Job Summary

The Management Analyst, Senior is a professional classification that will predominantly work within one or more specific professional fields, such as transportation, land use, environmental planning, financial analysis, and business planning. Incumbents will conduct research and analyses on specific laws, codes, funding, business planning, and forecasting. Incumbents will assist, advise, and represent the Board of County Commissioners, elected officials, and department heads county-wide on their areas of assignment. The work involves expert level research, analysis, and communications on public policies in the assigned area(s), or strategic financial issues that have significant impact on county budgets, business development, operating results, and/or county policies. Incumbents are expected to develop and maintain collaborative, effective, and productive working relationships both internal and external to the County Organization, including working with citizens, the business community, local, regional, and Federal governments and organizations.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: 

Four years of increasingly responsible professional project or cost accounting experience.

Equivalent to a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in accounting or a related field.

Any combination of experience and training the would likely provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying.

Knowledge: Modern and complex principles and practices of accounting, auditing, and grant funding; principles and practices of financial forecasting; cost accounting principles and applications in local government and enterprise environments; regulatory requirements, policies, and procedures as they relate to sewer and solid waste rate making processes; computerized financial reporting systems; pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, codes, and regulations; and so forth.

Ability to: Analyze and administer County grant programs including policy and procedure development; plan, develop, and implement complex cost recovery programs; perform detailed analysis of utility rates, evaluate data, and make recommendations in support of the rate making process; understand and interpret pertinent Federal, State, and local laws, rules, and regulations; analyze and interpret complex financial data; prepare clear and concise reports; communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing; establish and maintain effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work including a variety of County and other government officials, community groups, and the general public.

SELECTION PROCESS:

Resume and other documents must be attached together in the 'Resume Upload' section of the application.  Multiple files are allowed, but all applicant attachments must be uploaded simultaneously, as there is no way to edit or append uploaded materials after submitting the application.

 

Application Review (Pass/ Fail) - An online application is required.  Attaching a resume does not substitute for a completed application; incomplete applications will not pass the application review.  Candidates deemed most qualified will be invited to participate in the remainder of the selection process.

 

Practical Exam (Pass/Fail) - This recruitment may require a practical exam which will be job related and may include, but not limited to, the qualifications outlined in the job announcement.  Candidates deemed most qualified will be invited to participate in the remainder of the selection process.

 

Oral Interview - The interview will be job related and may include, not limited to, the qualifications outlined in the job announcement.  Top candidate(s) will continue in the process.

 

Employment references will be conducted for the final candidates and may include verification of education.

 

It is general policy of the County that new employees should be hired at the lower steps of the applicable range and advance through the range at the normal progression.

This position will remain open until filled. First review date September 19, 2024.

Examples of Duties

Duties may include but are not limited to the following:

• Gathers and analyzes quantitative and qualitative information to support organizational planning and resolution of issues.

• Prepares complex reconciliations, reports and recommendations.

• Advises and assists senior executives and manage