Budget Officer
CurrentAs a member of the three budget staff at the City of Aspen, I'm responsible for high-level support for budget development, forecasting, systems management, project planning, managerial and ad hoc financial reporting, training staff, and have important roles in presentation and delivery of the budget documents.In line with this work, I have:-Provided customer service, training, and customized resources for all administrative and managerial staff on various procurement, financial management, budget forecasting and project management support;-Implemented constant process improvements and SOPs to the City of Aspen's Spring Supplemental Budget, Fall Supplemental Budget, and Annual Capital & Operating Budget appropriation and decision-making budget process;-Created and implemented reporting tools and analytics for the City of Aspen staff via Oracle ERP;-Created and implemented Smartsheet and Smartview financial forecasting and planning long-range reports for all city departments, with integrated data connections to the Oracle Cloud Planning, with Macros for wide use conversion;-Implemented the Budgetary Control Cube dashboard and account groups customized to each department;-Reviewed, edited, and compiled award-winning annual 600+ page Budget Books from city staff submissions, edits, presentations, and leadership and City Council decisions with all appropriate changes and summaries;-Assisted putting together the Powerpoint budget presentations for all departments to leadership and City Council;-Monitored program budget to actual performance, analyzing and assisting in departmental budget implementation and management to reflect changing demand, resource needs, and external variables/partners;-Monitored local, regional, and national trends and happenings for various changes to the City's economic position, changes to our projection assumptions, and impact scenarios (through the pandemic), and opportunities; and,-Overseen other special projects/duties.