Budget Analyst II

Job Description:

Budget Analyst II

Description

Budget Analyst II
at The City of Fort Worth
FWLab

Pay Range: $71,661 - $93,158 annual compensation

Job Posting Closing on: Monday, September 19, 2025

Benefits for this position include: 11 Paid Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid Time Off, Pension Plan, Professional Development Opportunities, and much more.

Workdays & Hours: This is a full-time, salaried position offering all City of Fort Worth benefits. Workdays are Monday through Friday, with hours of operation from 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM and up to two remote days per week after completing the probationary period of six months.

The City of Fort Worth is one of the fastest growing large cities in the U.S. Our employees serve the needs of nearly 1,000,000 residents, promoting our values of exceptional customer experience, mutual respect, embracing our diversity, continuous improvement, ethical behavior, and accountability.

A Budget Analyst II (BA II) position is available with the City of Fort Worth's FWLab Budget Division. The work undertaken by the FWLab advances the City's Vision to "be the most livable and best managed city in the country" through building organizational capacity to explore, analyze and learn from data that is discoverable via existing and new municipal system and components.

The BA II will perform a wide variety of city-wide analytical support duties related to organizational analysis and/or budget monitoring. The BA II will perform various analytical and administrative tasks, such as analyzing procedures and operations, and conducting research and data analysis for various departments.

The BA II will frequently interact with top management; have a significant impact on city finance; gain deep insight into municipal operations, decision-making, budgeting, financial analysis, and data analysis; and have a meaningful impact on life in the City of Fort Worth.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in Public Administration, Finance, Business Administration, or related field;
• Two (2) years of experience in budget management, finance, research analysis or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong analytical skills and understanding of system databases, data elements, and application software solutions to optimize data gathering and analysis.
• Strong customer service and collaboration skills.
• Ability to work independently with demonstrated accomplishments in successful task management and execution; excellent communication at senior levels.
• Experience or knowledge of municipal government budgeting and finance, and performance measures.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite and basic knowledge of data visualization tools such as PowerBI

The Budget Analyst II job responsibilities include:

• Participates in the development, management and analysis of multiple citywide capital and operating budgets, ensuring compliance with designated financial policies.
• Serves as the FWLab's budget liaison to assigned departments.
• Conducts analysis to identify potential revenue and cost saving opportunities.
• Completes monthly forecasting report for assigned city departments and funds.
• Analyzes operational and administrative challenges, researches best practices and provides recommendations for alternative solutions.
• Drafts and originates Mayor and Council communications; reviews, revises and updates departmental Mayor and Council communications according to established deadlines; communicates with originating department to clarify concerns or issues and eliminate errors; and prepares appropriation and supplemental appropriation ordinances, as needed.
• Provides a wide variety of daily analysis and research support in assigned departments.
• Participates in special projects, including research of new programs and services, budget analysis (operating and capital) and preparation, and feasibility analyses; prepares and presents reports.

Conditions of Employment

The City of Fort Worth is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. It is the policy and practice of the City to recruit, hire, train and promote a diverse workforce without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, parental status, military service, or another non-merit factor.

The City of Fort Worth is committed to full compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process and to perform essential job functions.

Candidates who do not meet the Education requirement, may be considered if they have more relevant work experience than the position requires. Those selected for employment will be required to pass Pre-Employment checks depending on the position requirements. Those could include, but are not limited to: criminal background check, drug screen, education verification, etc. criminal convictions will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Employees are paid by direct deposit only.

Salary:

$71,661 - $93,158 annual compensation