County of San Mateo hiring Budget Management Analyst - Sheriff's Office in San Mateo County, CA | LinkedIn (2024)

The Sheriff's Office is seeking highly-motivated and experienced candidates for the Budget Management Analyst. This position will allow you to enhance your budget and performance management skills while working on a wide range of challenging projects and initiatives for the Sheriff's Department.

Successful candidates will have experience in public administration and finance, be self-motivated, highly analytical strategic thinkers, and be detail-oriented with the ability to solve business problems and deliver insights that enable timely and effective operational decision-making.

The Sheriff’s Office Budget Unit in the Fiscal Services Bureau develops and monitors the $300 million budget and assists in developing, monitoring, and reporting on the Sheriff’s Office Performance Measures. Management Analysts perform a wide variety of highly complex analytical and administrative support activities and provide high-level support to Directors and Managers.

The ideal candidates for this position are:

• Knowledgeable of advanced principles and practices of public administration and program management.
• Able to analyze complex problems accurately, develop practical recommendations, and take appropriate action to resolve them.
• Politically astute strategic thinkers and planners.
• Able to analyze, organize, and condense a wide variety of moderate-to-complex budgetary issues and subject matter information into specific and detailed analytical reports.
• Highly skilled in the effective use of automated systems, in particular Excel, to perform analyses and prepare reports.
• Able to communicate concisely and effectively, both verbally and in writing to convey financial information to a diverse audience in reports, worksheets, and instructions.
• Able to build strong effective relations and partnerships by using a collaborative style in reaching solutions to problems and accomplishing goals.
• Able to assist in developing, tracking, and reporting Performance Measures.
• Quick learners who work well independently and as part of a team.
• Able to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Open-minded, creative, and comfortable with change.

Additionally, the ideal candidate will possess any combination of the following education and experience:

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in political science, public administration/policy, business, economics, or a related field, plus three years of analyst experience; or
• A master's degree from an accredited college or university in political science, public administration/policy, business, economics, or a related field, plus one year of analyst experience; or
• Five years of analyst experience in a public agency or nonprofit setting.

There is currently one full-time position in the Fiscal Services Bureau. Depending on qualifications, the vacancy may be filled at the Associate Management Analyst or Management Analyst level.

Qualifications

Education and Experience: Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

Equivalent to graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in business administration, public administration, or a related field. At least one year of professional administrative experience is typically required at the Associate Management Analyst level and at least 3 years for the Management Analyst level.

Licenses and Certifications:

• Depending upon assignment, possession of a valid California Driver's License.

IMPORTANT: Applications for this position will only be accepted online. If you are currently on the County's website, you may click the "Apply" button. If you are not on the County's website, please go to https://jobs.smcgov.org to apply. Online applications must be received by the Human Resources Department before midnight on the final filing date.

TENTATIVE RECRUITMENT TIMELINE:

Final Filing Date: Thursday, September 12, 2024, by 11:59 PM PST

Application Screening: Week of September 16, 2024

Panel Interviews: Week of September 30, 2024