Budget Analyst - PN 20037670

State of Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Full Time

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Office of Fiscal & Monitoring Services

The Office of Fiscal and Monitoring Services (OFMS) Fiscal Services Division is responsible for developing, implementing, and monitoring all the Agency's budget activities. This encompasses the biennial budget process, annual budget implementation, and projecting federal budget estimates. The Division is also responsible for the management of the Agency's revenue, disbursements and financial obligations as well as performing daily federal cash draws, reconciles and reports on federal grant status. Learn more about the Office by visiting the ODJFS OFMS webpage.

What You'll Do:

As a Budget Analyst in the Budget and Cost Management section, you are responsible for maintaining the Chart of Accounts, agency position and payroll coding, effort reporting, and processing the biweekly payroll journal. Your job duties include:

Establish and maintain payroll coding in the Centralized Accounting Information System (CAPIS) and in Human Capital Management (HCM).
Create combo codes and prepare position budget uploads to Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS), Human Capital Management (HCM) and Financial (FIN) applications.
Analyze complex information to resolve errors, modify data, and/or determine appropriate action.
Prepare and maintain financial coding by analyzing fiscal data for entry into the appropriate. accounting. and reporting coding for the generation of accurate and appropriate speedcharts.
Processes bi-weekly payroll journal and prepare OAKS journal uploads to post transactions.
Review and update assignment of codes in effort reporting systems (i.e., Kronos, TAMM, CAPIS, etc.) to ensure compliance with policies, current coding structures, and the Cost Allocation Plan (CAP).
Respond to user questions regarding Kronos, TAMM, and Cost Allocation Plan Information System (CAPIS) activity and effort reporting policy and procedures.
Investigate errors and oversees corrective action taken as a result of audit findings or federal/financial reviews.
Create, maintain, and compare Chart of Accounts (COA) database tables for necessary updates
Research and compare data elements from OAKS FIN, HCM, and CAPIS, in addition to the Cost Allocation Plan (CAP) and the cost pool funding splits to ensure the integrity of data.
Process chart field requests to create, change, and/or deactivate chart field codes which identify revenues and expenditures following the OAKS criteria for input into OAKS and CAPIS.

Challenges:

You will often have time-sensitive reporting and update windows.
Delays in receiving approvals/information from other sources.

PN(s): 20037670

The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following:

OPTION 1:

3 yrs. experience in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR -

OPTION 2:

Completion of undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR -

OPTION 3:

Completion of graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration which included coursework in quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR -

OPTION 4:

Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Tips For Your Application

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Pay Information

This position is in the State of Ohio's OSCEA, Pay Range 32. Unless required by legislation or union contract, starting salary will be the minimum salary of that pay range (step 1, currently $29.23 per hour). These ranges provide a standardized pathway for pay increases. With continued employment, new hires move to the next step in the range after 6 months and annually thereafter. Cost of Living Adjustments increase wages in these ranges each fiscal year. The current step progression wages are in the table below.

Pay Range 32

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Hourly

$30.55