Senior Financial Analyst

Senior Financial Analyst (2500051I)

Senior Financial Analyst

(2500051I)

Organization: Education and Workforce

Agency Contact Name and Information: ...

Unposting Date: Jul 13, 2025, 9:59:00 PM

Primary Location: United States of America

Compensation: $29.23 - $42.81

Schedule: Full-time

Work Hours: 40HRS PER WEEK

Classified Indicator: Classified

Union: OCSEA

Primary Job Skill: Accounting and Finance

Technical Skills: Accounting and Finance

Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking

Agency Overview

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio's 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.

As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.

Job Duties

Performs fiscal/accounting duties:

Approves fiscal transactions (e.g. payment requests, purchase orders, deposits, grant awards and claims);

Determines the amount for daily cash draws;

Coordinates federal drawdowns with internal/external entities;

Designs, approves and prepares financial/accounting documents;

Establishes, reconciles, and monitors fiscal activities, federal draws and cash receipts to ensure appropriate use and accounting of funds;

Assists in updating and recommends changes in fiscal policies and procedures;

Trains agency staff on fiscal policies and procedures.

Administers fiscal aspects of line-items and/or grants

Collaborates with offices and/or schools to assemble, review and analyze spending;

Assists with the administration of agency-wide fiscal lifecycle/workflows (e.g., grant lifecycle, purchase workflow, payment systems);

Prepares, updates and reviews financial/grant reports.

Independently or as a lead worker researches and analyzes complex information to resolve errors, modify data, and or determine appropriate actions:

Designs and builds custom financial reports in various systems (e.g. BI, FIN, Access, Excel, MicroStrategy);

Synthesizes data from multiple sources to create reports/presentations for internal/external customers;

Assists offices and/or schools with budget, forecasting and trend analysis;

Provides customer focused technical assistance to troubleshoot financial issues, questions and communications.

The work location of this position is 25 South Front Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215. You will be required to report to this work location full-time, if selected.

If this position is filled with an internal employee who has an approved telework agreement, the employee may be required to report in-person during the initial training period.

Qualifications

42 mos. exp. or 42 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an advanced level of experience in spreadsheet software.

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in business administration, accounting, finance or related field; 18 mos. exp. or 18 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an advanced level of experience in spreadsheet software.

-Or completion of graduate core program in business administration, accounting, finance or related field; 6 mos. exp. or 6 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an advanced level of experience in spreadsheet software.

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Financial Analyst, 66562.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. NOTE: Successful completion of the Fiscal Academy may be substituted for 4 mos. of required accounting/fiscal experience referenced in this portion of the minimum qualifications.

Job Skills: Accounting and Finance