Senior Budget Analyst (PN 20015059, PN 20015063)

What You'll Do:

The Ohio Department of Health is seeking to fill TWO Senior Budget Analyst vacancies for its Office of Financial Affairs. In this role, you will help plan and manage agency budgets, turn financial data into useful forecasts and reports, and support decisions that fund public health programs.

Key Responsibilities:

• Plan and monitor operating and capital budgets, allotments, expenditures, revenues, and cash flow assigned offices and work units.
• Analyze financial data and prepare forecasts, cost projections, and budget reports to support spending decisions and identify potential deficits.
• Review proposed expenditures and budget revisions, recommend solutions to areas of concern, and provide guidance on financial requirements.
• Help develop the agency's biennial budget, including projections, budget proposals, tables, narratives and briefing materials.
• Analyze financial impact of proposed legislation and policy changes and prepare materials for budget hearings and testimony.
• Work with agency offices and external organizations on budget requests, inquiries, audits, and improvements to budget procedures.

Unusual working conditions: May be required to work long or unusual hours during budget preparation.

Position Qualifications:

• 4 yrs. experience in budgeting that included fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer assisted regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR

• Completion of undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration AND 24 mos. exp. in fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer assisted regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR

• Completion of graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration AND 12 mos. exp. in fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR

• 12 mos. exp. as Budget Analyst, 63261.

OR Equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Applications of those who meet the minimum qualifications will be further evaluated against the following criteria:

• Graduate or advanced degree in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration

• Experience creating and implementing operating budgets

• Experience utilizing Excel to create financial reports

• Experience advising agency/organization managers on budgetary and/or fiscal matters

All eligible applications shall be reviewed considering the following criteria: qualifications, experience, education, and active disciplinary record

Job Skills: Accounting and Finance

Technical Skills: Budgeting, Interpreting Financial Statements, Mathematical Ability, Public Relations

Professional Skills: Analyzation, Attention to Detail, Collaboration, Interpreting Data, Strategic Thinking

Educational Transcript Requirements:

Official educational transcripts are required for all post-high school educational accomplishments, coursework or degrees claimed on the application. Applicants will be required to submit an official transcript prior to receiving a formal offer of employment. Failure to provide transcripts within five (5) working days of being requested will cause the applicant to be eliminated from further consideration.

Please note that a transcript is considered "official" only if it is an original copy from the educational institution and includes an institutional watermark, ink stamp or embossed stamp. Transcripts printed from the institution's website will not be accepted. ODH reserves the right to assess the academic credibility of an educational entity's award of a putative degree.