Employees Retirement System of Texas

Our mission is simply stated: ERS offers competitive benefits to enhance the lives of its members. Each team member across the agency contributes to our ongoing success. Our Finance Division is seeking an experienced Budget Supervisor to perform highly advanced (senior-level) budget preparation and analysis work. Work will involve developing guidelines, procedures, policies, and rules; developing schedules, priorities, and standards for achieving established goals; coordinating and evaluating department activities; evaluating budget requests, and monitoring budget expenditures. The Budget Supervisor will also plan, assign, and supervise the work of the Budget Team. The ideal candidate takes initiative to prevent problems. Essential Functions includes, but is not limited to: * Supervises, assigns, and monitors the work of Budget Analysts; sets performance standards; conduct employee evaluations; trains or coordinate staff development; and counsel’s staff regarding work rule violations. * Assists in developing and coordinating the agency’s annual operating budget and analyzes budget for expenditures and encumbrances to provide the Assistant Director of Finance and CFO with trend data and recommendations. * Develops methodologies and techniques for analyzing the operating budget including forecasting for consideration by the Assistant Director of Finance and Chief Financial Officer * Examines the operating budget for completeness, accuracy and conformance with policies, procedures and methods. * Informs Assistant Director and CFO of budget deviations, problems and events likely to impact operations. * Analyzes fiscal management information, review for appropriate use of funds, perform statistical analyses, develop budgetary reports and schedules, including variance explanations and proposed solutions. * Assists with budget staff duties associated with the administration of cost allocation methodologies to ensure accurate allocation of costs to the agency’s funds. * Responds to operating budgetary inquires appropriately from internal sources * Assists with the development, update and training on budget policies, procedures, methods and instructions. * Communicates effectively and respectfully with co-workers and customers to gain an understanding of the business and budgetary needs. * Collaborates with procurement and other sections within Finance to improve efficiencies including appropriate chart of accounts structure, and mapping of objects of expense to budget category.   Required Minimum Qualifications: Your application for employment must reflect how you meet each of the following minimum qualifications: 1) Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business, public administration, or a related field. Each year of related experience over the required may be substituted for one year (30 semester hours) of required college credit. 2) Five (5) years of experience performing budget preparation, accounting, and analysis work. 3) Two (2) years of supervisory and/or team lead experience.   Preferred Qualifications: Your application for employment should reflect how you meet the following preferred qualifications: 4) Experience performing state agency budget preparation. 5) Experience developing internal and external budget presentations in PowerPoint or similar high level applications.   PLEASE NOTE: All applications must contain complete job histories, which includes job title, dates of employment, name of employer, supervisor's name and phone number and a description of duties performed. If this information is not submitted, your application may be rejected because it is incomplete. Resumes do not take the place of this required information. Other Information: ERS offers a hybrid work schedule. Work in an office environment with opportunities to work remotely. This position may require access to privileged, confidential, or sensitive data. ERS will conduct either a TXDPS or FBI criminal history check on all new hires. For more information about this policy inquiries can be made to employment@ers.texas.gov. Military Occupational Specialty Codes: Veterans, Reservists or Guardsmen with experience in the Military Occupational Specialty (https://hr.sao.texas.gov/Compensation/MilitaryCrosswalk/MOSC_AccountingAuditingandFinance.pdf) along with the minimum qualifications listed above may meet the minimum requirements and are highly encouraged to apply. Please contact Human Resources at employment@ers.texas.gov with questions or for additional information. How to Apply: Submit a State of Texas Application for Employment with an ERS Qualifications Form & other required materials, if any, to the ERS, Human Resources Office by 5 p.m. CST on the closing date. Resumes will be accepted only as supplements to an application. Please contact a Human Resources representative if you need assistance or require accommodation during the application process. Email: Employment@ers.texas.gov Web: www.ers.texas.gov Fax: (512) 867-3161 Relay Texas TDD: (800) 735-2989