Financial Management Analyst I/II (20784164)

County of Glenn; Willows (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health plan

Vision plan

Dental plan

Retirement

Job summary

Glenn County invites applications for the Financial Management Analyst I/II in Orland, CA, within the Health and Human Services Agency. This full-time, in-person role supports budgeting, financial reporting, grants and contract administration, and regulatory compliance.

The ideal candidate will perform complex analyses with independent judgement, mentor junior staff, and contribute to improving financial systems and reporting accuracy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a closely related field.
• 1 year of professional accounting or financial analysis experience (I).
• 1 year of professional accounting or financial analysis experience as Financial Management Analyst I in Glenn County, or two years in another entity.

Responsibilities

• Assists in development and implementation of analytical studies for short and long-range financial planning.
• Performs professional-level financial management and program analysis including budget and financial reporting, grants management and reporting, and contract administration.
• Develops and administers budgets; monitors revenues and expenditures; prepares budget reports and analyses.

Skills

financial analysis

budgeting

research

regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Job description

Glenn County is located in the United States about half way between Sacramento and Redding in Northern California. Glenn County is primarily an agricultural community with mountains on the west, the Interstate 5 corridor taking you through rich farm land, and the Sacramento River bounding the east side of the County.

With over 1,188 farms, agriculture remains the primary source of Glenn County's economy. Major commodities include rice, almonds, milk products, prunes and livestock. Glenn County was incorporated on March 5, 1891. The County seat, Willows, was created on March 11, 1891. Glenn County was developed out of the northern portion of Colusa County and was named for Dr. Hugh J. Glenn, who was the largest wheat farmer in the state during his lifetime, and a man of great prominence in political and commercial life in California. Glenn County has a population of 28,122.

The Financial Management Analyst (FMA) I/II, under general supervision, provides financial and analytical support in planning, developing, and managing programs and projects, including budgeting, financial reporting, grants and contract administration, training, legislative analysis, and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities include conducting research, needs assessments, feasibility studies, and evaluations; recommending improvements to ensure accurate financial reporting; and developing complex accounting and financial systems. FMA I is entry-level in the classification series. This in-person position, located in Orland, CA within the Health and Human Services Agency, is full-time at forty (40) hours per week.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Assists in the development and implementation of analytical studies that pertain to the short and long-range financial analysis and planning for assigned programs.
• Performs professional-level financial management analysis and program analysis work in the planning, development, and administration of assigned programs and projects, including budget and financial analysis and reporting, grants management and reporting, contract development and administration, training and development, and/or legislative analysis and regulatory compliance.
• Develops and administers budgets for assigned programs; prepares preliminary budget estimates, and grant funds disbursement; monitors revenues and expenditures; identifies and recommends resolutions for budgetary problems and makes budget adjustments; prepared budget reports, analyses, and documents.

The ideal candidate will be able to perform responsible and difficult financial and program analytical work involving the use of independent judgement and personal initiative. This person will have a desire to mentor and supervise junior fiscal staff members.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Any combination of training, experience and educational degrees that would likely provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. Substitutions may be made on a year for year basis. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

EDUCATION:

I/II- Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with major coursework in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a closely related field.

EXPERIENCE:

I - At least one (1) year of professional accounting or financial analysis experience.

II - At least one (1) year of professional level accounting or financial analysis experience as Financial Management Analyst I in Glenn County, or two (2) years of professional accounting or financial analysis experience in a private or public entity.

HOLIDAYS:

13 paid holidays per year and an additional twenty-four hours of Holiday Leave. An employee must be employed the last working day before and the first working day after the holiday in order to receive holiday compensation. Employees on leave without pay shall not accrue holiday benefits.

VACATION:

88 hours (.0424 hrs. per scheduled hr. in paid status) per year during the first two years of service; 128 hours (.0616 hrs. per scheduled hr. in paid status) per year during years 3 through 12; 168 hours (.0808 hrs. per scheduled hr. in paid status) per year during years 13 through 20; 208 hours (.1000 hrs. per scheduled hr. in paid status) per year after 20 full years of service.

SICK LEAVE:

96 hours (approximately twelve working days) per year of paid sick leave.

LONGEVITY:

Service is based on employment with Glenn County. The County shall provide a longevity differential above the employee’s base rate of pay for those employees represented by this unit as follows: after 10 full years of service 5%, after 15 full years of service 2%, after 20 full years of service 2%, after 25 full years of service 2% and after 30 full years of service 2% for a total of 13%.

BEREAVEMENT LEAVE:

40 hours with pay for each instance for immediate family members. Immediate family includes current spouse, registered domestic partner, children, step children, grandchildren, parents, stepparents, brothers, sisters, stepbrothers, stepsisters, grandparents, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, parents-in-law, stepparents-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, stepbrothers-in-law, stepsisters-in-law, grandparents-in-law or other person living in the employees' household.

HEALTH PLAN:

Glenn County contracts with PERS for medical insurance. The County pays a portion of the medical insurance premium based on the carrier and amount of the total premium.

VISION PLAN:

The County pays the employee premium for a vision plan with EyeMed. The employee may enroll dependents at the employee’s expense.

DENTAL PLAN:

GCMMA employees are offered a choice of three voluntary dental insurance plans; Ameritas Core (PPO) Plan, Ameritas Buy-up (PPO) Plan and DeltaCare (HMO) Plan. The County pays a portion of the employee's premium; the remainder is paid through payroll deduction.

DEFERRED COMPENSATION:

The County offers three IRC § 457 voluntary Deferred Compensation Plans (tax deferred long-term savings plans): Voya, Nationwide and Edward Jones.

SHORT TERM DISABILITY:

The County coordinates with Short Term Disability Insurance for regular employees.

LIFE INSURANCE:

The County pays the premium on a $50,000 Group Term Life Insurance policy for regular County employees. The employee pays the premium for optional life insurance.

RETIREMENT:

The County is in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) which is coordinated with Social Security. The employee is responsible for 100% of the employee's contribution to PERS (approx. 8%). Unused accrued sick leave can be converted to service credit at retirement.

SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT:

GCMMA employees participate in the Laborers' International of North America (Industrial) Pension Fund.

Premium pay such as shift differential, bilingual and working-out-of-class pay may be paid depending upon the employee’s work assignment and class.

* Benefits are listed for full-time employees; certain benefits are pro-rated for part-time employees.

The County of Glenn is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified individuals with disabilities who need a reasonable accommodation during the application or selection process should contact the Personnel Department. The above information is general in nature and does not constitute an expressed or implied contract. The County of Glenn has the right to rescind this recruitment at any time.