Management Analyst 2

The City of Gresham is excited to be accepting applications for a Management Analyst.

• Do you find budgeting, grant management, and data analysis interesting?
• Do you appreciate the details and the big picture equally?
• Do you enjoy providing information for informed decision making?

As a Management Analyst you will join a team of experienced and focused professionals in the Budget & Financial Planning division responsible for performing a full range of financial duties including budget development, financial grant management, department related financial analysis and overall financial support for your assigned department.  

Management Analysts are responsible for a wide range of financial, budgetary, and project management assignments and act as a liaison between the assigned departments and Budget & Finance.  This recruitment may be used to fill multiple Management Analyst positions.

What you will get to do:

Management Analysts 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:

The successful candidate will embrace the City of Gresham’s core values by having the following qualities:

• Collaborative: Establish effective relationships and work with the assigned departments and Finance team, across the organization, and with the City’s external partners
• Practical: Effectively apply skills and knowledge and use sound judgement and decision making and solution focused 
• Inventive: Be curious, seek new ideas, and consider new approaches, enjoy new challenges
• Nimble: Be flexible and adapt analysis and recommendations to reflect organizational and community changes and expectations.
• Curious: A continuous learner who wants to understand how things work and will keep looking for potential process improvements and efficiencies
• Attention to Detail: An organizer and planner who thrives on details and is uncompromising in consistency and accuracy.

Work Schedule/environment:

The current schedule for this position requires a minimum of 3 days working on-site in the office and 2 days remote.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Public or Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field
• One to four years of related experience.

Additional education or experience may be substituted for a combined 3 years of qualifying education, training, and/or experience.

For more details and to apply, visit:  https://GreshamOregon.gov/jobs

If you have questions, please contact HRRecruiting@GreshamOregon.gov