Senior Budget Program Analyst

Annual Salary Range: $90,500.80 - $140,296.00
First Review of Applications: September 7, 2025
Expected Start Date: October/November 2025

Description 

Role

The Senior Budget Program Analyst will be a reliable individual who is detail-oriented and organized, demonstrates initiative, and has the flexibility to meet changing priorities and workload demands. Excellent communication and customer service skills, and the ability to utilize sound judgment when working with internal and external stakeholders are essential to this position. The Senior Budget Program Analyst will perform numerous technical, analytical, and coordination functions to develop the Annual Program Budget, participate in expense and revenue forecasting, monitor ongoing budget performance, prepare budget amendments, and prepare various reports for Executives, the Board of Directors and Policy Committees, funding agencies, and other organizations.  The Senior Budget Program Analyst is an integral member of the Budget team. 

Overview of the Financial Planning, Budgets and Grants Department

SANDAG has great pride in being a fiscally responsible public agency and is committed to providing easily understood information about its priority projects and programs to its stakeholders.  The annual budget is where the agency’s strategic initiatives and priority projects come to life. In May 2025, the Board of Directors adopted the FY 2026 Annual Program Budget totaling approximately $1.3 billion to advance transportation in the San Diego region.  

The Financial Planning, Budgets and Grants Department coordinates development of the Program Budget which has three key components – the Overall Work Program budget (this represents the agency’s core planning and research functions), the Regional Operations budget, and the Capital Improvement Program budget. Through a highly collaborative effort that includes project managers and agency Executives, the annual budget identifies numerous programs, projects, and services that align to the SANDAG strategic goals and priorities, and allocates funding from various federal, state, and local sources that are provided in the form of formula and discretionary grants, city revenues, and local transportation sales tax revenues.

Typical Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, with major course work in finance, accounting, business administration or a related field. A Master’s degree is desirable.
• A minimum of five years of increasingly responsible, recent budget management experience.
• Demonstrated knowledge of the principles and practices of large and complex budget preparation and administration, including forecasting and grant and project cost accounting. 
• Experience with capital project development and budget oversight, familiarity with funding sources for regional transportation infrastructure is highly recommended.  
• Demonstrated understanding of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources. 

Benefits

SANDAG offers a complete benefits package to full-time employees including:

• Hybrid work options
• 9/80 flexible work schedule
• Pay-for-performance merit increases
• Retirement - Defined Benefit Plan with the California Public Employees' Retirement System (CalPERS)
• Retirement - 457 Defined Contribution Plan with Voya
• Excellent health insurance options for employees and their eligible dependents
• Free dental and vision insurance for employees and their eligible dependents
• Education Assistance of up to $5,250 a year for regular employees
• Free transit pass for use throughout the San Diego region, bus, Rapid Express, Trolley, and COASTER
• Paid time off including 12 paid holidays, 2 floating holiday days, generous paid time off (PTO) per year, depending on length of service

Visit https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/sandag? to apply.
First review September 7, 2025. EOE.