US-CA Oakland, PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL ANALYST, BART 0987
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Position: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL ANALYST
Date: June 8, 2010
JOB #0987
Location: Oakland, CA
Status: Full-time

DESCRIPTION: PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL ANALYST  

BART offers the satisfaction of providing an invaluable public service, while accomplishing your own career goals, earning highly competitive pay, and enjoying an unparalleled benefit programs.  

POSITION DESCRIPTION:  

This is a lead position in the Operating Budget Department that will work directly with program managers to identify issues with budget impacts, analyze the elements of these issues, and collaborate with them in devising options and alternatives. A key responsibility of this position will to identify and resolve financial and analytical issues of moderate complexity,  which requires expertise of strong execution and analytical abilities such as identifying and understanding issues, problems and opportunities, and  devising alternative solutions, the ability to define workload, and pursue it independently, completing projects accurately and timely, taking initiative, including the introduction and support of changes; the ability to build and maintain relationships; understanding operational needs, and translating them into financial realities.  

The successful candidate will demonstrate the following criteria beyond the minimum qualifications:  Substantive experience with public agency budgeting and governmental accounting; proven financial analysis skills; including ability to frame the issue and structure the data appropriately for analysis; ability to develop and foster relationships with internal and external customers; advanced software skills ¿ Excel, Word, Power point, Access etc., as well as significant, in depth experience in manipulating advanced relational database budgeting systems (Peoplesoft, Oracle etc.) including use of report writing software, queries, etc.  

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:  

Education:

A Bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, economics or a closely related field from an accredited college or university.  

Experience:

Four (4) years of (full-time equivalent) verifiable professional budgetary, financial or management analysis experience.  

Substitution:

Additional professional experience as outlined above may be substituted for the education on a year-for-year basis.  A college degree is preferred.  

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