Budget Analyst

at  State of Ohio Jobs

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.

The Budget Analyst position in the Budget Bureau will be a position suited for an individual who is eager to gain in-depth knowledge of various functions of the agency.
Under direction, plans and implements the capital/operating budget, agency office/section/division budgets and allotments: prepares and evaluates budget and forecasting costs of assigned program areas of the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS); monitors appropriations and expenditures for budgets, grants, and contracts to ensure expenditures are within appropriate budget guidelines; analyzes spending patterns to requests fund transfers between accounts ensuring account balances are sufficient to meet financial obligations; utilizes data from multiple sources to create grant specific spending plans; creates reports, charts, and tables on financial information; presents complex data in simple and understandable manner based upon the audience; identifies and communicates key insights to leadership team based on reports and analysis; analyzes and reviews significant deviations of actual costs and program utilization from estimates impacting various ODJFS programs.
Learning curve, attention to detail, comfort with communicating with individuals outside of the unit.
OAKS BI reporting; methods (e.g., trend analysis and/or cash flow analysis) to determine available funding and project overages and shortages in appropriations and compare actual expenditures against estimated expenditures; gather, collate and classify information about data, people or things; research, collect and analyze data, establish facts and draw valid conclusions; develop financial reports; prepare comprehensive reports containing analysis.
Schedule: 8:00am – 5:00pm