Budget Manager (Analyst IV)

The Analyst IV (Budget Manager) for the Public Safety Service Area is responsible for aligning public safety resources and systems to improve services and outcomes for the community. This position manages budget development and financial analysis for the bureaus within the Public Safety Service Area, including the Portland Police Bureau, Portland Fire & Rescue, Portland Bureau of Emergency Management, the Bureau of Emergency Communications, and the Office of the DCA of Public Safety. Leading a team of Financial Analysts, the Budget Manager ensures effective cross-bureau financial modeling, budget management, and planning. This role is critical to advancing the City of Portland's goals of ensuring a safe and peaceful community while promoting fiscal responsibility. 

As a Budget Manager, you will have the opportunity to work closely with Bureau Directors, Division Managers, and the City Budget Office to ensure accurate financial analyses and ensure program goals are being met. Reporting to the Manager of the Budget, Strategy & Performance Unit, this position enjoys a high degree of independence while collaborating closely with other team members on grants management, strategic planning, and performance management. 

• Lead a team of analysts that serve the Public Safety bureaus – Police, Fire, Emergency Communications, and Emergency Management. Supervise staff’s day-to-day work. Help develop goals, evaluate performance, and provide feedback, and, if necessary, recommend disciplinary measures for team. 
• Coordinate the annual budget development cycle for the service area, ensuring tasks are completed by deadlines in a manner that advances city goals. 
• Analyze and prepare reports comparing bureau budgets to actual revenue and expense activity throughout the fiscal year, including information regarding multiple revenue streams and expense categories. Project future activity to allow for long-term planning. Provide policy recommendations based on organizational goals, risks, and opportunities. 
• Present and communicate information about finances, programs, performance, and strategy to bureau and City leadership. This will involve making complex financial information clear and accessible to assist in informed decision-making regarding budgetary matters.  
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with Bureau directors and staff, representatives of other governmental agencies, the public, and others encountered in the course of work. 
• Identify opportunities for improving financial systems, processes, and tools to enhance efficiency and accuracy in budget management and financial analysis. 
• Engage in strategic planning activities, contributing financial insights and analyses that support long-term goals and initiatives for the Public Safety Service Area.  

1. Experience with budget development, the public budget process, and applying generally accepted accounting principles.
2. Experience establishing and managing systems, processes, and schedules to ensure the timely and efficient production of high-quality work products in an environment with multiple competing priorities.  
3. Experience working with stakeholders to understand their needs and then provide sound strategic advice focused on budgetary and organizational impact.
4. Ability to apply analytic and problem-solving skills to independently develop sound decisions, conclusions, and recommendations.
5. Ability to supervise and/or lead a team including hiring, training, motivating, assigning work, and managing performance.

Although not required, you may also have:

• 2+ years of experience using SAP
• Experience supervising a budget/finance team

• Resume
  • Note: Do not include your age, date of birth, or the dates you attended or graduated from school. Only provide this information if it is specifically requested to meet job requirements or to follow federal, state, or local laws or rules.
• Answer to the Supplemental Questions (click on the Questions tab to preview the questions)

• Veteran documents to request for Veteran Preference (ex, DD214-Member 4, VA Benefit Letter, etc.) 
  • Effective January 1, 2026, the State of Oregon law ORS 408.225 - 408.238 is amended to expand eligibility for Veterans’ Preference to current and former Oregon National Guard service members. If applicants are existing state or former Oregon National Guard servicemembers, they are encouraged to attach appropriate documentation to their future recruitment applications.
  • Update: As of March 3, 2025, if you have already submitted veteran documents and qualified for preference, you do not need to resubmit them for future recruitments.
  • To update or remove veteran preference for this recruitment or from your profile, contact the recruiter listed in the job announcement.

Application Tips:

• Your responses to the supplemental questions should include details describing your education, training and/or experience, and where obtained, which clearly reflects your qualifications for each of the numbered items in the "To Qualify" section of this announcement.
• Your resume should support the details described in your responses to the supplemental questions.
• How We Determine Pay: The City of Portland is covered by the Oregon Equal Pay Act. Your salary is determined based on the experience listed in your resume that is directly related and equivalent to the position for which you are applying.  It is strongly encouraged to include any transferable experience (paid or unpaid regardless of how recent) to ensure your offer is reflective of all your relevant experience.
• Do not attach materials not requested. 
• All completed applications for this position must be submitted no later than on the closing date and time of this recruitment.  
• All applications must be submitted via the City's online application process.  E-mailed and/or faxed applications will not be accepted.    
• You can use AI tools to assist with your job application, but please make sure to personalize your responses to supplemental questions. Avoid copying and pasting; instead, use AI to generate ideas and then tailor them to reflect your own experiences and skills.

• An evaluation of each applicant's training and paid and unpaid experience, as demonstrated in their resume and supplemental questions, weighted 100%.
• Your resume and responses to the supplemental questions will be the basis for our evaluation of your qualifications for this position. Incomplete or inappropriate information may result in disqualification.
• You have 14 days from the notice of the minimum qualification evaluation results to let us know if you like to review and discuss your evaluation result. Please read the City of Portland Administrative Rule 3.01 for complete information.
• Additional evaluation may be required prior to establishment of the eligible list and/or final selection.

• Candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be placed on the equally ranked eligible list.

• Hiring bureau will review and select candidates to interview.

Step 6: Start Date: October

• A start date will be determined after all conditions of employment have been met.

• Veteran Preference
• ADA, Pregnancy, and Religious Accommodations 
• Work Status
• Equal Employment Opportunity