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Budget Analysts

$82.26K Median Salary 4.3K Job Openings (Annual Projection) 4.8% Job Growth

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About This Career

Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.

Reported Job Titles

Budget Analyst, Budget Coordinator, Budget Officer, Financial Services Officer, Policy Analyst

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Skills You'll Need

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Abilities

Mathematical Reasoning

Number Facility

Oral Comprehension

Written Comprehension

Deductive Reasoning

Inductive Reasoning

Written Expression

Information Ordering

Oral Expression

Problem Sensitivity

Speech Clarity

Near Vision

Speech Recognition

Category Flexibility

Fluency of Ideas

Selective Attention

Knowledge

Economics and Accounting

Mathematics

English Language

Administration and Management

Administrative

Law and Government

Customer and Personal Service

Computers and Electronics

Skills

Active Listening

Reading Comprehension

Critical Thinking

Mathematics

Speaking

Complex Problem Solving

Judgment and Decision Making

Active Learning

Writing

Management of Financial Resources

Monitoring

Systems Analysis

Coordination

Social Perceptiveness

Time Management

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software

Presentation software

Enterprise resource planning ERP software

Financial analysis software

Accounting software

Time accounting software

Electronic mail software

Development environment software

Human resources software

Spreadsheet software

Graphics or photo imaging software

Office suite software

Cloud-based data access and sharing software

Word processing software

Business intelligence and data analysis software

Data base reporting software

Object or component oriented development software

Analytical or scientific software

Tools

Notebook computers

Laser printers

Desktop computers

Personal computers

Abilities

Mathematical Reasoning: The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
Number Facility: The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
Oral Comprehension: The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
Written Comprehension: The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
Deductive Reasoning: The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
Inductive Reasoning: The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
Written Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
Information Ordering: The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
Oral Expression: The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
Problem Sensitivity: The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem.
Speech Clarity: The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
Near Vision: The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
Speech Recognition: The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
Category Flexibility: The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
Fluency of Ideas: The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
Selective Attention: The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.

Knowledge

Economics and Accounting: Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
Mathematics: Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
English Language: Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
Administration and Management: Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
Administrative: Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology.
Law and Government: Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.
Customer and Personal Service: Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
Computers and Electronics: Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.

Skills

Active Listening: Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
Reading Comprehension: Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents.
Critical Thinking: Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
Mathematics: Using mathematics to solve problems.
Speaking: Talking to others to convey information effectively.
Complex Problem Solving: Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
Judgment and Decision Making: Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
Active Learning: Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
Writing: Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
Management of Financial Resources: Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Monitoring: Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
Systems Analysis: Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
Coordination: Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions.
Social Perceptiveness: Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
Time Management: Managing one's own time and the time of others.

Technology Skills

Data base user interface and query software: Blackboard software; Database software; Microsoft Access; Yardi software
Presentation software: Microsoft PowerPoint
Enterprise resource planning ERP software: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne; Oracle PeopleSoft; Oracle PeopleSoft Financials; SAP software
Financial analysis software: Delphi Technology
Accounting software: Billing software; Bookkeeping software; Intuit QuickBooks; Sage 50 Accounting
Time accounting software: Timekeeping software
Electronic mail software: IBM Notes; Microsoft Exchange; Microsoft Outlook
Development environment software: Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Suite
Human resources software: ADP Workforce Now
Spreadsheet software: Microsoft Excel
Graphics or photo imaging software: SmugMug Flickr
Office suite software: Microsoft Office software
Cloud-based data access and sharing software: Dropbox; Google Drive; Microsoft SharePoint
Word processing software: 3M Post-it App; Evernote; Google Docs; Microsoft Word
Business intelligence and data analysis software: BrightEdge; Conductor Searchlight; IBM Digital Analytics; Searchmetrics Suite
Data base reporting software: SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
Object or component oriented development software: Oracle Java
Analytical or scientific software: Statistical analysis software; TapRooT

Tools

Notebook computers: Laptop computers
Laser printers: Computer laser printers
Desktop computers:
Personal computers:

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