Budget Analyst

Statement of Duties:

The City of Somerville is seeking a detail-oriented and collaborative Budget Analyst to join our Finance team. This position supports the Budget Director in preparing and managing the City’s annual Operating Budget and 10-Year Capital Investment Plan, monitoring department budgets, forecasting revenues and expenditures, and conducting special analyses to support strategic decision-making.

Essential Functions:

• Assist in developing, implementing, and administering the annual Operating Budget.
• Compile and analyze financial data, prepare charts and tables, and review departmental budget submissions for accuracy and alignment with City goals.
• Train City staff on budget procedures and provide guidance throughout the budget process.
• Support planning for the 10-Year Capital Investment Plan, including project scheduling, cost modeling, and maintaining project data.
• Monitor and analyze budget performance; identify and explain variances.
• Analyze revenue and expenditure trends; recommend updates to the 10-year financial forecast.
• Provide financial analysis for collective bargaining, including costing out proposals and agreements.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses for grant applications, programs, fees, and capital purchases.
• Assist with preparation of the Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR).
• Prepare special reports for City leadership
• Verify position and payroll data in collaboration with Human Resources and Payroll.

Recommended Minimum Qualifications:

Education and Experience: A Bachelor’s Degree in accounting, finance, or public administration, supplemented with at least (3) years experience in governmental finance, preferable at the local level. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered. Master’s Degree preferred. Must be versed in activity-based costing, techniques of budget analysis, and information systems for cost-analysis. Must be proficient in the compilation, manipulation, analysis, and maintenance of large amounts of financial data. Must have excellent analytical skills and the ability to understand complex issues. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to work under general supervision. Must be attentive to detail and possess effective verbal and written communication skills. Must have facility with EXCEL and Microsoft Office, and the ability to work with financial management software systems.

Knowledge, Abilities and Skill

Knowledge: Knowledge of governmental budgeting (capital and operating and accounting practices as well as a general understanding of municipal operations and public policy.

Abilities: Establish and maintain effective and harmonious working relationships with diverse stakeholders regarding strategy, policy, and operations; work independently; manage multiple tasks efficiently, prioritize, and balance short and long-term responsibilities; carry out assignments to completion in an efficient and accurate manner; communicate and collaborate with executive-level individuals; learn new concepts quickly; maintain confidential information; and maintain, manage, and organize information used for collaboration and public presentation.

Skill: Must be proficient in the compilation, manipulation, analysis, and maintenance of large amounts of financial data. Must have excellent analytical skills and the ability to understand complex issues. Must have strong knowledge of Excel and Microsoft Office, and the ability to work with financial management software systems. Experience with coding languages (R, Python or similar) are valuable but not required.

Work Environment

The work environment involves everyday discomforts typical of offices, with occasional exposure to outside elements. Noise or physical surroundings may be distracting, but conditions are generally not unpleasant. Employee may be required to work beyond normal business hours in response to attend evening meetings or complete work assignments.

Physical and Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the position’s essential functions.

Physical Skills: Few physical demands are required to perform the work. Work effort principally involves sitting to perform work tasks, with intermittent periods of stooping, walking, and standing. May also be some occasional lifting of objects such as office equipment and computer paper (up to 30lbs.)

Motor Skills: Duties are largely mental rather than physical, but the job may occasionally require minimal motor skills for activities such as moving objects, operating a telephone, personal computer and/or most other office equipment including word processing, filing and sorting of papers.

Visual Skills: Visual demands require constantly reading documents for general understanding and analytical purposes.

Hours: Full-Time
Salary: $90,000.00 annualized, plus benefits
Union: Non-Union
FLSA: Exempt
Date Posted: August 18th, 2025

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The City of Somerville is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, religion, age, national origin, disability or any other protected category. Women, minorities, veterans, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.

Auxiliary aids and services, written materials in alternative formats, and reasonable modifications in policies and procedures will be provided to qualified individuals with disabilities free of charge, upon request. Persons with disabilities who need auxiliary aids and services for effective communication (i.e., CART, ASL), written materials in alternative formats, or reasonable modifications in policies and procedures in order to access the programs, activities, and meetings of the City of Somerville should please contact Adrienne Pomeroy at 617-625-6600 x 2059 or apomeroy@somervillema.gov.

Pre-Employment Requirements for All Employees:

• MA Criminal Offender Record Information (CORI) clearance
• Completion of Conflict-of-Interest Law Education training for municipal employees

Overview of Total Rewards:

• 4 weeks annual vacation for non-union positions. Union positions vary by contract. Please note, police officers are members of the SPEA union.
• Medical insurance through the Group Insurance Commission (GIC) - 80% of premium costs paid by City
• Dental coverage low and high plans through Cigna
• Vision care through Vision Service Plan (VSP)
• Long term disability through Sun Life
• Group and voluntary life insurance through Boston Mutual
• Health Care and Dependent Care flexible spending through Benefit Strategies
• Deferred compensation plans through a choice of three vendors
• Free, confidential services through the Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provided by E4Health
• Annual cancer screening & wellness release
• Somerville Retirement Pension System
• Tuition reimbursement
• MBTA pass program
• FREE Blue Bikes membership
• Eligible employer for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF)

Benefits listed are for benefits-eligible positions and the above information is meant to be a general overview of the benefit programs offered by the City of Somerville and not a binding contract.