Budget Analyst

Talentify; North Carolina; On-site; USD 65,000 - 91,000; Full time

Job summary

Talentify is seeking a qualified professional for the Cost Allocation and Reconciliation Section to manage payroll coding and funding allocations using OAKS HCM, OAKS FIN and Kronos. The role includes maintaining chartfields, processing payroll journals, and preparing reconciliation journals for the General Ledger.

Responsibilities include tracking personnel actions, generating reports with BI Cognos, Kronos, and OAKS tools, and assisting with cost reports and cost allocation plan changes as the

Qualifications

• 3 yrs. experience in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).
• Undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).
• Graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration which included coursework in quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).

Skills

Budgeting

Fiscal analysis

Cost management

Forecasting

Regression analysis

Education

Undergraduate degree in accounting/public finance/public administration/business

Graduate program in accounting/public finance/public administration/business with quantitative coursework

Equivalent minimum qualifications for employment

Job description

About this job

This position is in the Cost Allocation and Reconciliation Section within the Bureau of Federal Reporting and Cash Management The selected candidate will utilize OAKS HCM, OAKS FIN and Kronos to ensure proper funding of employees of the Department of Children and Youth (DCY) as well as perform essential federal reporting. Essential duties of this position include the following:

• Establishes and maintains payroll coding to ensure proper assignment and allocation of costs of federal funds used to fund employees
• Validates/creates combo codes (funding) to ensure proper up to date coding is being used within OAKS HCM
• Updates Chart of accounts based on agency need and create additional chartfields when needed
• Ensure position budget tables are accurately created and assigned based on agency payroll coding
• Maintains financial coding and creation of speedcharts within OAKS FIN
• Process DCY bi-weekly payroll journal and prepares OAKS FIN payroll journals to post to General Ledger
• Prepares Reconciliation Journals when updated are needed to General Ledger
• Tracking personnel actions to validate proper payroll coding is applied to employees.
• Prepare requested reports using BI Cognos, Kronos, OAKS HCM or OAKS FIN and able to present findings to stakeholders
• Assists with quarterly Administrative Cost Reports that utilize cost pools and direct costs
• Maintain changes to Cost Allocation Plan consistent with changes to agency operations and structure

Pay Information

Unless required by legislation or union contract, starting salary will be step 1 of the salary range associated with this position. New hires advance to the next step in the range after 6 months and annually thereafter. Based on collective bargaining and legislative activity, there may be cost of living increases awarded annually. Additional longevity supplements begin after 5 years. The current wage progression for this position is in the table below.

Months of Employment

At Hire

6 months

18 months

30 months

42 months

54 Months

66 Months

78 Months

Pay Range

OCSEA/ 32

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

Hourly

$31.47

$32.84

$34.53

$36.20

$38.01

$39.86

$41.81

$43.90

Annual

$65,458

$68,307

$71,822

$75,296

$79,061

$82,909

$86,965

$91,312

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.

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Qualifications and Experience

• 3 yrs. experience in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).
• Or completion of undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration; 12 mos. exp. in budgeting that included fiscal analysis, management & control (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).
• Or Completion of graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration which included coursework in quantitative/statistical analysis (e.g., probability; linear regression; multiple variable regression; computer assisted regression analysis models; trend analysis; forecasting cost benefit analysis).
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Job Skills

Accounting and Finance