Budget Officer II

Salary : $58,613.00 - $102,574.00 Annually

Location : Wake County, NC

Job Type : Permanent Full-Time

Job Number : 25-01599 DCFW 60041656

Department : Dept of Health and Human Services

Division : Child and Family Well Being

Opening Date : 02 / 20 / 2025

Closing Date : 3 / 6 / 2025 5 : 00 PM Eastern

Job Class Title : Business Officer II

Position Number : 60041656

Salary Grade : NC17

Description of Work

The primary job functions include ensuring and analyzing proper expenditure and budgeting of federal receipts, special funds, and state appropriations. The positions are responsible for the preparation of base budget and change budget requests, budget revision preparation, annual and monthly budget certification activities, year-end closeout activities, grant management and reconciliation, cost allocation activities, monitoring of revenue and receipts and reporting.

About the Division of Child and Family Well-Being (DCFW) :

This division works to ensure that North Carolina's children grow up safe, healthy and thriving in nurturing and resilient families and communities. It brings together complementary programs from the Divisions of Public Health, Mental Health, and Social Services to maximize services and outcomes for children and their families, including nutrition programs (SNAP, WIC and Child and Adult Care Food Program), health and prevention services for children and youth, children's behavioral health services, and early intervention programs.

About the NC Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) :

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Compensation and Benefits :

The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits. Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis). Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave. In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees. Visit website for

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities / Competencies

To receive credit for all of your work history and credentials, you must list the information on the application form. Any information listed under the text resume section or on an attachment will not be considered for qualifying credit. Qualified candidates must document on the application that they possess all of the following :

• Demonstrated knowledge of State budget or business policies, practices, systems, and / or regulations through documented education and / or experience.
• Demonstrated experience in financial reporting and analysis, contract and grant management, and cash management
• Demonstrated experience in developing and implementing policies, procedures, and financial controls
• Demonstrated experience leading a team and effectively communicating across a wide range of internal and external stakeholders

Minimum Education and Experience Requirements

Some state job postings say you can qualify by an "equivalent combination of education and experience." If that language appears below, then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience, OR a combination of both. See oshr.nc.gov / experience-guide for details.

Bachelor s degree in accounting, business, finance, or other discipline related to the area of assignment from an appropriately accredited institution and three years of progressive related experience, two years of which should be in a supervisory role.

An equivalent combination of education and experience.

Supplemental and Contact Information

The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) selects applicants for employment based on job-related knowledge, skills, and abilities without regard to race, color, gender, national origin, religion, age, disability, political affiliation or political influence. Pre-Employment criminal background checks are required for some positions.

Division of Public Health (DPH) main locations, including their grounds, are tobacco-free as outlined in the Tobacco-free Campus Policy. All tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, e-hookahs, "vape products" and all smokeless tobacco products, may not be used in the indicated areas.

Due to the volume of applications received, we are unable to provide information regarding the status of your application over the phone. To check the status of your application, please log in to your account. You will either receive a call to schedule an interview or an email notifying you when the job has been filled.

For technical issues with your application, please call the NeoGov Help Line at 855-524-5627. Applicants will be communicated with via email only for updates on the status of their application. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status, please contact HR, 919-707-5450.

Please refer to the link below for additional information :

NOTE : For temporary, contract or other supplemental staffing appointments : There are no paid leave, retirement or other benefits associated with these appointment types.

For permanent and time-limited appointments : Eligible employees have benefits that include employee health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, NC Flex (a variety of high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis), and paid vacation, sick, and community service leave, to name a few. Paid parental leave is available for eligible employees. Some benefits require 30 hours work / week for participation.

I UNDERSTAND that DHHS requires a complete descriptive work history with all employment experience detailed to be considered for employment. I have included all this information in my application. (NOTE : AN ATTACHED RESUME NOR "SEE RESUME" DOES NOT SATISFY THE REQUIREMENT OF COMPLETING THE APPLICATION. If you have not completed the application requirements, please return to your application to finish it before submitting your application.)

Where did you learn about DHHS or this opportunity?

Please give additional detail where you learned of DHHS or this opportunity. (e.g., APA Annual Meeting in NYC in May 2021, Facebook, LinkedIn, Doximity, NC Substance Abuse Professional Practice Board, etc.)

Answers to supplemental questions are not a substitute for providing all relevant information within the body of your application. In order to receive credit for the supplemental questions in which you answered yes, you must provide supporting information within the body of the application, to support your answer. Your application should also reflect all education and all professional work experience acquired including high school and all degrees . It is critical to our screening and salary determination process that applications contain comprehensive candidate information. Have you provided such information within the body of the application? (Information should be provided in the appropriate areas, to include the following : Education - including high school, Work Experience - each position should be listed separately , Certificates & Licenses, Skills).

The budgeted salary for this position is limited to $80,593. If offered this position, are you willing to accept a salary within the posted recruitment range of $58,613 - $80,593?

Which of the following do you have experience with? (In order to receive credit, this must be clearly documented in the Work Experience on your application).

Do you have demonstrated experience in developing and implementing the following? (In order to receive credit, this must be clearly documented in the Work Experience on your application).

Which best describes the number years of experience supervising a team? (In order to receive credit, this must be clearly documented in the Work Experience on your application).

Required Question

Salary : $58,613 - $80,593