Budget Analyst 3

Description

Application Review will begin on May 14, 2025. You are encouraged to submit your application materials as soon as possible. First interviews will be In-person beginning on May 23, 2025. The hiring manager reserves the right to close the posting at any time.

Gambling Commission Career Opportunity

The Gambling Commission’s Business and Financial Services (BFS) team is looking for someone to fill a one-year non-permanent, Budget Analyst 3.

This is a part-time position that will work 20 hours per week. It reports to the Chief Financial Officer and is located at our Headquarters in Lacey, Washington. A flexible work schedule and/or telework will be considered at the incumbent’s request, subject to supervisory approval.

Leading the budget and allotment processes, this position is responsible for the development of the agency budget, preparing revenue projections, monitoring expenditures against allotments and providing regular updates to agency leaders.

BFS provides support for agency priorities through quality financial and operational management including budgeting, contracting, grant management, fiscal monitoring, purchasing, and accounting services. Additionally, BFS is responsible for ensuring financial compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and reporting requirements.

If you are ready to contribute your expertise to a mission-driven organization, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity!

Who We Are:

Our mission is to protect the public by ensuring that gambling is legal and honest. The Gambling Commission is a state accredited, limited-jurisdiction law enforcement agency and is the second oldest gambling regulatory agency in the country. We are the only statewide agency that licenses and regulates an estimated $3.5 billion per year gambling industry.

Why Join Our Team

If you are interested in working in an environment where employee voices matter and employees are recognized for their contributions, this may be the agency for you.

We are committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion, fostering an inclusive work environment.

As a Washington state agency, we offer:

Statewide Employee Business Resource Groups that bring together groups of employees with a common interest or characteristic.

Professional development opportunities.

Educational and career development aid.

Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligibility.

A comprehensive benefits package designed to meet the needs of you and your family. Beyond the traditional benefits such as Health, Life Insurance, Retirement, and related benefits, we offer Flex Spending Accounts, Dependent Care Assistance, Deferred Compensation and so much more.

To learn more about our agency, we invite you to visit our website or watch why you should join our team.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:

Note: We are evolving from degree/years of experience to skills-based qualifications, we encourage all people who believe they possess the skills/abilities below to share how within their online application and cover letter.

Advanced knowledge of and experience with Washington state agency accounting and budgeting*, including:

Biennial budget processes

Washington State agency chart of accounts (revenue and expenditure)

Revenue receipting, reconciliations, and adjustments

Goods and services expenditures

State financial systems (Agency financial Reporting System (AFRS) and Enterprise Reporting, including transaction analysis, data entry, research, and adjusting entries

Fiscal year and biennium closing

Advanced knowledge of state policies and laws (i.e. State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM), Revised Code of Washington, Washington Administrative Code) *

Experience researching and applying Washington state accounting-related regulations, rules, procedures, and policies.

Ability to review, analyze, and interpret Washington state revenue, expenditure, and general ledger transactions and balances*

Ability to communicate effectively, both orally and in writing, to articulate complex information in easily understandable terms and make presentations to senior leadership and external parties.

Basic Microsoft Word skills; Insert graphic objects and visual effects to a document; add tables to a document or convert tables to text; add watermarks, borders, headers, and footers; use the word look up (thesaurus, dictionary); customize tables and charts; modify pictures in document; create customized graphic elements; use templates.

Intermediate Microsoft Excel skills; use advanced formulas; organize tables and worksheets; create and modify charts; create forecast workbooks using formulas such as VLOOKUP, SUMIF, COUNTIF, etc.; insert and modify graphic objects in a worksheet.

Basic Microsoft Outlook skills; able to compose email messages; send and respond to messages; organize email to folders; create contact information; schedules appointments and meetings.

*This experience is typically acquired through four or more years of accounting work with a Washington state agency; however, a specific number of years of experience is not a requirement.

Desired Qualifications:

Understanding/experience with Washington’s Budget Works (salary projection and allotments systems)

Intermediate Microsoft Word Skills; Insert graphic objects and visual effects to a document; add tables to a document or convert tables to text; add watermarks, borders, headers and footers; use the word look up (thesaurus, dictionary); customize tables and charts; modify pictures in document; create customized graphic elements; use templates

Basic Adobe Acrobat skills: able to merge documents, edit and redact existing documents.

Basic PowerPoint skills: utilize templates to create presentations, add speaker notes, insert images and graphs

Required competencies:

Critical Thinking

Analysis

Accountability

Computer Skills

Fiscal Accountability

Analysis of Financial Reports

Workload Management

Adaptability/Flexibility

Written Communication

Interpersonal Influence

Confidentiality

Communication and Collaboration

Customer Focus

Professionalism and Integrity

Diversity, equity, and inclusion: knowledge and understanding of and commitment

For a copy of the position description, please email

Supplemental Information

The Washington State Gambling Commission is a licensing, regulatory, and law enforcement agency. Applicants must be willing to undergo and be able to pass an extensive background investigation, which includes a criminal history check, credit check, and fingerprinting. Information obtained from background checks will not necessarily preclude employment.

If hired, employees must adhere to the agency policy of prohibiting employees from serving as officers or managers of any corporation or organization that conducts a gambling activity. Employees may not participate in any licensed gambling activities within the state of Washington.

HOW TO APPLY

Interested? We would love to hear from you. Click the Apply button at the top of this page to start your application. In your submission, please include the following:

A complete application. Applications that do not provide work history detail or say “see resume” may not be reviewed.

An introductory letter that addresses your interest in the position and how experience has equipped you with success in the ability to perform the responsibilities described in this announcement.

Three professional references with current contact information as part of your application. A professional is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.

Note: As part of our hiring process, we require an employment reference for the preferred candidate from their current or most recent supervisor. If the preferred candidate is a current or recent state employee, we will also review the personnel file as part of our process. References are typically contacted after interviews.

General suggestions for creating a good application packet

Make sure your application and supplemental question responses address how you meet each of the required and desired qualifications.

Carefully read each of the supplemental questions and respond completely to each one. Pay attention to each component of the question, providing examples, and thoroughly describing when and where you achieved the experience. Detail the types of work you performed, the work products, etc., to demonstrate 'how'.

Specifically include all of your work experiences doing the same or similar work, especially if you reference work in these jobs in describing when/where you gained experience or skills.

Make sure your application reflects your best writing.

Do NOT include your salary history. Wage/salary depends on qualifications or, if applicable, rules of promotion.

The initial screening will be based on the content and completeness of your application and the materials submitted. All information may be verified, and documentation may be required. Applications with comments such as "see attachments" or "N/A" in the supplemental question responses will be considered incomplete.

The Washington State Gambling Commission is an equal opportunity employer. Individuals with disabilities needing assistance in the application process or needing this job announcement in an alternative format should provide contact information via to . Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call the Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or .

For questions regarding this recruitment announcement, email us at or call Christie Harris @ .