable to a degree earned at a regionally-accredited college/university in the United States. In order to receive credit for the education, a foreign credential evaluation (FCE) must be provided. We also reserve the right to request further information about your academic program, evidence of comparability, or an original transcript.Verification Requirement: You must submit evidence of your Bachelor\'s degree in order to be given credit. Please attach an electronic copy of your diploma and/or official transcript which shows the embossed seal or applicable FCE to your application. Or mail a photocopy of your documents to the following address: Department of Human Resources, 650 South King Street, 10th Floor, Honolulu, HI 96813. Unofficial transcripts will not be accepted. Copies will not be returned. All information on your documentation must be legible and complete in order to be given credit.Substitution: Work experience may be substituted for the bachelor\'s degree on a year-for-year basis. Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor\'s degree.
EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:
Three (3) years of progressively responsible professional (post-Bachelor\'s degree/non-clerical) experience in budget analysis work, one (1) of which must have involved performing as a senior level worker regularly carrying out the most difficult and complex assignments.Applicable Skills:

• Knowledge of principles, methods and techniques of budget analysis, fiscal management and management analysis.
• Knowledge of policies, laws and rules relating to municipal budget processes.
• Ability to apply budget analysis, fiscal management and management analysis principles, policies, and procedures.
• Ability to research data and prepare clear and concise reports.
• Ability to analyze and develop solutions for unusual problems, and recommend operational improvements and changes in policy.

QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE:
Having the required number of years of experience will not in itself be accepted as qualifying for the position. Your overall experience must have been of such scope, level and responsibility as to conclusively demonstrate the ability to perform the duties of the position. EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE EVALUATION:
In addition to meeting the above minimum qualifications, your application will be further evaluated. Your score will be based on the quality and quantity of your education, experience and/or other related job requirements and competencies applicable to the position. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower score.EXAMINATION WEIGHT:
Education and Experience Evaluation 100%

City and County of Honolulu