BUDGET DIRECTOR

Mayor

Exempt | Location: Civic Center

Annual Salary

$107,000.00 - $157,000.00

contact information

HR Team
213-978-0600
Mayor.Jobs@lacity.org

job description

THE ROLE:

Reporting to the Chief of Staff, the Mayor’s Office Budget Director is responsible for developing, managing and tracking the Mayor’s Office internal budget. The Director will develop the annual office budget by researching, running analytics, and writing financial reports. The Director will develop strong relationships with office leadership while providing candid and confidential status assessments to the Chief of Staff and Executive Team.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsibilities for the position include, but are not limited to:

Develop, manage and track the Mayor’s Office annual budget.
Provide regular reports to the Chief of Staff on the financial status of the office.
Perform financial monitoring and analysis, including salary projections.
Prepare and monitor revenue and source of fund expenditures and year-end reconciliation/close out activities.
Work closely with the City Clerk's office to process financial transactions needed
Maintain strong relationships with the Mayor's Office Executive and Senior Staff, City officials and other stakeholders.

IDEAL CANDIDATE:

The ideal candidate is ready to work in a high-energy and collaborative work environment. The budget is deadline-driven and requires the ability to work under pressure. The ideal candidate must be able to quickly perform financial analysis, research, and make recommendations.

PREFERRED CHARACTERISTICS AND SKILLS:

General knowledge of City governing and administrative documents, such as the Los Angeles City Charter, Los Angeles Administrative Code, City Ordinances, and the Mayor’s Executive Directives, sufficient to ensure compliance with City processes, procedures, and regulations (training is available).
Highly ethical and trustworthy.
Track record of establishing targets and delivering results.
Expert understanding of budgets/financial statements and accounting principles.
Experience working with senior government or private sector leaders.
Ability to thoughtfully communicate with and respectfully engage diverse stakeholders around a shared vision.
Problem-solver and change-agent.
Excellent communication skills.
Innovative and flexible.
Able to effectively represent the City and the Mayor with all of its constituencies.
Ability to work within a team made up of energetic and vocal members.
Strong Microsoft Office and Google Suite skills, especially Excel and Sheets.
Knowledge in FMS and Workday (training is also available).

EDUCATION

Undergraduate degree required. Advanced degree in business, public administration, or economics is a plus. Five years of financial/budget/accounting experience is preferable.

How to apply

Applicants should send a cover letter and resume to Mayor.Jobs@lacity.org with “BUDGET DIRECTOR” in the subject line no later than September 13, 2024. Please note that applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis, and suitable candidates may be contacted and hired before the application deadline. We encourage interested candidates to submit their applications promptly.

This is an exempt, at-will position. The individual appointed to this position will not accrue any civil service tenure, contractual employment rights, or due process rights. The incumbent may be removed, without any finding of cause, by the hiring authority. The City of Los Angeles is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. As a covered entity under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the City of Los Angeles does not discriminate on the basis of disability and, upon request, will provide reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access to its programs, services and activities. Please call (213) 744-9300 if you need assistance.

exempt employment

If employment is said to be exempt, it is meant that the employment is exempted from the civil service provisions of the City Charter. In order to receive a regular civil service appointment, employees must have successfully participated in a civil service examination, received a high enough score on the examination to be placed on and receive an appointment from an eligible list, and they must serve a probationary period. Exempt employees do not compete in a civil service examination, they are not placed on an eligible list and receive an appointment from that list, nor do they serve a probationary period. As a result, exempt employees do not have what is referred to as a “property interest” in their job. Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority and can be terminated at any time without cause. Employees with a property interest in their job, i.e. civil service employees, cannot be deprived of their employment(discharged or suspended) without due process.

General Information About Exempt Employment

Exempt employees serve at the will of the appointing authority, and as such, they may be discharged, suspended or otherwise disciplined without cause. Exempt employees have no property interest in their employment, and any procedural benefit or other prerogative extended to them by their appointing authority is not intended to create and does not create any such property interest. No officer or employee of the City may make to any other officer or employee any representation of a property interest in employment which does not correspond to Charter provisions unless the City Council, by ordinance, permits such representation. No unauthorized representation can serve as the basis of an employee's reliance on, or expectation of, a property interest.

Employees Seeking To Become Civil Service Employees

There is no protective leave for an exempt employee appointed to a civil service position. Upon receiving a civil service appointment and passing probation, the former exempt employee will be subject to the Civil Service provisions described in Article X of the City Charter. Upon appointment, the civil service employee will begin to accrue displacement and layoff seniority on the first day of his/her civil service appointment and may file for promotional examinations for which s/he qualifies. A full or half-time exempt employee appointed to a full or half-time civil service position continues to: contribute to the Retirement System; accrue vacation time; accrue sick time; receive anniversary date salary increases; and, receive health and dental benefits identical to those received in the civil service position.