Back to Basics: An Overview of Personnel Budgeting

For many organizations, the complexity of personnel budgeting is compounded by legacy administrative systems, competing stakeholder interests, unique rules, high visibility, uncertainty, and the overall size of the budget. However, not all governments struggle. GFOA has released updated best practices on this topic to help guide finance professionals.

In this session, speakers will discuss the importance of an organized position control structure and strategies for collaboration between finance, budget, human resources, payroll, and other departments. They will also explore ways to simplify budgeting related to salaries and wages, overtime, benefits, taxes, leave, retirement, and more.

This session will cover how to address common personnel budgeting challenges when preparing the current operating budget, offer tips for monitoring and managing expenses throughout the year, and provide considerations for performing long-term planning scenarios to inform future decisions.

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