Job Description

Job Description and Duties

This position supports the California Department of Public Health’s (CDPH) mission and strategic plan by performing complex, technical, analytical, fiscal and consultative work.

The Analyst II (Analyst) serves as the Healthy Communities Budget Analyst and is responsible for developing, implementing, monitoring, and maintaining fiscal transactions. The Analyst researches, analyzes, applies appropriate budget and fiscal management, and assists in the analysis and development of strategies related to fiscal resources. The Analyst coordinates and tracks fiscal packages related to Budget Change Concepts (BCCs) and Budget Change Proposals (BCPs), Spring Finance Letters (SFL), maintains Center Office budget expenditure tracking, provides budgetary projections, and recommends expenditures and reductions quarterly. The Analyst resolves complex budgeting and accounting issues, develops reporting systems, and assists in the coordination and tracking of fiscal drills and the development and execution of procurement activities. The Analyst acts as the liaison between CHC and administrative branches and divisions. Provides fiscal-related recommendations to executive leadership and branch/office management.

The incumbent works under direction of the Supervisor I, Fiscal and Support Unit Chief, within the Center for Healthy Communities (CHC), Center Office, Strategy and Alignment, Operations Section (OPS), Fiscal Procurement Unit (FPU).

In July 2025, the State of California implemented the Personal Leave Program (PLP) 2025. This program temporarily reduces employees’ monthly base pay in exchange for paid leave credits. This position is subject to PLP 2025 and will have a monthly base pay reduction of 3% in exchange for 5 hours of leave credits through June 2027. The salary ranges shown on this job posting do not reflect the salary reduction.

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Working Conditions

Telework Information     

This position may be eligible for telework. The amount of telework permitted is at the discretion of the Department and is subject to change, consistent with CDPH’s Telework Program. All employees who telework are required to be California residents in accordance with Government Code 14200. Candidates who reside outside of the state of California may be interviewed; however, the selected candidate must have a primary residency in the state of California prior to appointment (and continue to maintain California residency) as a condition of employment. Failure to meet this requirement may result in the job offer being rescinded.

Travel may be required for this position. Reimbursement for travel takes into consideration an employee’s designated headquarters, as reflected in the duty statement, and is subject to regulations and bargaining unit contract provisions. All commute expenses to the designated headquarters office will be the responsibility of the selected candidate.

The headquarters office location for this position is identified in the attached duty statement.

Special Requirements

For experience/education to qualify during the application screening process, and to ensure that minimum qualifications can be determined, applicants should include all employment history on the Employment Application (STD 678) and/or Resume, including detailed job descriptions,  hours worked per week , and  start/end dates (MM/DD/YYYY) . Application packages without this information will experience delayed processing times and your eligibility for this position may be impacted.

A completed State application (STD. 678) and any other relevant documents (e.g. unofficial transcript, copy of degree, resume, etc.) should be submitted electronically via your CalCareers Account. Please reference Job Control #(517670)  and indicate the basis of your eligibility in the Examination(s) or Job Title(s) section. SROA and surplus candidates should submit a copy of their letter with their application . Please remove any confidential information (i.e. social security number, date of birth) from your documents prior to submission.

Complete Application Packages (including your Examination/Employment Application (STD 678) and applicable or required documents) must be submitted to apply for this Job Posting. Application Packages may be submitted electronically through your CalCareers Account at Submitting an electronic application through your CalCareers account is strongly recommended since electronic applications will be received/processed faster than other methods of filing. Please submit only one application.

If you are unable to submit your application electronically through your CalCareers account, please email  apply@cdph.ca.gov  for assistance and a CDPH Human Resources Division staff member will contact you to assist with the online application process or,  a hard copy application package may be submitted through an alternative method as explained in the How to Apply section below. When submitting your application in hard copy, a completed copy of the Application Package listing must be included.

Desirable Qualifications

In addition to evaluating each candidate's relative ability, as demonstrated by quality and breadth of experience, the following factors will provide the basis for competitively evaluating each candidate:

• Experience in tracking, reviewing, editing, and coordinating fiscal and budget packages to provide technical, administrative, and quality control guidance regarding fiscal soundness and accuracy.
• Experience in budget expenditure tracking, providing budgetary projections, and recommendations of expenditure and reduction management to Leadership. 
• Experience coordinating and reviewing fiscal drills, requests and inquiries.
• Experience with fiscal and budget reporting, maintaining tracking systems, including inquiries and coordination, review, and tracking of packages related to Budget Change Concepts, (BCC), Budget Chage Proposals (BCP), and Spring Finance Letters (SFL).
• Effective internal and external customer service skills; verbal and written.
• Ability to work on high priority assignments that may have competing timelines.
• Organizational and time management skills.
• Experience in Microsoft Office Suite for correspondence and creating and utilizing tracking tools.

Benefits

Benefit information can be found on the CalHR website and the CalPERS website.

The Statement of Qualifications (SOQ)

1. Describe in detail your work history that could be considered as analytical, technical, clerical, and/or customer service. What was your level of responsibility in this role? Provide the length of time in each job, including start and end dates (month and year). If your experience is in the Analyst I classification, please specify your range.

2. Describe how your knowledge, skills, education, and experience make you the best candidate for the Budget Analyst, Analyst II position. Your response to this question must be no more than two pages in length, using 11- or 12-point Arial font.

Required Application Package Documents

The following items are required to be submitted with your application. Applicants who do not submit the required items timely may not be considered for this job:

• Current version of the State Examination/Employment Application STD Form 678 (when not applying electronically), or the Electronic State Employment Application through your Applicant Account at All Experience and Education relating to the Minimum Qualifications listed on the Classification Specification should be included to demonstrate how you meet the Minimum Qualifications for the position.
• Resume is optional. It may be included, but is not required.
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  Please see Statement of Qualifications (SOQ)  instructions below at end of posting . Applications received without a written response to the SOQ may be rejected.

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