Operations Budget Analyst

Full Job Description

The Utah Department of Transportation (UDOT) is seeking a high-caliber Operations Budget Analyst to serve as the financial architect for the Operations Division. In this pivotal role, you won’t just manage spreadsheets—you will provide the fiscal oversight and strategic insights that empower our Motor Carrier, Traffic & Safety, Railroad, and Aeronautics divisions to keep Utah moving safely and efficiently.

Principal Duties
As the primary financial partner for the Operations leadership team, your impact will include:

• Strategic Partnership: Acting as a trusted advisor to division leaders, translating complex financial data into actionable strategy.
• Comprehensive Oversight: Driving the coordination and centralization of multi-divisional budgets to ensure transparency and long-term sustainability.
• Hands-on Division Support: Providing dedicated, full-cycle financial support (forecasting, reporting, and analysis) for the Motor Carrier, Traffic & Safety, Railroad and Aeronautics teams.
• Process Optimization: Streamlining reporting workflows and ensuring rigorous compliance with state and federal standards.
• Vision Alignment: Ensuring every dollar spent directly supports UDOT’s mission of enhancing quality of life through transportation innovation.
  

Minimum Qualifications
To be considered for this position, you must have at least five (5) years of related professional experience reconciling, analyzing, and budgeting financial data. Completed higher education coursework in Accounting, Finance, or Business Administration may be substituted for work experience on a year-for-year basis.

The Ideal Candidate
Our ideal candidate is someone who possesses a high degree of emotional intelligence, the ability to communicate financial concepts to non-financial stakeholders, and a mastery of enterprise financial systems.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities
Here are some of the knowledge, skills and abilities that are typically associated with the job, though not all-inclusive:

• Technical Proficiency: Mastery of automated accounting systems and the ability to prepare complex financial documentation.
• Analytical Reasoning: Using logic to identify underlying trends, facts, or data discrepancies to draw sound conclusions.
• Problem Solving: The ability to explore alternatives and propose quality solutions to fiscal challenges.
• Communication: Communicating complex financial information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, to diverse stakeholders.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Interpreting and applying laws, rules, and industry standards to maintain organizational compliance.

Supplemental Information
Please review these important details:

• Work Environment
  • Working Conditions: This position primarily involves work in a typical, climate-controlled office setting that is adequately lighted, heated, and ventilated. Standard office safety practices (e.g., safe use of equipment, observing fire regulations) apply.
  • Physical Requirements: The work is largely sedentary (sitting comfortably to perform work). However, the role may require some walking, standing, bending, carrying light items, or driving a vehicle.
• Note: Employee may be reassigned to different locations based on the needs of the Region Director or Group Leader.

Why Should You Join Our Team?

The work we do matters. If you want to make a positive difference doing meaningful work, this is the right place for you.

Our mission statement is, “Enhance quality of life through transportation.” We define quality of life through a framework of Good Health, Connected Communities, Better Mobility, and Strong Economy.

We help the State of Utah and its traveling public to get to where they want, when they want, in the way they want -- and we make sure they can do it safely.

You will become part of a team with an internal culture of Trust, Teamwork, and Flexibility. Our organization lives by the values of Respect, Integrity, and Caring. If these are your values too, you'll be a great fit.

Aside from working for a cause-driven, cutting edge agency that is leading all other transportation departments in the nation, you will receive great health and retirement benefits.

Working for the State of Utah provides a positive work-life balance. Click here to view a summary of the benefits we offer.

The Agency

UDOT is a strengths-based organization, which means its approach is based on identifying and developing individual and organizational strengths.

Our philosophy is to address challenges by bringing our strengths to each situation and create the best solutions.

Candidates are encouraged to be familiar with their strengths and consider how they may potentially be of benefit to the roles for which they are applying.

UDOT uses the Clifton Strengths Assessment, but there are multiple strengths assessment tools available online, and no formal assessment is required.

For more information on the Utah Department of Transportation, please click here.