Budget Analysts

• Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
• Provide advice and technical assistance with cost analysis, fiscal allocation, and budget preparation.
• Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
• Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.
• Review operating budgets to analyze trends affecting budget needs.
• Consult with managers to ensure that budget adjustments are made in accordance with program changes.
• Compile and analyze accounting records and other data to determine the financial resources required to implement a program.
• Perform cost-benefit analyses to compare operating programs, review financial requests, or explore alternative financing methods.
• Interpret budget directives and establish policies for carrying out directives.
• Seek new ways to improve efficiency and increase profits.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Budget Analysts.

• Reading Comprehension - Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Speaking - Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Mathematics - Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Complex Problem Solving - Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Active Learning - Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.

Source: O*NET OnLine information for Budget Analysts.