ocr: Budget Officer The day to day administration of the budget during its preparation is the responsibility of the budget officer. The budget officer is usually an individual trom the finance tunction and itis a role otten pertormed by a management accountant. The budget ofticer will pertorm the tollowing tasks: Collation oflow level departmental budgets into budgets for the function as a whole The provision oftechnical assistance to those involved in subsidiary budget preparations Chasing up individuals who fail to meet budget preparation deadlines Communicating budget committee decisions to lowe ...