MANAGEMENT ANALYST / SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST (DOQ)

MANAGEMENT ANALYST / SENIOR MANAGEMENT ANALYST (DOQ)

Salary

$83,968.43 - $133,033.69 Annually

Location

San Marcos, CA

Job Type

Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

2026 - 70

Department

Development Services

Opening Date

10/30/2026

Closing Date

11/30/2026 4:00 PM Pacific

FLSA

Non-Exempt

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SUMMARY DESCRIPTION

Management Analyst / Senior Management Analyst (Multiple Opportunities)

Are you a numbers person who loves solving problems, finding creative solutions, and making a meaningful impact? The City of San Marcos is looking for motivated, analytical, and forward-thinking professionals to fill two exciting opportunities in our Development Services and Public Works Departments!

Both positions offer the chance to put your financial expertise to work, collaborate with teams across the City, and support the projects, infrastructure, and services that make a difference in our growing community. As part of our Analyst Group, youll play an essential role in supporting the divisions in your department through financial planning and management. From developing and monitoring budgets, preparing financial forecasts and projections, and managing procurement activities to overseeing grants, capital improvement project budgets, and financial reporting, youll help ensure our department has the resources and financial insight needed to succeed. Youll also have opportunities to collaborate across teams, improve processes, and tackle new challenges along the way!

Development Services - Management Analyst / Senior Management Analyst

The Development Services Department is at the heart of San Marcos growth, overseeing planning, land development engineering, traffic, infrastructure, sustainability, and watershed management. The department plays a vital role in shaping the City's future while balancing responsible development, City infrastructure, and community well-being.

Public Works - Senior Management Analyst

The Public Works Department consists of four divisions that provide critical services to our community, including streets, fleet, facilities, and parks maintenance. Working within the Public Works Administrative Division and reporting to the Finance Department, your work will be crucial in supporting the work in the field and have a direct impact on ensuring the City of San Marcos is a safe and well-maintained destination for our residents and visitors.

Work Hours:

Development Services: 7:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., every other Friday off. Evening attendance at public hearings may be required a few times per year.

Public Works: 6:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., every other Friday off

Were looking for more than someone whos great with spreadsheets - were looking for a problem solver, a strategic thinker, and a collaborative team player who takes initiative and gets things done! In this role, youll have the opportunity to become a trusted financial resource for the department, work closely with leadership, and gain valuable insight into municipal operations, development, and capital improvement projects. If you enjoy taking ownership of your work, building relationships, supporting technical and programmatic field staff across all levels of management, and turning financial data into meaningful decisions, wed love to have you on our team. Come grow with San Marcos and help make a difference!

San Marcos, California is distinct for our:

• Entrepreneurial approach of a real estate portfolio
• Growth rate of median household incomes outpacing the region with access to high quality schools and safe environments.
• Multiple higher education and healthcare institutions - Known as the education hub of North County.
• Love of the outdoors and values community - With miles of beautiful parks & trails, great restaurants and plenty places to shop, San Marcos has everything you need to enjoy life.

THE RIGHT PERSON

This is a high-impact opportunity for a strategic, analytical professional to play a key role in shaping an assigned department's financial and operational success. In this role, you will lead complex budget development and monitoring efforts, serve as a trusted partner on fiscal matters with the Finance Department, and ensure the timely preparation and oversight of critical reports required by law and regulation for government bodies and external agencies. You will also drive the development and maintenance of dashboards and performance reporting that support departmental goals, inform decision-making, and help turn data into action.

To join our team, you will need to:

• Be a vocal team member who is always willing to share your ideas of how the City can cut red tape, work smarter, and stay ahead of the curve so that our City meets and exceeds its goals
• Be a dedicated team player - you thrive in a collaborative environment and enjoy learning from your peers within and outside the department. You believe that success of a team comes when a team always supports one another and lives by the ideology that no task is too small.
• Use your analytical and investigative skills to solve complex problems and help City departments achieve their goals by using data to drive decision making.
• Use your high level of customer service skills and creative thinking to develop reporting tools for departments to successfully manage their department funds, projects, and other processes.
• Be comfortable assisting in monitoring multiple budgets simultaneously across different projects or funds by creating or maintaining reports showing expenditure and revenue trends.
• Use data analytics and business intelligence to help streamline reporting and other processes for City departments.
• Be comfortable with pivoting and changing priorities to successfully deliver projects with varying deadlines.
• Be a self-starter who brings new ideas to the table and runs with it.
• Have a passion for gathering data and transforming it from raw into a finished product with a compelling narrative to inform important community decisions.

This recruitment is being conducted to fill two vacancies:

• Development Services: Management Analyst or Senior Management Analyst, depending on qualifications and experience.
• Public Works: Senior Management Analyst

Candidates may be considered for one or both opportunities based on their qualifications, experience, and interest. Only one application is needed to be considered for both positions.

To review the job descriptions, including qualifications and requirements, please click on the links below:

• Management Analyst- $83,968- $116,196 annual salary
• Senior Management Analyst- $96,135 - $133,033 annual salary

THE RIGHT PLACE

Just minutes away from the Pacific Ocean, San Marcos is emerging as one of San Diego Countys most desirable communities, with top-ranked schools and Californias newest state university. With multiple beaches and epic year-round weather, the recreation opportunities are endless. Our economy continues to grow as people discover that San Marcos is a great place to live, work and play. This position will allow you to be an integral part of shaping the City for generations.

In San Marcos, you can:

• Explore our 47 beautiful parks, which add more than 300 acres of open space Trek 63 miles of trails through some of areas most scenic vistas
• Learn at any one of the six educational institutions
• Celebrate the community spirit at more than 50 annual events Dine at more than 240 restaurants and breweries

THE RIGHT PERKS

• Earn a competitive salary
• Gain generous health benefits (all medical premiums employer paid at 90%)
• Enjoy ample time off (14 paid holidays, 96 hours of sick leave, 80 hours of vacation leave)
• Cell phone allowance or City issued cell phone
• Popular 9/80 work schedule with every other Friday off
• Hybrid scheduling up to 2 days a week based on department need (eligible after 6 months)
• Participate in the CalPERS retirement system (Classic members 2% @ 55, PEPRA members 2% @ 62) and Social Security
• Please view the Benefits tab to learn more about the benefits offered with this position.

Core Values and Expectations: At the City of San Marcos, we uphold a set of core values that guide our work culture and decision-making processes. In this role, you will be expected to demonstrate the following values:

• Be Problem Solvers (Customer Service):
• Actively identify and resolve issues to exceed customer expectations. Anticipate and address problems quickly to provide effective solutions.
• Be Good Partners (Teamwork):
• Collaborate across departments and with external partners to create mutually beneficial solutions that meet the needs of all stakeholders.
• Fiscal Responsibility (Operate like an Efficient Business):
• Make informed decisions with an emphasis on efficiency, always considering the financial impact to ensure the City's long-term fiscal health.
• Build to Last (Professionalism):
• Maintain a high standard of work, ensuring that decisions and actions are sustainable and beneficial for the City in the long run.

Recruitment timeline:

Applications accepted through: November 30, 2026, 4:00 p.m.

First Interview: week of December 7, 2026

Second Interview: week of December 14, 2026

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

Management Analyst:

Education/Training: A bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration, economics, or a related field, is preferred. However, equivalent experience, certification, licensure and/or education will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience: Two - three years of increasingly responsible professional-level administrative, analytical, and/or budgetary experience related to assigned area. Experience in administering programs in a governmental jurisdiction is highly desirable.

Senior Management Analyst:

Education/Training: A bachelors degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in business administration, public administration, economics, or a related field, is preferred. A masters degree is highly desirable. However, equivalent experience, certification, licensure and/or education will be considered in lieu of a degree.

Experience: Five years of increasingly-responsible professional-level administrative, analytical, and/or budgetary experience related to assigned area. Experience in administering programs in a governmental jurisdiction is highly desirable.

Holidays - The City observes fourteen (14) paid holidays that include eleven (11) specifically designated days as recognized by the State of California and three (3) floating holidays.

Vacation Leave - A new employee will accrue eighty (80) hours of vacation per calendar year for the first two years of service, one hundred, twenty (120) hours for years three through five, one hundred, sixty (160) hours for years six through ten and two hundred (200) hours after eleven years. Vacation accrual begins immediately; however, a new employee is not eligible to take vacation leave until the completion of six (6) months of service with the City.

Sick Leave- A new employee will earn ninety-six (96) hours of sick leave each year.

Bereavement Leave - Employees are eligible to use up to 40 hours of bereavement leave per fiscal year.

Group Health Insurance Program - A new employee will become a member of one of the Citys group health plans (Aetna HMO, Aetna AWH HMO, Aetna PPO, or Kaiser HMO) effective the first day of the month following their date of hire. The City will pay 90% of the health care premium and employees will pick up 10% of the premiums of the plan they select.

Voluntary Dental/Vision Insurance Programs - The City offers two voluntary dental insurance programs, an HMO program and a PPO Program, as well as a voluntary vision insurance program.

Section 125 Flexible Spending Account - All employees are eligible to participate in the Citys Section 125 Flexible Spending Account plan administered by Benefit Coordinators Corporation (BCC). This is an IRS-approved plan which enables you to have withheld from your paycheck an amount to cover eligible dependent care, and certain eligible medical expenses without being subject to federal income or social security tax on the income used to pay for these benefits.

Retirement - The City participates in both the Social Security (FICA) and the California Public Employees Retirement Systems (CalPERS). The City currently contracts with CalPERS for the 2% at 55 benefit formula, Post-Retirement Survivor Allowance, and 3 year average final pay for CLASSIC members and 2% at 62, Post-Retirement Survivor Allowance, and 3 year average final pay for PEPRA (new) members. Employees will contribute 7% or 6.5% towards CalPERS, depending whether a classic or new member.

Retiree Health Savings (RHS) - All employees participate in a Retiree Health Savings plan through the ICMA Retirement Corporation.

Deferred Compensation Employer Match Program - The City offers a Deferred Compensation Employer Match Program, matching employee contributions up to 2%

Bilingual Pay: A stipend of $100 per month will be paid to those employees utilizing their bilingual skills in the performance of their duties.

Additional Benefits - The City offers additional benefits such as short and long-term disability, group life insurance, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, employee benefit allocation program and workers compensation insurance.

01

Which position(s) would you like to be considered for?

• Development Services
• Public Works
• Both opportunities

02

Describe your experience developing or using financial reports to monitor budgets, identify trends or challenges, and support decision-making. Please provide a specific example.

03

Describe a situation where you took initiative on your own to solve a problem. What motivated you, what obstacles did you encounter, and what was the outcome?

04

Briefly describe your experience with any of the following: financial grant management, capital improvement project budgeting, procurement, contract management. Please explain how you ensured compliance with applicable policies/procedures and regulatory requirements. Please also note any regulatory bodies or funding agencies you have worked with.

05

Explain an example of how you are a dedicated team member. How do you ensure a positive team atmosphere?

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Employer City of San Marcos

Address 1 Civic Center Dr.

San Marcos, California, 92069

Phone 760-744-1050

Website http://www.sanmarcosca.gov