Career description:
Budget analysts help organizations big and small stay on track with their finances by maintaining a balanced budget. They help to keep company finances organized by running regular financial reports, collaborating with executives about funding needs and assessing budget decisions about special programs or one-time expenses.
What it’s like:
Common duties:
- Work with managers to develop program and department budgets
- Review budget proposals for accuracy and compliance with laws and regulations
- Prepare regular financial reports and analyze data
- Use data to make spending and planning recommendations to organization leaders
- Help organization leaders develop alternate solutions if the recommended plans or budgets don’t meet the company’s needs
- Monitor company spending
- Plan for future expenses
Similar occupations:
Budget Analyst, Budget Coordinator, Budget Officer, Financial Services Officer, Management and Budget Analyst, Policy Analyst