ADMINISTRATIVE ANALYST 2 (FISCAL MANAGE:MENT)

Code: 50104C State Competitive Range: P27 (FY 2027)

Salary: $87,507 - $128,718.8/year FY 2027 schedule (last updated 2026-07-27)

Official job specification

The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.

Definition

Under direction of an Administrative Analyst 1 (Fiscal Management) or other supervisor, assists in supervising the work activities of an Administrative Analyst 3 (Fiscal Management) in planning and conducting management, statistical, organizational, fiscal, performance, and budget analyses of department programs; takes the lead in conducting cost benefit analyses and effectiveness surveys; where alternative programs are needed, assists in making evaluations and recommendations as required; does related duties as required.

Examples of work

• Assists in supervising the work activities of Administrative Analysts 3, planning and conducting management, statistical, organizational, fiscal performance, and budget analyses of department programs.
• Takes the lead in cost benefit analyses and effectiveness survey activities to include detailed work flow and productivity effectiveness activities; where alternative programs are needed, assists in making evaluations and recommendations as required.
• Assists in supervising, and performs evaluations of program activities to establish the validity of program objectives and the effectiveness of program operational policies and procedures in accomplishing these objectives.
• Performs analysis of management systems and assists in preparing management policies and procedures.
• Assists in coordinating the evaluation of fiscal management impacts involved with alternative policy actions.
• Supervises intensive investigations and preparation of detailed recommendations relating to proposed expansion, continuation or elimination of programmatic needs and functions, positions, and groups of positions.
• Prepares indirect cost proposals to secure proper reimbursement from federal, state, and department sources.
• Assists in the development of required budget controls and detailed records of state and federal funds and sees that expenditures do not exceed appropriations, and that expenditure commitments will not result in unanticipated future requirements.
• Makes detailed management systems and techniques studies related to operating procedures.
• Makes cost allocation studies and drafts procedures, policies, and methodologies to better assign each operating unit to a cost allocation function.
• Assists in coordinating the analysis of operational problems brought to light through budget studies, requests and hearings; compiles and interprets data; appraises agency situations and develops courses of action for the more effective utilization of fiscal management resources.
• Prepares and presents to management both written and verbal justification of proposed solutions to administrative, budgetary, or fiscal problems indicating the costs, net benefits, risks, and alternatives.
• Assists in establishing policies and procedures for regularly determining if and when the fiscal management systems and procedures or equipment should be updated.
• As required, participates in administrative planning, in organization, administrative and procedural studies, in capital planning research, and assists in introducing new techniques and methods to improve administration.
• Prepares and directs the preparation of clear, sound, accurate, and informative statistical and other reports containing findings, analysis, conclusions, and recommendations.
• Supervises the maintenance of essential files.
• Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and computerized information system used by the agency, office, or related units.

Education

Graduation from an accredited college with a Bachelor's degree including or supplemented by twenty-one (2l) semester hour credits in Accounting, Business Administration, Economics or Finance.

Experience

Three (3) years of experience in work involving fiscal analysis and evaluation, budgeting, and management operations in government, business, and/or a management consulting firm.

License

Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform the essential duties of the position.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

• Knowledge of modern management science concepts and practices.
• Knowledge of modern government budgeting and planning practices and procedures, government program analysis, government organization principles, and administrative practices.
• Knowledge of data processing technology and its application to management decision making in the management of government agencies.
• Knowledge of federal regulations regarding fiscal reporting requirements.
• Knowledge of the principles of supervision, employee motivation, and skill in the application of supervisory techniques to include employee evaluation techniques.
• Ability to apply statistical theory, practices and techniques, and information system technology, in the analysis and evaluation of the programs of government agencies.
• Ability to analyze program operations, identify alternative program strategies, develop cost estimates and evaluate alternatives, and select the most practical and effective.
• Ability to plan, carry out, and supervise analytic studies and investigations, or research assignments, and to produce reports containing clear, sound, and accurate analytic data findings and recommendations, including suggested implementation techniques.
• Ability to work effectively, under direction, with a minimum of supervision, in dealing with other personnel at various levels of management, and to obtain their cooperation in securing necessary information and implementing recommendations resulting from analytic studies and evaluations.
• Ability to analyze, interpret, and apply laws, regulations, and agency program plans.
• Ability to identify and define latent program and policy issues and to recommend appropriate action to be taken thereon.
• Ability to supervise the maintenance of essential records.
• Ability to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
• Ability to read, write, speak, understand, or communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
• Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
• CODES: 26/P27- (4E) JMR 8/19/95 26/P26- (NL)

Note

Applicants who do not possess the Bachelor's degree, but who do possess the twenty-one (21) semester hour credits as listed above, may substitute the remaining education with experience as indicated above on a year-for-year basis. (Thirty (30) credits equates to one (1) year of experience).

A Master's degree in one of the areas listed above may be substituted for one (1) year of experience; a Doctorte degree in one of the areas listed above may be substituted for two (2) years of experience.