Impactful Budget Analyst - Federal Reporting & Payroll

Taleo; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 43,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Coverage

Dental and Vision Insurance

Paid time off

Education and Development

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Children and Youth is seeking a Budget Analyst to manage payroll coding, funding combinations, and chartfields to ensure accurate federal funding for staff in Columbus. You will generate and review reports using BI Cognos, Kronos, OAKS HCM and OAKS FIN, while maintaining cost allocations and reconciliations.

This full-time role requires strong accounting and budgeting expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate findings to stakeholders.

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).
• Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.
• Job Skills: Accounting and Finance

Responsibilities

• Establish payroll coding for proper assignment and allocation of costs of federal funds used to fund employees.
• Validate/create combo codes (funding) to ensure proper up to date coding in OAKS HCM.
• Update 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.
• Maintain 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.
• Prepare Reconciliation Journals when updated are needed to General Ledger.
• Track personnel actions to validate proper payroll coding.
• Prepare requested reports using BI Cognos, Kronos, OAKS HCM or OAKS FIN and present findings to stakeholders.
• Assist 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.

Skills

Accounting and Finance

Analyzation

Attention to Detail

Education

Undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration

Graduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration with quantitative analysis coursework

Tools

OAKS HCM

OAKS FIN

Kronos

BI Cognos

Job description

The Ohio Department of Children and Youth is seeking a Budget Analyst to manage payroll coding, funding combinations, and chartfields to ensure accurate federal funding for staff in Columbus. You will generate and review reports using BI Cognos, Kronos, OAKS HCM and OAKS FIN, while maintaining cost allocations and reconciliations.

This full-time role requires strong accounting and budgeting expertise, attention to detail, and the ability to communicate findings to stakeholders.