Financial Analyst

Under general supervision, examines and/or analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards: reviews transactions for entry into Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS); encumbers funds for agency expenses and tracks expenditures by applicable fund; analyzes and reviews accounting documents submitted by agency staff (e.g., purchase orders; requisitions; commitments; printing project orders; intrastate transfer vouchers [ISTVs]; intrastate print vouchers [ISPVs]); ensures that all required information is included with submittal (e.g., all approvals have been completed; specific purchasing documents such as National Institute Governmental Purchasing [NIGP] are included) and ensures accuracy of information; determines how requests for spending will be coded (e.g., determines area/program from which payment will be made) based on most accurate relationship of purchase with applicable program (e.g., relationship to Federal Financial Participation [FFP]); reviews contracts (e.g., personal service; maintenance; subsidy) to make sure they are correct and adhere to Ohio Department of Children and Youth (DCY), Office of Budget Management (OBM), and federal rules and regulations; interacts with program areas and external customers (e.g., purchasing; cash manager; OBM; Department of Administrative Services [DAS]) to affect resolution of various issues (e.g., resolves problems with encumbering documents and/or vouchers); maintains OAKS vendor document files for payment processing purposes; maintains files for contracts (e.g., personal service; maintenance; subsidy); responds to inquiries on status of encumbering documents and payments; monitors open encumbrances (i.e., reviews monthly purchase order activities; advises when to release purchase order balances; prepares monthly purchase order balances; reviews coding changes to the purchase order); reviews paycard payments rejected by OAKS to determine the reason for the rejection; requests and/or makes necessary corrections and reprocesses paycard payments; enters, reviews, processes, and records expenditure transactions accepted into OAKS; checks balances on accounts and interacts with fiscal areas to discuss chartfield coding transaction rejections; makes comparison of payment card expenditures in OAKS to log entries to process payments; interacts with payment cardholders, vendors, management staff, and other Bureau of Accounting staff to process payments in OAKS within process guidelines; reviews hard copy files to track down additional coding information not found in OAKS; reviews daily payment card transactions.

Performs other related duties as assigned (e.g., participates in meetings; travels to attend trainings; updates and maintain current desk procedures; operates personal computer to produce correspondence, reports, and other documents; maintains logs, records, and files).

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

• Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

Unless required by legislation or union contract, starting salary will be the minimum salary of the salary range 30 (step 1, currently $24.66 per hour) associated with this position.

All answers to the supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your civil service application. Attachments will not be considered as part of your application.

Travel required, as needed. Must provide own transportation or, in order to operate a state vehicle, you must have a valid driver’s license.

Background Check Information

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

Status of posted positions

You can check the status of your application online be signing into your profile and clicking the “My Jobpage” tab to view completed submissions and submission details. If you have questions other than your applications status, please direct them to DCY.HumanResources@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov.

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.