Budget Examiner Cover Letter

In response to your job posting for budget examiner, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

Previously, I was responsible for regular reports and financial administrative support to the Associate State Director for Finance and Administration.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Massachusetts Management Accounting and Reporting System (MMARS)
• Commonwealth Information Warehouse
• Microsoft Office Programs (Excel, Access, Word, and Outlook)
• Develop strong working relationships with agency staff and other DOB examiners
• Represent DOB in agency discussions and legislative negotiations
• Effectively communicate and collaborate with personnel at all levels within the organization (verbal and written)
• Provide consultation and guidance to management to facilitate the development of policies and procedures
• Demonstrate an understanding of the Executive Budget process

I would like to submit my application for the budget examiner opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

Previously, I was responsible for department budget support for some administrative budget areas such as the Chancellor and Administration & Finance.

Please consider my experience and qualifications for this position:

• Effective agency engagement
• Fundamental performance improvement concepts and methodologies such as process/value stream mapping, measurement strategies, and planning, implementation and evaluation
• Data support, including, identifying useful sources of data, data collection, and analysis and interpretation of data broadly across agency functions
• Developing and analyzing proposals for programmatic improvements in agency and program operations
• Reviewing and preparing recommendations on the board activities of the housing public authorities
• Tracking and analyzing legislation
• Assisting with the procurement and approval process of various invoices, which includes communication with the proper State contacts to ensure invoices are approved and paid in a timely manner
• Preparing and submitting various Minority and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBE) and Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Business (SDVOB) assignments

I would like to submit my application for the budget examiner opening. Please accept this letter and the attached resume.

In the previous role, I was responsible for information to General Administration, Office of State Budget and other Universities regarding program growth and the future needs of the University.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Be committed to improving service outcomes for New York State residents
• Experience working with adult learners remotely and in-person
• Fluency with using digital tools including online assessment and instructional tools
• Experience with adult education practice, policy, and systems
• Knowledge of ACLS standards, curriculum, assessment, testing standards
• Demonstrate leadership qualities, cultural competency, and interpersonal skills necessary to work effectively and collaboratively
• Superb computer skills
• Experienced educator, multilingual, with experience in language acquisition preferred

In response to your job posting for budget examiner, I am including this letter and my resume for your review.

In the previous role, I was responsible for the internal audit control function for purchasing, inventory, accounting and capital asset management assuring all university, state, federal, and departmental requirements are met.

My experience is an excellent fit for the list of requirements in this job:

• Excellent technological skills to create efficient systems of communication
• Experience working in an urban setting and with diverse groups
• Projecting Financial Plan cash flow variances and identifying risks to the Financial Plan
• Directing the construction and maintenance of detailed macroeconomic models for the U.S. and New York economies, including satellite models for hundreds of additional economic variables used in the forecasting of revenues
• Communicating Budget Division policies to the agencies and to the legislative fiscal committee staffs during budget negotiations
• Review and identify fiscal/policy impacts associated with proposals advanced by the Governor, the Federal Government, the State Legislature and various advocacy groups, while also adhering to the mandates imposed by the Affordable Care Act
• Managing the evaluation of school district finances, including property taxes, spending and budgets, Federal education funding
• Act as the point of contact for majority of functions and communicate information, as needed, to team

I submit this application to express my sincere interest in the budget examiner position.

Previously, I was responsible for internal guidance to district leaders to maintain budgetary controls; reviews internal audit documents and findings to ensure budget controls are implemented in accordance with fiscal best practices, District policies and procedures and local, state and federal laws.

Please consider my qualifications and experience:

• Work closely with DOB examiners, public authority staff, and the Division’s Debt Team
• Track capital project spending patterns by agency and fund for purposes of monthly cash flow analysis and Financial Plan updates
• Assist in various special projects and studies related to capital spending and financing, including improving the capital projects database and accuracy of climate change investments
• Aggregate and analyze data from state agencies and public authorities related to capital project spending
• Identify, analyze, and explain emerging risks and opportunities affecting the Financial Plan, options for mitigating or managing such risks
• Monitors and analyzes department budgets by comparing budget obligations to current spending trends, utilization patterns and changes in health care standards
• In-charge of Department in the absence of Accounts Payable Manager
• Develops and maintains financial tracking models that project utilization and expenditures with financial categories and by vendors