Title: Budget Analyst

State Role Title: Financial Services Spec I

Hiring Range: $62,000 - $72,500

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Virginia Department of Health

Location: Dept of Health

Agency Website: https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Job Duties

Virginia Department of Health is currently hiring for a Budget Analyst. As a Budget Analyst, you will serve as the principal analyst for assigned programs, conducting fiscal, programmatic, and policy analysis to develop sound operating budget recommendations that align with established policies and funding constraints. You will identify issues, evaluate program effectiveness, and recommend improvements that increase efficiency and accountability. The position offers opportunities to take initiative, collaborate across work units, and contribute to projects that have a direct impact on agency operations and outcomes.

Other duties include but not limited to: reviewing proposed legislation, providing recommendations, and assisting with coordination efforts, The budget analyst will also support forecasting and budget formulation by analyzing revenue trends, projecting year-end balances, and assessing policy and cost impacts. Strong data management skills are essential, as you will maintain reports, develop spreadsheets and databases, and provide technical and programmatic guidance. Success in this role requires clear written and verbal communication, the ability to prepare accurate and timely documentation.

Note: Previous applicants need not apply.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience conducting financial analysis, expenditure trend analysis, and programmatic fiscal review
• Knowledge of policies and procedures for finance and budget administration with complex funding sources
• Experience conducting data analysis and developing financial projections
• Experience analyzing and interpreting a variety of complex documents to reach conclusions, develop solutions and present recommendations
• Excellent organization and time management skills to manage multiple projects and work assignments, meet critical deadlines, adapt to frequent priority and instruction changes, and ensure accuracy and thoroughness in work products
• Experience conducting policy, budget, performance and issue analyses, interpreting and projecting fiscal/programmatic data, and developing creative recommendations
• Experience communicating, both verbally and in writing, to internal and external stakeholders
• Experienced in Microsoft Office with advanced proficiency in Excel

Additional Considerations

Previous experience analyzing and preparing budget documents for a large agency
with a complex budget and accounting system

Special Instructions

You will be provided a confirmation of receipt when your application and/or résumé is submitted successfully. Please refer to “Your Application” in your account to check the status of your application for this position.

VDH accepts only on-line applications. Faxed, mailed, or e-mailed applications will not be considered. Applications are accepted until 11:55 p.m. on the job closing date. Applications and/or resumes should include relevant work history which indicates your qualifications for this position. Supplemental questions are encouraged to be answered in a comprehensive manner and reference any pertinent knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as any previous experience that relates to the position.

Employment is contingent upon satisfactory results of a state and federal criminal history background check and the Department of Social Service’s Child Abuse and Neglect Central Registry check, U.S. HHSIG Exclusion List check, employment reference check and E-Verify. Other financial, credit, driving, background checks or completion of Statement of Economic Interests may be required for certain positions.

It is the policy of the Commonwealth and VDH that all aspects of human resource management be conducted without regard to race (or traits historically associated with race including hair texture, hair type, and protective hairstyles such as braids, locks, and twists); sex; color; national origin; religion; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; age; veteran status; political affiliation; disability; genetic information; and pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions. VDH employees have a shared Code of Ethics, which can be found in the bottom banner of our website: www.vdh.virginia.gov.

If you have been affected by DHRM Policy 1.30 layoff and possess a valid Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Card) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Card), you must submit the card before the closing date for this position. The Card may be submitted with the state application as an attachment.

As a V3 (Virginia Values Veterans) employer VDH Welcomes Veterans to apply!

Contact Information

Name: Daniel Baker

Phone: 804.629.3618

Email: daniel.baker@vdh.virginia.gov

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.