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Public funding has the greatest impact when every dollar supports the people it was intended to serve.
The Department of Social and Health Services' Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration (BHHA) is seeking a Budget Manager to oversee the financial management of the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services and Trueblood Settlement funding. BHHA provides around-the-clock behavioral health care and treatment services in state-operated facilities across Washington while supporting critical forensic mental health programs.
This position will play an important role in ensuring the financial stewardship that allows those services to meet legal obligations and continue serving some of the state's most vulnerable individuals.
This is more than a traditional budgeting role.
You'll help ensure spending within the program and settlement funds are tracked, managed properly, and reported accurately. You'll research and organize historical financial information dating back to 2015, maintain accurate budget records going forward, and provide the financial analysis needed to ensure funding is used as intended and in compliance with legislative intent, accounting standards and settlement requirements. Your work directly supports BHHA's commitment to responsible stewardship of public resources and its strategic goal of ensuring timely, person-centered behavioral health services. You'll likely thrive in this role if you enjoy solving complex financial questions, researching historical information, and bringing structure to large amounts of data. You're proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working with program staff to understand how budgets translate into services.
Experience with state or government budgeting is especially valuable, but just as important is the ability to navigate complex financial systems, learn quickly, and build strong working relationships.
Your first 90 days will be about building a strong understanding of the program, its funding structure, and the financial history behind the Trueblood settlement. You'll work closely with program staff and leadership to organize historical budget information, establish reliable tracking processes, and develop a clear understanding of monthly budget monitoring and reporting expectations.
Still reading? Here's what you'll do.
Some of What You'll Do
- Manage and monitor the budget supporting the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services.
- Develop allotments with funding provided by legislature.
- Track monthly expenditures and compare spending against approved allotments.
- Partner with program staff to ensure expenditures align with available funding and settlement requirements.
- Monitor multiple funding sources and help ensure public funds are spent accurately and appropriately.
- Prepare budget analyses and provide financial recommendations to leadership.
- Maintain documentation that supports transparency, accountability, and audit readiness.
- Identify budget risks early and recommend solutions to keep the program financially on track.
Who Should Apply
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, health administration, or a related field and five years of professional experience working with a large, complex financial system.
OR
- Nine years of professional experience working with a large, complex financial system, including at least four years leading and managing budgets in a financial or accounting environment.
Preferred
- Experience working within Washington State government or another public-sector organization.
- Experience managing complex budgets with legal, regulatory, or compliance requirements.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the role you've been working towards – submit your resume, cover letter, and three professional references.
Questions?
Email kris.george@dshs.wa.gov and reference job number 05811.
The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.
Supplemental Information
Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protected veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information. Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.
Relationship and Reporting Structure (Nepotism) Disclosure: If you are selected for hire, you must disclose whether you have a relative, household member, close friend, or romantic partner within your potential supervisory chain of command. DSHS has a Relationships and the Reporting Structure policy that prohibits nepotism and can be reviewed here (Download PDF reader). Applicants whose appointment would result in a prohibited reporting relationship are not eligible for appointment to that position.
E-Verify® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Description
Public funding has the greatest impact when every dollar supports the people it was intended to serve.
The Department of Social and Health Services' Behavioral Health and Habilitation Administration (BHHA) is seeking a Budget Manager to oversee the financial management of the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services and Trueblood Settlement funding. BHHA provides around-the-clock behavioral health care and treatment services in state-operated facilities across Washington while supporting critical forensic mental health programs.
This position will play an important role in ensuring the financial stewardship that allows those services to meet legal obligations and continue serving some of the state's most vulnerable individuals.
This is more than a traditional budgeting role.
You'll help ensure spending within the program and settlement funds are tracked, managed properly, and reported accurately. You'll research and organize historical financial information dating back to 2015, maintain accurate budget records going forward, and provide the financial analysis needed to ensure funding is used as intended and in compliance with legislative intent, accounting standards and settlement requirements. Your work directly supports BHHA's commitment to responsible stewardship of public resources and its strategic goal of ensuring timely, person-centered behavioral health services. You'll likely thrive in this role if you enjoy solving complex financial questions, researching historical information, and bringing structure to large amounts of data. You're proactive, collaborative, and comfortable working with program staff to understand how budgets translate into services.
Experience with state or government budgeting is especially valuable, but just as important is the ability to navigate complex financial systems, learn quickly, and build strong working relationships.
Your first 90 days will be about building a strong understanding of the program, its funding structure, and the financial history behind the Trueblood settlement. You'll work closely with program staff and leadership to organize historical budget information, establish reliable tracking processes, and develop a clear understanding of monthly budget monitoring and reporting expectations.
Still reading? Here's what you'll do.
Some of What You'll Do
- Manage and monitor the budget supporting the Office of Forensic Mental Health Services.
- Develop allotments with funding provided by legislature.
- Track monthly expenditures and compare spending against approved allotments.
- Partner with program staff to ensure expenditures align with available funding and settlement requirements.
- Monitor multiple funding sources and help ensure public funds are spent accurately and appropriately.
- Prepare budget analyses and provide financial recommendations to leadership.
- Maintain documentation that supports transparency, accountability, and audit readiness.
- Identify budget risks early and recommend solutions to keep the program financially on track.
Who Should Apply
- Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, economics, health administration, or a related field and five years of professional experience working with a large, complex financial system.
OR
- Nine years of professional experience working with a large, complex financial system, including at least four years leading and managing budgets in a financial or accounting environment.
Preferred
- Experience working within Washington State government or another public-sector organization.
- Experience managing complex budgets with legal, regulatory, or compliance requirements.
How to Apply
If this sounds like the role you've been working towards – submit your resume, cover letter, and three professional references.
Questions?
Email kris.george@dshs.wa.gov and reference job number 05811.
The Department of Social and Health Services’ (DSHS) vision that people find human services to shape their own lives requires that we come together with a sense of belonging, common purpose, shared values, and meaningful work. It is crucial to our agency’s vision that you bring a fairness, access, and social justice commitment to your work with DSHS. We strive to support all Washingtonians, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, people with physical, behavioral health, and intellectual disabilities, elders, LGBTQIA+ individuals, immigrants and refugees, and families building financial security.
Supplemental Information
Prior to a new hire, a background check including criminal record history may be conducted. Information from the background check will not necessarily preclude employment but will be considered in determining the applicant’s suitability and competence to perform in the job. This announcement may be used to fill multiple vacancies. Employees driving on state business must have a valid driver's license. Employees driving a privately owned vehicle on state business must have liability insurance on the privately owned vehicle.
Washington State Department of Social and Health Services is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in any area of employment, its programs or services on the basis of age, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity/expression, marital status, race, creed, color, national origin, religion or beliefs, political affiliation, military status, honorably discharged veteran, Vietnam Era, recently separated or other protected veteran status, the presence of any sensory, mental, physical disability or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, equal pay or genetic information. Persons requiring accommodation in the application process or this job announcement in an alternative format may contact the Recruiter at (360) 725-5810. Applicants who are deaf or hard of hearing may call through Washington Relay Service by dialing 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6384.
Relationship and Reporting Structure (Nepotism) Disclosure: If you are selected for hire, you must disclose whether you have a relative, household member, close friend, or romantic partner within your potential supervisory chain of command. DSHS has a Relationships and the Reporting Structure policy that prohibits nepotism and can be reviewed here (Download PDF reader). Applicants whose appointment would result in a prohibited reporting relationship are not eligible for appointment to that position.
E-Verify® is a registered trademark of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Senior Budget Analyst
Verify your degree aligns with PERM requirements
PERM labor certification requires your education to match the job description exactly. A finance, accounting, or economics degree supports most Senior Budget Analyst filings, but a business administration degree may require additional documentation to satisfy DOL's equivalency standards.
Target federal contractors and large agencies first
Federal contractors and government agencies routinely sponsor budget analysts because PERM is built into their hiring workflows. Roles tied to federal budgeting cycles have established sponsorship precedent and are less likely to stall mid-process due to employer inexperience.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your offered salary must meet or exceed the DOL prevailing wage for your specific location and job zone. Look up the applicable wage level using the OFLC Wage Search before accepting an offer to avoid a PERM denial at the wage determination stage.
Use Migrate Mate to filter for sponsoring employers
Identifying employers with active PERM filing history for budget analyst roles saves months of guesswork. Use Migrate Mate to search for companies that have sponsored this specific occupation, then focus your applications on employers with documented green card track records.
Understand how EB-2 and EB-3 affect your wait time
If your country of birth has an EB-3 backlog, ask whether the role qualifies under EB-2, which often has shorter wait times for nationals from high-demand countries. The O*NET profile for budget analysts confirms this occupation typically requires at least a bachelor's degree, supporting EB-3 filing.
Confirm your employer will file before your status expires
PERM processing at DOL can take 12 to 18 months before USCIS even receives the I-140 petition. Make sure your current work authorization overlaps with the full PERM-to-I-140 timeline so you don't need a bridge visa while the green card case is pending.
Green Card Senior Budget Analyst: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Senior Budget Analyst role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Senior Budget Analyst positions can qualify under either category depending on the employer's stated requirements. If the role requires a master's degree or equivalent advanced credentials, EB-2 applies. Roles requiring only a bachelor's degree with experience fall under EB-3. The employer's job description filed with DOL during PERM determines which category applies, so the posting language matters significantly.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B for this role?
Green card sponsorship through PERM leads to permanent residency, not a temporary status. Unlike H-1B visa, there is no annual lottery for EB-3 petitions, and the employer is committing to a long-term hire from the start. The tradeoff is time: PERM plus I-140 plus adjustment of status can take two to four years, compared to H-1B status that can begin within months of selection.
What does the PERM process look like for a budget analyst position?
Your employer first obtains a prevailing wage determination from DOL, then conducts a supervised recruitment period to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available. DOL then reviews the PERM application, which can take 12 to 18 months. Once certified, the employer files an I-140 petition with USCIS. You can't start this process independently; it must be employer-driven.
How can I find employers who sponsor green cards for Senior Budget Analyst roles?
The most direct method is searching for employers with documented PERM filing history for this specific occupation. Migrate Mate lets you filter job listings by green card sponsorship history, so you can target companies that have already navigated the PERM process for budget analyst roles rather than approaching employers with no sponsorship experience.
Can I switch employers while my green card case is pending?
Switching employers while PERM is pending generally restarts the entire process because PERM is tied to a specific employer and job. Once an I-140 is approved and your priority date is more than 180 days old, federal law allows you to port to a similar role at a new employer under AC21 portability rules without losing your priority date. Budget analyst roles at different organizations typically qualify as sufficiently similar for porting purposes.