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organization: Job & Family Services

Agency Contact Name and Information: odjfscareers@jfs.ohio.gov

Unposting Date: Mar 2, 2025, 11:59:00 PM

Work Location: James A Rhodes Office Tower 31 30 East Broad Street 31st Floor Columbus 43215

Primary Location: United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

 Compensation: 32.08

Schedule: Full-time

Work Hours: 8:00 am – 5:00 pm

Classified Indicator: Classified

Union: OCSEA

 

Primary Job Skill: Accounting and Finance

Technical Skills: Budgeting, Data Analytics, Accounting and Finance, Communications, Research

Professional Skills: Attention to Detail, Critical Thinking, Interpreting Data, Problem Solving, Written Communication

 Agency Overview

 

Who We Are

The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services (ODJFS) supports Ohioans and their families through the following programs:

  • Public Assistance
  • Workforce Development
  • Unemployment Insurance
  • Adult Protective Services
  • Child Support

Public service is an honorable way to serve the community in a hands-on dedicated way. You can make a difference in someone’s world!

Guiding Principles

  • We will be a leader in customer satisfaction.
  • We will have a reputation that attracts and retains talented, diverse, and dedicated employees.
  • We get better at what we do everyday.

Job Description

Office of Fiscal & Monitoring Services

What You’ll Do

The Senior Budget Analyst position in the Budget Bureau will be a position be suited for an individual who is eager to gain in-depth knowledge of various functions of the agency through managing fiscal and budgetary issues, building relationships with our program areas, and working on new projects that aid in agency functionality.

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.

Program knowledge, fiscal analysis, learning curve of position, attention to detail, comfort with communicating with individuals outside of the unit.

Fiscal analysis compiling data from multiple sources, ability to work independently, ability to prioritize work based on needs of the agency.  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: 8:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m

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

PN(s): 20038697

Why Work for the State of Ohio

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.

Qualifications

The ideal candidate, at minimum, must have the following: 

OPTION 1:

 4 years' experience in budgeting that included fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer assisted regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

 OR

OPTION 2: 

Completion of undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration;  AND 24 months' experience in fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer assisted regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR

OPTION 3: 

Completion of graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration;  AND 12 months' experience in fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability statistics, linear regression, multiple variable regression, computer regression analysis models, trend analysis, forecasting cost benefit analysis).

OR

OPTION 4

  • Equivalent of minimum class qualifications for employment noted above.