Salary : $81,621.00 - $106,110.00 AnnuallyLocation : Gresham, ORJob Type: Full TimeJob Number: 26-10Department: Budget & FinanceOpening Date: 07/29/2025Closing Date: 8/17/2025 11:59 PM Pacific Position DescriptionThe City of Gresham is excited to be accepting applications for a Management Analyst.
- Do you find budgeting, grant management, and data analysis interesting?
- Do you appreciate the details and the big picture equally?
- Do you enjoy providing information for informed decision making?
As a Management Analyst you will join a team of experienced and focused professionals in the Budget & Financial Planning division responsible for performing a full range of financial duties including budget development, financial grant management, department related financial analysis and overall financial support for your assigned department. Management Analysts are responsible for a wide range of financial, budgetary, and project management assignments and act as a liaison between the assigned departments and Budget & Finance. This recruitment may be used to fill multiple Management Analyst positions.As Oregon's fourth-largest city, Gresham is a welcoming community of hard-working people where tradition and heritage meet innovation and opportunity. Gresham is a dynamic and rapidly growing city where families and businesses have a mutual desire and drive to thrive. City of Gresham employees care deeply about the community they serve, and go 'one step beyond' to deliver services in collaborative, inventive, practical, and nimble ways. Our work is challenging, fast-paced and rewarding.We believe that to deliver the highest level of service to all Gresham community members, it is crucial we employ a diverse workforce, foster an inclusive working environment, and ensure our policies and systems result in equitable outcomes. The City seeks candidates who will support these values by continuously incorporating equity in their daily work and actively contributing to a workplace culture that respects unique viewpoints, life experiences and cultural perspectives. Come build the future with us.What you will get to do:Management Analysts perform a variety of budgetary tasks and analyses that may include:Budget Development: Coordinates budget development, establishes assumptions and timelines to comply with the city-wide budget process with guidance and within established processes, ensures department management has appropriate information available for an effective and efficient decision-making process within their department; reviews and analyses proposals to ensure consistency with citywide objectives.Financial Grant Management & Reporting: Assists departments with the tracking and reporting of expenditures related to grants including collection of financial documents, determining eligibility of expenditures per grant documents, reporting in online portals, generating and tracking reimbursement requests, preparing for grantor audits.Financial Analysis: Monitors budgets, tracks actual expenditures and revenues, analyzes trends and spending patterns to forecast future expenditures and revenues, estimates service delivery costs; identifies issues and concerns, makes recommendations, and coordinates solutions to address midyear adjustments; manages position control tracking within the department to ensure appropriate staffing levels are maintained.Communication: Coordinates and prepares materials for presentation to a variety of audiences, potentially including Department Management, City Management, Council, advisory committees and the public; assists in developing communication strategies. Researches, develops and writes a variety of reports including quarterly and annual reports, staff reports, and Council memos and agenda items; conducts research, analyzes findings and presents recommendations; drafts and reviews contracts and amendments.Advisor: Advises on budgetary and financial issues; may participate in department(s) management team structure; evaluates department organizational practices, policies and procedures as they relate to budgetary and financial issues; may plan and/or coordinate implementation of approved changes.Qualities we are looking for:The successful candidate will embrace the City of Gresham's core values by having the following qualities:
- Collaborative: Establish effective relationships and work with the assigned departments and Finance team, across the organization, and with the City's external partners
- Practical: Effectively apply skills and knowledge and use sound judgement and decision making and solution focused
- Inventive: Be curious, seek new ideas, and consider new approaches, enjoy new challenges
- Nimble: Be flexible and adapt analysis and recommendations to reflect organizational and community changes and expectations.
- Curious: A continuous learner who wants to understand how things work and will keep looking for potential process improvements and efficiencies
- Attention to Detail: An organizer and planner who thrives on details and is uncompromising in consistency and accuracy.
Work Schedule/environment:The current schedule for this position requires a minimum of 3 days working on-site in the office and 2 days remote. QualificationsTo be successful, this selected candidate needs to have knowledge of:
- Government operational practices and procedures.
- Research and forecasting methods and procedures.
- Practices and principles of financial analysis, policy analysis, purchasing, budget, financial management, project development, organizational assessment, and/or program evaluation.
- Municipal budget and accounting, including Oregon local budget law.
- Utilizing an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system to inform budget development and financial analysis
- Data gathering, analysis, and research.
- Effective Communication techniques (verbal and written)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Public or Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, or related field
- One to four years of related experience.
Additional education or experience may be substituted for a combined 3 years of qualifying education, training, and/or experience.Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience conducting in-depth financial analysis, making recommendations supported by analysis and data, and preparing detailed financial reports for diverse audiences.
- Knowledge of municipal budget and accounting, including Oregon local budget law.
- Robust skills in financial grant management and reporting.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple priorities.
Selection ProcessTo apply for this position, click 'Apply' at the top of this job posting.Required application materials:
- Complete online application
- Answers to supplemental questions
If you desire a modification of this process to accommodate a disability, please provide your request in writing to
[email protected], or by phone to 503-###-####, upon submitting the required documents.A review of application materials submitted will determine which candidates will be invited to an interview.Communication with candidates will be done primarily through e-mail. Sometimes these messages may land in a spam or junk mail folder. We encourage you to monitor your inbox as well as the inbox within the governmentjobs.com portal for important updates related to this process.Veteran's PreferenceThe City of Gresham provides qualifying veterans and disabled veterans with preference in employment in accordance with state law. Any candidate wishing to have their qualifying veteran's preference applied to the process must submit a qualifying document (DD Form 214 or 215) at the time of application providing proof of eligibility that includes discharge status. Disabled veterans must also submit a copy of their Veteran's disability preference letter from the US Department of Veteran Affairs at the time of application, unless the information is included in the DD Form 214 or 215.Our CommitmentThe City of Gresham is committed to providing equal employment opportunity to all qualified employees and applicants without unlawful regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, mental or physical disability, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, familial status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, Oregon, or local law.Please direct questions about this position to 503-###-#### or
[email protected] you need assistance with the online application, please contact NEOGOV directly at 1-855-###-####.Any offer of employment is contingent upon successful completion of a criminal background check.The City provides full family, comprehensive medical and dental insurance. Vision and prescription coverages are included in the medical plans. Most limited term and regular status employees who work at least 30 hours per week pay nothing for their medical and dental coverage.Medical Insurance Options:
- City of Gresham Core Plan- UnitedHealthcare Options PPO Network
- Kaiser Permanente Traditional HMO
Dental Insurance Options:
- Delta Dental PPO Plan
- Willamette Dental Insurance
- Kaiser Permanente
Additional benefits include: Employer paid life insurance and long term disability, an employer sponsored deferred compensation plan, flexible spending accounts (medical, child care), Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) retirement (City picks up the 6% employee's contribution), an employer contribution to a HRA/VEBA medical savings account, paid time off (PTO) accrual at a minimum of 12.66 hours per month, and 4 hours of sick leave, in additional to nine paid holidays and 3.5 paid floating holidays per year.For more detailed information, please visit our Employee Benefits page at: 01 What best describes your highest level of education?
- High School/ GED
- Some College
- Associates Degree
- Bachelor's Degree
- Master's Degree
- None of the above
02 What best describes your related experience in grant reporting, budget development and/or departmental financial support?
- No Experience
- One year or less
- More than one year but less than three years
- More than three years but less than five years
- More than five years but less than seven years
- More than seven years but less than ten years
- Ten years or more
03 Please describe your experience with budget development and monitoring, governmental budgeting, and/or public sector accounting. Include any experience you have with grant management and reporting Required Question
