State of Connecticut Executive Branch

In the Office of Policy and Management this class is accountable for directing the application of State fiscal policies and regulations in the development, deployment and operation of the statewide automated budget system.

• Directs staff and operations of the statewide automated budget system;
• Coordinates, plans and implements statewide automated budget system;
• Provides technical support to agencies in budget preparation and development;
• Develops and documents technical standards for updating and maintaining budget system and data bases;
• Coordinates development of data base management systems and other data structures and architecture;
• Prepares automated budget system for biennial budget cycle;
• Monitors budget execution activities for consistency with programmatic statutory intent;
• Coordinates budget system activities with user agencies and state data center;
• Develops, coordinates and implements automated budget system changes and maintenance activities;
• Assists in analyzing budget and other financial processes to determine business rules for automated budget system applications;
• Designs user interface screens and process flows in automated budget system applications;
• Plans and manages automated budget system user access capability and mainframe security in accordance with established policies and procedures;
• Designs, develops and manages internet-based software deployment utilities;
• Designs, develops and manages budget information on internet;
• Generates system reports and analyzes data for consistency with state budget standards or major budget proposals;
• Provides support for addressing agency user needs and problems;
• Provides user training;
• Participates in the recruitment and hiring of staff, including outreach, interview and selection;
• Performs related duties as required.

• Considerable knowledge of principles and design techniques of data base management systems;
• Knowledge of 
• and ability to perform business requirements analysis;
• relevant state and federal laws, statutes and regulations;
• relevant agency policies and procedures;
• principles and theories of automated budgeting and fiscal management;
• principles and techniques of systems analysis, design, development and programming;
• programming languages;
• principles and theories of business and planning functions;
• principles of business organization and management;
• state fiscal and budgeting practices;
• Considerable
• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written communication skills;
• logic and analytical skills;
• problem solving skills;
• technical problem-solving skills;
• Project coordination skills;
• Considerable ability to identify, analyze and resolve complex business and technical problems.

Eight (8) years of experience in the design, analysis and implementation of financial management information technology systems applications.

One (1) year of the General Experience must have been performing the most complex and technical work involving financial management information systems development or technical support.

NOTE: For state employees this experience is interpreted at the level of an Information Technology Analyst 3.

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
  
• A Master's degree in management information systems or a closely related field that may be substituted for one (1) additional year of the General Experience.