Budget Associate

Posting Date

10/09/25

Application Deadline

10/23/25

Pay Range

$60,000 - $85,500 annually

Salary offers are based on the candidate's equivalent experience and internal equity with other employees within the same job classification. This position is not eligible for overtime compensation.

Job Type

Unclassified

Department

Office of Budget and Finance

About the Position

Are you a numbers enthusiast with a passion for public service? Start your career in government finance as a Budget Associate with Maricopa County

This is a great entry-level opportunity for recent graduates or early-career professionals looking to build a solid foundation in public budgeting and fiscal analysis. As a Budget Associate, you'll support the management of Maricopa County's impressive $4 billion budget, helping to ensure responsible stewardship of public resources.

What You'll Do:

• Assist in preparing, analyzing, and maintaining the County's annual budget
• Work alongside experienced budget and finance professionals
• Gain hands-on experience in budget strategy, reporting, and fiscal planning
• Play a role in supporting departments across the County

Why This Role Is Right for You:

• You're detail-oriented, proactive, and enjoy working with numbers
• You want to make a meaningful impact through public service
• You're eager to learn and grow in a supportive, team-focused environment
• You're looking to kickstart a career with long-term growth opportunities in government finance

If you're ready to grow, contribute, and make a difference, apply now

This position is a part-time to full-time role, requiring at least 30 hours per week, with the potential to work up to 40 hours per week.

About Us

We achieve results through innovation and critical thinking. The mission of the Maricopa County Office of Budget and Finance is to provide timely and accurate information by utilizing our expertise to deliver reports and analysis to the Board, County leadership, and other stakeholders, so they can make fiscally responsible decisions. Come join a team that asks "why" and gets the job done

Proud To Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance, with hybrid flexibility available after a brief training period
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Child care benefits, including access to our on-site center, Maricopa County Kids Club, dedicated to serving Maricopa County families exclusively
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
• Learn more at Work With Us | Maricopa County, AZ

We Require

This position requires a Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Public Administration, Business Administration, or other related field of study.

We Also Value

Budget and finance experience is preferred but not required.

Job Contributions

• Assists with budget oversight for assigned functional areas. Reviews departmental expenditures to ensure compliance with budgetary and policy guidelines
• Assists with budget development and related documents, such as budget targets, analysis reports, and recommendations for assigned areas
• Supports departments on long-range forecasts of revenues, expenditures, demands for services, and other business issues
• Assists with standard administrative and systems studies, financial analyses, and basic statistical and research studies
• Evaluates legislative and other policy change proposals for budgetary impacts
• Helps organize and combine budget adjustment documents for record-keeping
• Provides operational support to the Budget Division as needed

Working Conditions

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule that requires access to a computer and high-speed internet; hybrid flexibility is available after a brief training period
• The position may require occasional travel to and from job-related locations during a scheduled workday, subject to County policies regarding the use of County or private vehicles for County business.
• Requires working standard business hours Monday through Friday and may be required to work after hours on weekends or holidays as needed during the pressing months of the budget cycle.
• Limited availability for vacation use from January to June.
• The employee in this position may be frequently subjected to time pressures, multiple or complicated tasks, unscheduled tasks, decision-making, and teamwork.
• May require long periods of sitting, reading, and typing.

Selection Procedure

• Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

Apply Now

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