Budget Analyst II

nc; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 58,000 - 101,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Paid vacation/sick leave

Parental leave

Job summary

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is seeking a Budget Analyst II to oversee a substantial budget and collaborate with DHHS staff, federal partners, community providers, and other State agencies. The role emphasizes fiscal integrity, grant operations, and cost analysis within a complex, multi-agency environment.

Based in North Carolina, this position offers a hybrid-telework arrangement with some onsite requirements.

Qualifications

• Provides financial budget oversight of over $200M and interacts with multiple partners.
• Experience with grant management operations and ensuring compliance with regulations.
• Ability to analyze project cost allocations and cash flow discrepancies.
• Leads, trains, and supervises Budget Analyst I as needed.

Responsibilities

• Serve as fiscal management SME for Employment & Independence for People with Disabilities and related divisions.
• Manage grant operations to ensure fiscal integrity and regulatory compliance (monthly/quarterly/yearly closeouts).
• Analyze cost allocations and cash flow to ensure funding availability.
• Assist with audit research and corrective action plans as part of the division audit team.
• Provide leadership and supervision for Budget Analyst I.

Skills

Budget oversight

Cost allocation

Federal cost principles

State budget process

Job description

Agency

Dept of Health and Human Services

Division

EMPLOY , INDEP FOR PEOPLE W/DISAB - EIPD

Job Classification Title

Budget Analyst II (S)

Position Number

60054343

Grade

NC16

About Us

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is one of the largest, most complex agencies in the state, and has approximately 17,000 employees. It is responsible for ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of all North Carolinians, providing human service needs for special populations including individuals who are deaf, blind, developmentally disabled, and mentally ill, and helping poor North Carolinians achieve economic independence.

Description of Work

The Budget Analyst II has financial budget oversight of over $200M with a diverse receipts stream that includes state, federal, resale and community block grants. The position involves considerable interaction with DHHS staff, along with federal partners, community providers and other State agencies.

Job responsibilities

• Serve as a fiscal management subject matter expert for Employment & Independence for People with Disabilities and Office of Economic Opportunity; assisting Division of Services for the Blind, and Deaf and Hard of Hearing divisions as needed.
• Position is responsible for grant management operations to ensure fiscal integrity and compliance with state and federal regulations. This includes monthly, quarterly and yearly closeout certifications as required by OSBM.
• Analyze and resolve project cost allocations and cash flow discrepancies to ensure funding availability.
• As a member of the division audit team, this position is responsible for the assisting with the research of fiscal information and requests of audit teams along with the execution of corrective action plans.
• Responsible for providing leadership, training and supervision for the activities of a Budget Analyst I.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities/Management Preferences

Salary Range: $57,983 -$101,470

Recruitment Range: $57,983-$84,460

Candidates now meet the minimum qualifications of a position if they have the minimum education and experience listed on the vacancy announcement.

The following Management Preferences are not required, but applicants that possess these skills are preferred.

• Working knowledge to create and maintain complex spreadsheets and import/export financial data from various subsystems.
• Working knowledge of cost allocation plans, processes & methodologies.
• Working knowledge of federal cost principles and/or CFR 200 in regards to reasonable, allowable and allocable activities.
• Experience with state budget process, expansions requests, allocations, federal spending and financial reporting.

Position is funded in part through federal funds.

Position is eligible for a hybrid-teleworking schedule to include weekly onsite work hours

Posting closes at 11:59 p.m. the night before the end dat e

About Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities (EIPD)

The DHHS Division of Employment and Independence for People with Disabilities (EIPD) promotes employment and independence for people with disabilities through customer partnership and community leadership. EIPD helps people with disabilities achieve their goals for competitive employment and more independent living in communities statewide. To learn more about EIPD: https://youtu.be/4QUy2w9B6AU .

Compensation and Benefits

• The State of North Carolina offers excellent comprehensive benefits.
• Employees can participate in health insurance options, standard and supplemental retirement plans, and the NCFlex program (numerous high-quality, low-cost benefits on a pre-tax basis).
• Employees also receive paid vacation, sick, and community service leave.
• In addition, paid parental leave is available to eligible employees.

Supplemental Contact Information

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is an Equal Opportunity Employer that embraces an Employment First philosophy that consists of complying with all federal laws, state laws, and Executive Orders. We are committed to reviewing requests for reasonable accommodation at any time during the hiring process or while on the job. For more information about DHHS: https://www.ncdhhs.gov/ .

DHHS uses the Merit-Based Recruitment and Selection Plan to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act with the most qualified individuals. Hiring salary will be based on relevant qualifications, internal equity, and budgetary considerations pertinent to the advertised position.

In accordance with the Governor's Executive Order 303 , our agency supports second-chance employment for individuals who were previously incarcerated or justice-involved. We invite all potential applicants to apply for positions for which they may be qualified.