Budget and Reporting Manager

Are you an experienced professional looking for new opportunities to further your career? The South Carolina Office of Resilience is seeking a hardworking and dependable candidate just like you to apply! This position will offer great benefits with the state, including 15 days of annual and sick leave per year or more depending on applicable state service.

The Budget and Reporting Manager directs the day-to-day operations of the financial services budget department. Assists CFO and Executive Management in the development and distribution of the agency's annual budget to include State General Funds, Federal Funds, and Earmarked Funds. Monitors the budget on an ongoing basis and provides monthly and ad hoc reporting to management. Directs and coordinates daily activities assigned to staff. The job duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

• Supervises staff to include preparing performance planning and evaluation documents and related personnel paperwork. Coaches, counsels and trains employees. Establishes and monitors work processes. Implements management policies and initiatives and promotes teamwork.
• Continuously coordinate with CFO and Finance Manager to understand all essential financial processes to minimize single points of failure in the department. Examples of manager level essential processes are grant expenditure reimbursement, accounts payable and accounts receivables. Coordinate with Finance Manager to cross-train staff.
• Leads the development of the agency's annual budget, develops criteria, format and guidelines to be used by the agency departments in developing their budgets. Meets with department directors to determine their budget needs for the upcoming year and assists them with preparing related budget worksheets.
• Prepares regular monthly financial reporting and ad hoc reports as needed. Presents financial results in recurring monthly meetings to management, department director and grant managers. Ensures monthly budget versus actual reports are completed and sent to each department director and grant manager on a timely basis. Communicates with departments to ensure a clear understanding of the reports and the info contained therein. Ensures other budget reports are completed as requested by management.
• Prepares various annual reports such as the Other Funds Survey and Federal Project Review (FPRs), and other reports requested by management. Also assists with Annual Agency Accountability report completion, review of various annual program state plans, and other external reports.
• Fulfill data requests (source document sampling) for the annual Single Audit, Comprehensive Annual Financial Review (CAFR), Agreed-Upon Procedures and any other internal or external audits to include requests from Federal grant funding sources.
• Create, oversee and manage the shopping cart process for Finance. Reviews and assesses budget availability of contract and grant requests as needed. Ensures each request's coding is properly assigned to prevent errors in the General Ledger.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

A bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, or business and three (3) years of professional experience in related areas such as accounting, auditing, finance, and/or banking. Relevant experience may be substituted in lieu of a bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Possesses knowledge of the State of South Carolina Fiscal Code and South Carolina Enterprise Information System (SCEIS).
• Possesses a working knowledge of the integrated relationship between financial planning, analysis, program and budget planning, and execution. 
• Must have the ability to: plan and implement a financial management program, interpret and analyze complex financial data and reports, plan, assign, review, and supervise the work of others, and communicate effectively orally and in writing.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license. 

Applicants indicating college credit or degree(s) on the application will be required to bring a copy of college transcript to the interview. A copy of the transcript may also be uploaded as an attachment to the application, if required by the hiring department or if desired by the applicant. Please note that some areas of the Agency may require an official, certified copy of the transcript prior to hiring or within a specific timeframe required by that area, after hiring. Failure to produce an official, certified transcript may result in not being hired or termination.

The Office of Resilience is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions, including, but not limited, to lactation), national origin, age (40 or older), disability or genetic information.

Supplemental questions are considered part of your official application. Any misrepresentation will result in your disqualification from employment. Please complete the state application to include all current and previous work history and education. A resume will not be accepted nor reviewed to determine if an applicant has met the qualifications for the position.