Director, Budget & Performance

Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Houston, TX
Job Type: Regular Full-time
Job Number: 14725
Department: Office of Management and Budget
Opening Date: 03/24/2025
Closing Date: 5/24/2025 11:59 PM Central

Position Description
General Summary
The Office of Management and Budget seeks an experienced budget and finance professional to lead a team through a budget process that is evidence- and outcomes-based. The Director of Budget and Performance will work with other relevant County stakeholders to work through a robust annual budgeting process, a multiyear financial forecast, a set of verifiable performance metrics on program outputs and outcomes for a portfolio of departments.
Duties & Responsibilities

• Oversees the preparation of annual budgets and spending forecasts with Harris County departments
• Establish effective working relationships with departments and the staff of elected officials
• Develop an effective presentation of outcomes to drive decision-making and resource allocations
• Gather inputs on budgets and performance metrics from the public and independent experts
• Prepare narratives describing the budget process and recommendations for use the annual budget documents of the Harris County General Fund and the annual budgets of other relevant agencies
• Prepare and review reports to inform Commissioners Courts of spending vs. budget and progress on performance metrics
• Review department spending requests for consistency with the allocations and the goals of the approved budget
• Manage the team tasked with research and implementing best practices for outcome-based budgeting
• Other duties as-assigned and as-needed to support the operations of the Budget Management Department.

Other Duties
This Job Description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this position. Management may, at its discretion, assign, or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
Harris County is an Equal Opportunity Employer

https://hrrm.harriscountytx.gov/Pages/EqualEmploymentOpportunityPlan.aspx

If you need special services or accommodations, please call (713) 274-5445 or email

This position is subject to a criminal history check. Only relevant convictions will be considered and, even when considered, may not automatically disqualify the candidate.

Requirements

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university in Economics, Finance, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a closely related field.
• A minimum of 6 years of relevant supervisory experience

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Excellent communication skills, including presentation, grammar, and writing skills.
• Advanced skills in the use of Microsoft Excel and other computer-based data information systems.
• Ability to advise department leadership on budget matters and represent the department at high level meetings and budget hearings.
• Ability to lead budget processes, including budget planning, control, forecasting, preparation and publishing.
• Ability to conduct complex and sensitive budget and management studies and special assignments, analyze findings and make effective recommendations.
• Ability to provide direction and leadership to project team members.
• Ability to work well with the public, County personnel, and external organizations to establish cooperative and effective working relationships.
• Ability to act as a technical expert on specific countywide budget areas.

NOTE: Qualifying education, experience, knowledge, and skills must be documented on your job application. You may attach a resume to the application as supporting documentation but ONLY information stated on the application will be used for consideration. "See Resume" will not be accepted for qualifications.
General Information
Position Type and Typical Hours of Work

• This is a full-time position with the typical work hours of Monday - Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM. Occasional weekends, holidays, and overtime may be required based on the specific needs and demands of the department.

Work Environment

• This position is based in an office environment. The physical demands associated with this job are minimal, with occasional lifting and moving of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. The role is predominantly sedentary, involving mainly sitting with occasional standing and walking.

Physical Demands

• This is largely a sedentary role. This would require the ability to lift files up to 10 pounds, open filing cabinets and bend or stand as necessary.

Reporting Relationships

• Reports To Position: Deputy Director, Expenditures
• Supervises Positions: Budget Analyst I, Budget Analyst III

Location:

• 1001 Preston Street Houston, TX 77002

Employment may be contingent on passing a drug screen and meeting other standards. Due to a high volume of applications positions may close prior to the advertised closing date or at the discretion of the Hiring Department.
BENEFITS

Harris County offers a competitive benefits program, including comprehensive group health and related benefits plan as well as defined benefit retirement plan.
The following list of benefits is offered only to employees in regular (full-time) positions:

• Medical Coverage
• Dental Coverage
• Vision Coverage
• Wellness Plan
• Life Insurance
• Long-term disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Ten (10) days of vacation each year for the first five (5) years of service
  • Accrual rates increase based on years of service
• Eleven (11) County-observed holidays and one (1) floating holiday
• Professional development opportunities
• Dependent Care Reimbursement Plan
• Healthcare Reimbursement Account
• 457 Deferred Compensation Plan

The following benefits are also available to regular (full-time) employment and may be available to part-time employees:

• Retirement Pension (TCDRS)
• Flexible schedule (varies by department)
• Transportation Assistance (Metro RideSponsor Program)

In accordance with the Harris County Personnel Regulations, Group Health and related benefits are subject to amendment or discontinuance at any time. Commissioners Court reserves the right to make benefit modifications on the County's behalf as needed.
For plan details, visit the Harris County benefits website:
01

Which of the following best describes your highest level of education completed as it relates to this position?)

• High School or GED diploma
• Associate Degree
• Bachelor Degree
• Master's Degree or higher
• None of the above

02

If you selected a college degree in response to the previous question, which of the following best describes your major?

• Economics
• Finance
• Business Administration
• Public Administration
• Other Related Field
• Unrelated Field
• N/A; No Degree

03

Please describe your educational background including level of education completed, area of study and completed major and minor programs.
04

Which of the following describes your level of proficiency using a personal computer and common office software such as MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook). Please select your level of proficiency based on the following descriptions:Advanced:A person with this level of skills is able to produce very large, complex formal documents that require a table of contents, footnotes, endnotes, bookmarks, and other special elements; a wide range of graphic effects, and use advanced techniques for analyzing and manipulating data. Has full mastery of Macro commands and skills to tie the objects together into a cohesive system by using Macros and Visual Basic for Applications code. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Intermediate:A person with this level of skills is able to customize toolbars, import and insert graphs, embed Excel data, and elaborate reports. Understands the concepts of databases and is able to work with charts and to use the list management capabilities of Excel. Able to use complex query techniques, create efficient forms and reports, and create Macros to automate these forms. Makes interactive presentations by using hyperlinks and action buttons.Basic:A person with this level of skills is able to use basic formatting, editing, printing functions, and understands the document page setup. Has the ability to enter and correct data, modify a workbook, format a worksheet, and use printing functions. Understands the different database concepts and structures and is familiar with data validation and is able to create a simple presentation in PowerPoint, run it, and print it.Entry Level:A person with this level of skills has the ability to open, create, save and modify documents in Word, send and receive email in Outlook and create spreadsheets in Excel. Format documents for printing, comfortable using the printer menu to preview documents. Has ability to change the font, the margins, insert or delete pages and use the built-in spellchecker and grammar check.

• Advanced
• Intermediate
• Basic
• Entry Level
• Not proficient

05

Which of the following best describes your verifiable relevant supervisory experience?(To be considered, qualifying experience must be documented in your application's employment history))

• Less than six (6) years
• Six (6) years or more
• I do not have this experience

06

Can you describe a key project or team you managed during this time and the impact of your leadership?
Required Question