Strategy & Budget Analyst Associate

Date Opened: Monday, July 13, 2026 12:00 AM

Close Date: Monday, August 03, 2026 12:00 AM

Department: Strategy & Budget Department

Salary: $66,826.00 - $96,061.8 Commensurate with Experience

Welcome to the City of Charlotte

Charlotte is America’s Queen City, opening her arms to a diverse and inclusive community of residents, businesses and visitors alike. Here you will find a safe, family-oriented city where people work together to help everyone thrive. The mission of the City of Charlotte is to deliver quality public services and promote the safety, health, and quality of life for all residents.

Our guiding principles include:

• Attracting and retaining a skilled and diverse workforce

• Valuing teamwork, openness, accountability, productivity, and employee development

• Providing all customers with courteous, responsive, accessible, and seamless quality services

• Taking initiative to identify, analyze, and solve problems

• Collaborating with stakeholders to make informed decisions

SUMMARY

The Strategy & Budget Analyst Associate works with a team of Analysts performing a wide variety of duties involving the review, analysis and development of City of Charlotte budgets.

Major Duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with assigned departments to understand service priorities and resource needs

• Evaluates budget requests of assigned departments to develop detailed analysis and narrative explanations 

• Prepares concise and defensible recommendations for resource allocation 

• Assists with problem solving of budget issues such as feasibility of service expansion

• Coordinates collection, preparation, and review of information needed for finalizing and publishing City Council Agendas

• Prioritizes and completes multiple time sensitive items requiring follow up with others

• Analyzes procedures and workflow of processes and recommends improvements

• Conducts research and helps to prepare special reports on issues such as benchmarking services 

• Identifies administrative needs and develops appropriate solutions or recommendations

• Coordinates or participates in special projects or study teams

• Performs other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities :

• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, including the ability to:

  • Translate ideas from others into concise written form 

  • Draft high-quality documents and materials

  • Clearly and concisely communicate key points

• Ability to coordinate multiple tasks at once and meet deadlines 

• Highly-motivated individual with the ability to work independently, motivate others, and take initiative on assigned projects

• Exercise tact and diplomacy in dealing with sensitive, complex, and confidential issues and situations 

• Ability to analyze administrative problems, make sound recommendations as to their solutions, and prepare working procedures

• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within all levels of the organization

• Ability to exercise sound judgment, take responsibility on assigned tasks, and continue to increase work contributions by building upon knowledge gained

• Must have strong analytical and organizational skills, attention to detail, writing and typing skills. 

• Requires demonstrated ability to collaborate with others and follow up as needed to develop quality work products within deadlines.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and Word are required

Preferred Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree with experience in budgeting and drafting, reviewing, and editing documents preferred. Master’s degree is preferred. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Associates Degree or 2 years of relevant experience

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

The City’s Background Check Policy requires background checks to be conducted on final internal or external candidate(s) applying for any position with the City of Charlotte. The type of information that will be collected as part of a background check includes, but is not limited to: reference checks, social security verification, education verification, criminal conviction record check, and, if applicable, a credit history check, sex offender registry and motor vehicle records check.

Background checks must be in compliance with all federal and state statutes, such as the Fair Cre