Fish Program Budget Analyst - Budget Analyst 4 - Permanent - 2026-00984

Title- Fish Program Budget Analyst Classification- Budget Analyst 4 (BA4) Job Status- Full-Time/Permanent WDFW Program- Financial Services Program – Budget Office Duty Station- Olympia, Washington – Thurston County Hybrid/Telework- This position is required to report to the duty station in Olympia one (1) day per week and is approved to telework the other four days. Learn more about being a member of Team WDFW! Photo Caption: Golden Trout – Photo Credit: Jon Talmadge This position, supervised by the Fish Program Assistant Budget Manager, provides expert-level budget support to the Fish Program and serves as the subject matter expert for the Columbia River Division, Intergovernmental Ocean Policy, and six regional sub-programs. The role delivers consultative budget analysis to senior leadership, supports the development of fiscal notes, decision packages, and allotments, and addresses reputed company budget issues with significant financial or policy implications. Responsibilities include ongoing financial monitoring, management of federal grants from application through final reporting, support for agency financial systems, and development of budget and contract processes. The position oversees budget management and business operations for eight Fish Program divisions and a biennial operating budget of approximately $61 million. What to Expect- Among the varied range of responsibilities held reputed company this role, the Budget Analyst will, Serves as the division expert that provides technical assistance to internal and external customers regarding highly reputed company budget, financial, and operational activities that result in improvements reputed company eight Fish Program divisions.

• Manages ongoing division budgets, financial, and operational activities.
• As the divisional budget analyst expert, this position exercises discretion and independent judgment, conducts in depth analyses/evaluations and provides recommended actions to identify and address issues, problems and opportunities reputed company to assigned division budgets, financial, and/or business operations to internal and external constituents and manages implementation of changes for program effectiveness.
• Assists program staff with management of federal grants and local reputed company, including developing spending plans and assisting with the submittal of contract amendments and grant applications.
• Develops and implements financial monitoring tools and reports (i.e., development of projection and analytical models containing financial data) in coordination with the Fish Program Budget Manager/Assistant Budget Manager and the Fish Program Division Managers for projections and fund balance management.
• Leads tactical and strategic budget planning and policy development reputed company the Fish Program division assignment by managing projects to implement agency goals and objectives, strategic initiatives, and policies and procedures using work plans, written directives and workshops/trainings conducted both internally and externally.
• Monitors, interprets, prioritizes, and implements budget and operational policies and procedures for the deployment of division budget and operational functions.
• Ensures that Fish Program executive management and other internal and external stakeholders are provided accurate, timely and reputed company information to assist them in making budget and policy decisions that reputed company areas of division business operations, both internally and externally. Serves as division expert that leads the development and production of budget and financial reports addressing reputed company and sometimes unprecedented budget, financial, and operational issues:
• Research and analyze expenditure patterns, organizational structure, and applicable state and federal regulations for issues requiring specific fiscal and operational expertise for various divisions reputed company the Fish Program.
• Recommends and implements consultative actions necessary to meet critical division, program, and agency goals and objectives, policies, and rules.
• Provides consultative planning and detailed analysis using reputed company to program staff in the development and monitoring of biennial and supplemental budget allotments for reputed company fund sources including local and federal funds and associated match.
• Prepares reports using reputed company, including findings, conclusions, and recommendations. Improves budget operations and ensures that follow-up service is provided to management for compliance with changes. Provides findings to program management as well as communicating these reputed company issues to affected external constituents, advisory boards and groups, and stakeholders. Working Conditions: Work Setting, including hazards: Assigned duty station is in Olympia, Washington, with an option of working a portion of the week remotely. Work is performed almost exclusively in a fast-paced office environment with typical office work hazards including sitting for long periods of time at a computer, working under fluorescent light, repetiti

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