Oren Ben-Joseph
Strategy & Analytics Leader — Budgeting, Governance, and Transparency
Summary
Strategic finance leader with 15+ years in analytics and budgeting, including 8+ years at Los Angeles Metro. Leads multi-billion-dollar budget development and long-range fiscal strategy, Board governance support, and compliance-driven financial communication. Modernizes finance systems and translates complex budget content into decision-ready and public-facing transparency products.
Core Competencies
Multi-year financial planning | Fiscal strategy | Budget development and adoption | Budget policy and budget book | Board reporting and governance support | Regulatory compliance | Performance management and outcomes | Data visualization | Process modernization | Cross-functional leadership
Experience
Senior Director, Finance | July 2025 - Present
- Manage long-range fiscal strategy for the $9.5B FY26 budget, creating resilience measures for shifting economic landscapes.
- Lead the redesign of the annual proposed budget book (in progress), improving clarity and accessibility for Board and community stakeholders.
- Partner with department leaders and Board offices through the annual budget adoption cycle, producing Board-ready materials and public-facing summaries.
- Advise executive leadership and Board stakeholders on scenarios, tradeoffs, and resource allocation decisions to support agency priorities.
Director, Budget | June 2022 - June 2025
- Led the award-winning "My Metro Budget" initiative, enhancing budget literacy and civic participation countywide (CEO Award, 2025).
- Led development and adoption support for the $8.8B FY24 and $9.0B FY25 budgets, coordinating department inputs and review cycles to support on-time approval.
- Built an outcomes measurement approach and dashboards to track program effectiveness and support prioritization decisions.
Senior Manager, Systems & Analytics | Sep 2020 - May 2022
- Administered financial systems supporting the $8.0B FY22 capital and operating budget.
- Launched https://budget.metro.net, the agency’s first public-facing budget portal, increasing financial transparency.
- Modernized business intelligence by establishing the Tableau reporting environment and leading the migration to Power BI.
Manager, Systems & Analytics | Sep 2017 - Aug 2020
- Directed a comprehensive agency-wide performance review, delivering dashboards to guide leadership decision-making (CEO Award, 2020).
- Administered the Tableau environment to support decision-making across budgets ranging from $6.3B to $7.1B.
Business Analyst | June 2010 - Sept 2017
- Identified over $1B in annual strategic migration opportunities by analyzing historical shipment data.
- Developed business intelligence dashboards that provided account teams with actionable data insights.
Education
Metro Leadership Academy — Los Angeles Metro & SMU, 2023
BS, Business Administration — Cal Poly San Luis Obispo
Awards & Honors
- CEO Award — 2025: My Metro Budget (budget transparency and public engagement)
- CEO Award — 2020: Agency-wide performance review dashboards
- Certificate of Excellence in Innovation — 2024
- Certificate of Excellence in Innovation — 2023
- Best in Governance (ICMA) — 2025: Trust Through Transparency
- Best in Governance (ICMA) — 2024: Excellence in Budget & Finance
Technical Skills
Visualization & BI: Tableau, Power BI, Looker Studio, ArcGIS, QlikView
Business & Reporting: Excel (Adv), SharePoint, Power Platform, WordPress
Data Management: SQL, Oracle, Power Query, Salesforce