Budget Analyst III - Economic Development

Anticipated Salary Range: $88,200 - $105,900

Benefits: This position is benefits eligible. Please view our benefits guide here.

Job Summary:

The City of Greeley is seeking a Business Analyst III to join the Economic Development and Urban Revitalization Department to support both the activities of the Department and the Greeley Urban Renewal Authority (GURA). The department takes a proactive approach toward customer service, business recruitment, retention, and expansion, workforce development, urban revitalization, and business advocacy. With creativity, critical thinking, and open communication, Economic Development staff are passionate about promoting growth and development that achieves community goals and improves residents' quality of life.

This position reports to the Department Deputy Director and plays a central role in managing day-to-day financial and budget operations and building internal processes to align with strategic goals and organizational priorities. The Business Analyst is responsible for working at a high level of detail and accuracy, leading the department in financial and economic development reporting, trend analysis, general account reconciliation, and GAAP compliance. The successful candidate will bring excellent organizational skills, strong analytical abilities, and a passion for the economic development of the city.

Experience, Knowledge, Skills:

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (four-year degree) from an accredited college/university in business, finance, accounting, economics, real estate, public policy, or a related field.

• Five (5) or more years of experience as a business or budget analyst or equivalent experience.

OR

• Any combination of related education, experience, certifications, and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job.

Preferred

• Master's degree in business administration, finance, or closely related field.

• One (1) to three (3) years of Public Sector experience.

• One (1) to three (3) years of Economic Development experience

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Collaboration skills, including the ability to work with others from different areas and backgrounds to reach a common goal.

• Computer skills, including the ability to utilize Microsoft Office programs (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, etc.) and learn and experiment with new software and systems

• Interpersonal skills, including the ability to facilitate interaction, communication, and teamwork between others.

• Oral, written, and listening communication skills, including the ability to accurately interpret what others are saying and convey messages, information, concepts, and details accurately and clearly.

• Organizational skills, including the ability to set and meet goals and deadlines, manage appointments, create schedules, coordinate, and facilitate meetings, and make decisions.

• Knowledge of the business and organizational structure of Colorado municipalities.

• Ability to bring a creative approach to the presentation of complex financial information.

• Ability to think strategically and systematically with exceptional analytical reasoning.

• Ability to innovate and champion process improvements.

• Ability to work under pressure, manage multiple concurrent and competing tasks and responsibilities, and adapt to changing priorities while maintaining personal effectiveness.

• Ability to prioritize work, meet deadlines, and stay on task when completing special projects and daily assignments.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and reliable professional judgment, as well as collaboratively with a team to achieve desired results.

• Ability to maintain a strong work ethic, positive problem-solving attitude, and enthusiasm for the work performed.

Essential Functions:

• Support EDUR with day-to-day management of the department's budget and accounting needs.

• Collaborate with department leadership and legal teams to create and manage negotiated development and incentive agreements.

• Executive and manage vendor agreements and payments.

• Work with various vendors and data providers to collect and analyze various economic and business data relevant to the economic development objectives for the department.

• Collect data and prepare monthly, quarterly and annual work plan and budget metrics reports.

• Support Department Director with GURA budget and accounting needs.

• Prepare quarterly reports for Finance Department regarding ARPA funded projects.

• Identifies opportunities to increase efficiency and effectiveness of department operations and budget execution.

Supervisory Responsibilities

NA

Work Environment and Physical Requirements:

• Employee is subject to working alone, with groups, and/or attending meetings.

• May be required to conduct business in alternate locations within City buildings or field sites, sometimes in formal settings.

• May be required to work extended hours in the evening, holidays, or weekends.

• Frequent interruptions and be required to manage competing priorities with inflexible deadlines.

• Frequent participation in meetings.

• Frequent contact occurs with employees and the public, in person and on the telephone.

• Frequently is required to sit and talk or hear customers.

• Ability to manage competing priorities with frequent interruptions and an expected high level of accuracy in work is expected.

• Work is safe to having minimal hazards that are typically found in a general office environment where there is rarely little or no exposure to injury or accident.

Physical Requirements:

• Ability to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel, reach with hands and arms, and talk or hear.

• Employee is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data/figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading of printed materials; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices--graphs and gauges; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.

• Employee is required to have visual acuity for close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

• Employee is required to have visual acuity to perform an activity such as: operating machinery where the seeing job is at or within arm's reach and to operate motor vehicles or heavy equipment.

• Employee is required to have visual acuity to determine the accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned or to make general observations of facilities or structures for inspection purposes.

• Moderate to considerable physical effort that includes working from ladders in awkward positions, frequent use of light or medium weight objects (e.g., 30 lbs) and use of medium weight tools; walking on uneven ground or having to climb, balance, stoop, kneel, crouch, crawl, and reach while performing duties; entering/exiting manholes or vaults; walking near or across rivers and ditches; working in all weather conditions at times of excessive temperatures of heat and extreme cold, working in or near moving traffic with appropriate traffic control set up;

• The essential functions of this job require frequent balancing, bending/stooping, carrying/lifting light to heavy objects, climbing, fingering, grasping, repetitive motion, hearing, sitting, standing, talking, and walking. Occasionally the employee will be required to pull, push, reach, feel temperature, and kneel.

EOE Statement: The City of Greeley provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

ADA Statement: We are committed to an inclusive and barrier-free search process. We provide accommodations for applicants requesting accommodation through the search process such as alternative formats of this posting. Individuals with disabilities in need of accommodations throughout the search process should contact the ADA Coordinator at: HR@Greeleygov.com .

Conditions of Employment: Candidates must successfully complete all pre-employment screenings and employment eligibility verification. Pre-employment screenings include a drug test, a background and national sex offender search, a motor vehicle record search, and for some positions, a physical demands evaluation. For more information about City policies and practices during the recruitment process, including but not limited to EOE, Reasonable Accommodation, and pre-employment screenings, please visit our career page HERE.