Job Title: Assistant Budget Officer
Dept./Division: Finance
Grade: Springsted - 21
Location: City Hall
Reports To: Finance Services Manager
FLSA Status: Salaried - Exempt
Represented: Non-Represented

Job Summary:
Performs intermediate skilled technical work coordinating the preparation of the City budget; manages funds and expenditures; conducts audits and prepares financial reports; related work as apparent or assigned. Work performed under the general direction of the Finance Services Manager.

Qualification Requirements:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable
accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential Functions:

• Assists with scheduling and coordinating activities in the budget cycle, such as budget format and data
  processing instructions necessary to meet timely completion. Assists with annual revenue/expenditure
  projections. Liaison with city department personnel to develop and monitor .departmental budgets.
• Conducts internal reviews and analyses to prepare information for annual audit. Prepares, examines, and
  verifies budget reports.
• Monitors grants to ensure consistency with budgeting policies and compliance with grant guidelines.
• Works closely with grant personnel in city departments to ensure appropriate use of funds and reporting.
• Prepares and submits reports required by grantors to receive cost reimbursements.
• Maintains fixed assets and disposal data, calculates depreciation, reconciles ledgers to detail records, and
  prepares journal entries to adjust all ledgers or accounts.
• Prepares various journal entries and adjusts ledgers and accounts as necessary.

Physical Requirements/Working Conditions:
This work is sedentary and requires little to no exertion of force; work regularly requires sitting, bending, reaching, hand dexterity (grasping, holding, keyboarding, repetitive movements), reading, writing, eye-hand coordination, seeing (near and/or far, color, depth, field of vision), hearing, using the telephone, contact with government officials and the general public, working overtime, and working inside and alone.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred, or in place of a degree a combination of education, training, and 8+ years’
  experience in a directly related field may be substituted and considered.
• 3 years experience in administrative accounting, budgeting, and municipal cost development.

Special Requirements:

• Valid driver's license in the State of Michigan.
• Intermediate skill level with Microsoft Excel.

Those interested in applying may do so online at https://www.battlecreekmi.gov/563/Employment-Opportunities