Programmer Analyst

Performs professional work in the Office of the City Administrative Officer, including conducting research, analysis, and administrative activities in the areas of finance, budget, facilities and quarters, capital projects, and procedure analyses of City activities and services; and does related work.

·Reviews and analyzes original departmental budget requests and makes recommendations to departments on ways to improve or enhance requests; ·Investigates and analyzes data, and prepares reports and recommendations on budget estimates and requests for additional personnel, appropriations, and other fiscal matters, capital projects, facilities and quarters, and recommends appropriate changes and adjustments; ·Gathers data and assists in the preparation of statements, charts and schedules for inclusion in the Mayor’s proposed annual budget and for regular reports to the Mayor and City Council; ·Analyzes work assignments and programs, expenditures, and indicators of workload to measure programmatic effectiveness and efficiency; ·Maintains account information and financial statistics and data for budget preparation and administrative purposes; ·Prepares or supervises the preparation of statistical charts and tabulations; ·Attends and participates in regular and ad hoc budget hearings, including those related to the annual budget process; ·Investigates and makes recommendations for transfers of funds and interim appropriations; ·Prepares revenue and expenditure statements; ·Studies and makes recommendations on work methods and organizational structures; ·Compiles and analyzes data on wage and cost trends; ·Prepares work flowcharts to assist with organization and workflow analyses; ·Analyzes priorities set by departments and funding sources of capital projects; ·Assists in compiling, writing, and editing annual and periodic reports; and ·May occasionally be assigned other duties for training purposes or to meet technological changes or emergencies.