Management Analyst (Senior/Principal) DOQ

Management Analyst

The Management Analyst provides management support and serves as a liaison between assigned County departments, County Administrative Office, and the Solano County Board of Supervisors by reviewing and analyzing budget requests, expenditures, agenda items, contracts, and other items requiring approval or concurrence by County Administrative Office or Board of Supervisors. The Analyst is also responsible for monitoring programmatic, personnel, and fiscal activities of assigned County departments. Analysts provide consultation to departments and information to the Board and County management team on a broad range of issues.

This position reports to the Assistant County Administrator who supports the County Administrator in their efforts to lead the County organization, and works in a team environment with other analysts and the budget officer to produce budgets, agenda reports, and policy reports for the County.

The Management Analyst series consists of four management level classes used exclusively in the County Administrator's Office, of which the principal is the highest level within the series.

This is an at-will position, exempt from civil service and serves at the discretion of the appointing authority.

The ideal candidate for this position should have a positive outlook, be able to work in a fast-paced environment and be adept at managing multiple priorities in a fluid and continuously evolving government operation. The individual should demonstrate experience in the following and exhibit the following characteristics:

• Familiarity with county government services;
• Participating in management, policy, and fiscal matters with county-level, agency-wide, and intergovernmental impact on state, county, city, or special district;
• Leading a team, or teams, of analysts and support staff;
• Developing, analyzing, and monitoring the agency budget and fiscal matters;
• Strong technical skills, and an ability to identify challenges or problems and conceive of analytical strategies to work towards solutions;
• Strategic thinking and planning with a vision balanced with realism;
• Outstanding written and oral communication skills; and
• Honesty, integrity, diplomacy, patience, a strong work ethic, and a sense of humor.

Education and/or experience requirements vary for different levels of the position:

• Management Analyst (Senior): $127,522.32 - $155,004.24/yearly Experience: Five (5) years of work experience in the public sector involving fiscal operations and analysis, budget development, financial/budget analysis, legislative analysis, operational management, and general management of various county functions; AND Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, preferably in business administration, public administration, economics, political science, or a closely related field.
• Management Analyst (Principal ): $154,797.84 - $188,157.72/yearly Experience: Five (5) years of work experience in the public sector that included performing administrative, analytical, budgetary, fiscal, policy and/or program work requiring analysis and interpretation of data. At least two years of experience must have been at the advanced-journey level comparable to the County's Management Analyst (Senior) class. AND Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in public financial management, business/public administration, economics, policy analysis, or other fields directly related to the budget, fiscal, and management duties of this class. Master's degree is desirable.

The objective of these minimum qualification patterns is experience demonstrating that the appointee is capable of providing full scope management direction to professional staff; and participating in management, policy, and fiscal matters that have significant County-wide and intergovernmental impact. Budget and fiscal management experience in Solano County service is usually required although other governmental or private enterprise experience may provide some of the necessary background.