
Budget Analysts
Also called: Budget Analyst, Budget Coordinator, Budget Officer, Policy Analyst
In the Army:
Acquisition; Contract and Industrial Management; Financial Management Technician; Financial Manager; Force Development; Health Services Comptroller; Logistics; Recruiter; Recruiting and Retention NCO (Army National Guard of the United States)
What they do:
Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations. Analyze budgeting and accounting reports.
On the job, you would:
- Summarize budgets and submit recommendations for the approval or disapproval of funds requests.
- Analyze monthly department budgeting and accounting reports to maintain expenditure controls.
- Examine budget estimates for completeness, accuracy, and conformance with procedures and regulations.
Knowledge
Business
- accounting and economics
- management
Math and Science
- arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, or statistics
Arts and Humanities
- English language
Safety and Government
- law and government
Skills
Basic Skills
- listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions
- reading work related information
Problem Solving
- noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it
People and Technology Systems
- thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one
- figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it
Abilities
Math
- add, subtract, multiply, or divide
- choose the right type of math to solve a problem
Verbal
- listen and understand what people say
- read and understand what is written
Ideas and Logic
- make general rules or come up with answers from lots of detailed information
- use rules to solve problems
Personality
People interested in this work like activities that include data, detail, and regular routines.
They do well at jobs that need:
- Integrity
- Attention to Detail
- Analytical Thinking
- Dependability
- Cooperation
- Stress Tolerance
Technology
You might use software like this on the job:
Data base user interface and query software
Presentation software
Enterprise resource planning ERP software
- Microsoft Dynamics GP
- Sage Active Planner
Education
Job Outlook
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