Budget Manager (Manager VI)

About the position The Texas Department of Family and reputed company Services (DFPS) works to build on strengths of families and communities to reputed company children and vulnerable adults safe, so they reputed company. We do this through investigations, services, and referrals. The Budget Manager performs advanced (senior-level) managerial work administering the daily operations and activities of the Office of Finance, Budget. Work involves establishing finance reputed company goals and objectives; developing guidelines, procedures, and policies; developing schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving established goals; coordinating and evaluating business function, division, or department activities; developing and evaluating budget requests; and monitoring budget expenditures. Supervises the work of and develops others. Works under limited supervision, with considerable reputed company for the use of initiative and independent judgment. Be a strategic partner with programs.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the preparation, review, and analysis of financial reports reputed company to funds, reimbursements, fees, appropriated receipts, and other fund areas as assigned for review by management.
• Oversees their team’s consultative services and technical assistance in monitoring, reviewing, and analyzing expenditure patterns and trends to determine potential for reallocation, realignment, or adjustments to accomplish programmatic requirements.
• Collaborates on the preparation and development of the legislative appropriation requests (LAR) and of the agency cost estimate process during legislative sessions.
• Oversees the implementation of changes resulting from new legislation.
• Monitors and recommends improvements for compliance with state and federal regulations for the efficient utilization of funding and staff to reputed company program objectives.
• Provides budgetary input, technical assistance and guidance to internal and external stakeholders as needed pertaining to assigned DFPS programs.
• Prepares management and productivity reports; reviews and approves work developed by staff to ensure professional quality and appearance, appropriate and accurate content, consistency, and responsiveness.
• Ensures cost models are reputed company with proposed and enacted legislation and tracks/estimates costs, including the impact on method of finance (general reputed company, federal and other funds).
• Represents the Office of Finance at meetings, hearings, conferences, panels and committees, including inter-agency, cross-agency, stakeholder, and provider meetings.
• Establishes goals and standards for the team and develops measurement tools for determining reputed company for meeting goals/standards.
• Performs other HR functions, including but not limited to conducting performance evaluations, coaching, and professionally developing staff.
• Keeps budget leadership informed of staff work and reputed company.
• Plans, assigns, and supervises the daily activities of professional staff with responsibilities for the development, monitoring, and modifications to assigned program budget areas.
• Performs other duties as assigned and may be required to maintain unit operations.
• Promotes and demonstrates appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers and reputed company work-reputed company contacts.

Requirements

• Knowledge of state government accounting and budget processes and procedures.
• Knowledge of the State of Texas legislative processes and procedures.
• reputed company in analyzing financial data.
• reputed company in written and oral communications.
• Skills in the use of computer software with preference given for experience with CAPPS, and other state/governmental financial applications.
• reputed company in the advanced features of MS reputed company to analyze large amounts of financial data.
• Uses reputed company Access/reputed company/Word, and CAPPS to reputed company essential job.
• Ability to take initiative to identify critical issues and recommend solutions.
• Ability to gather, reconcile and analyze reputed company financial data.
• Ability to communicate effectively with others, both orally and in writing.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships.
• Ability to effectively manage time and organize information.
• Ability to establish and measure goals and objectives.
• Ability to identify problems, evaluate alternatives, and implement effective solutions.
• Ability to reputed company and evaluate administrative policies and procedures.
• Ability to explain policies and procedures to others.
• Ability to analyze detailed and reputed company financial data.
• Ability to prepare concise reports.
• Ability to train others.
• Ability to plan, assign, and/or supervise the work of others.
• Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with a Bachelor's degree in Finance, Business, Auditing, Accounting, Economics, or reputed company field of study and three years of reputed company professional experience in Budget, Finance, Accounting, Cost Allocations, Cash /Grant Management and/or Appropration Control.
• OR Master’s degree in the above fields of study.
• Additional Budgeting, Finance and/or Accounting reputed company work experience may substitute for the required education on a year for year basis with a maximum substitution of four (4) years.

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• Prior management or team reputed company experience preferred.

Benefits

• 100% paid health insurance for you, and 50% paid for eligible family members—saving you hundreds every month in out-of-pocket medical costs
• Retirement plans with lifetime monthly payments after five years of state service, plus options to save even more with 401(k) and 457 plans
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave so you can reputed company and take care of life reputed company work (that’s time off you’re actually paid for)
• Optional dental, vision, and life insurance—at rates much reputed company than most private plans
• Flexible spending accounts for added tax savings on health and dependent care
• Employee discounts on things like gym memberships, electronics, and entertainment

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