Senior Grants Budget Strategist

Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (ODRC); Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 39,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Columbus is seeking a skilled Budget Analyst to manage grants budgets, perform forecasting, and produce financial reports. You will support the Office of Grants Management and act as primary contact for budget issues, including the TandE module.

Strong analytical and spreadsheet design skills are essential to succeed. Position requires experience in governmental budgeting and cost-benefit analysis, with a background in accounting or public

Qualifications

• 4 yrs. experience in budgeting that included fiscal management & control involving use of quantitative/statistical analysis.
• Undergraduate core program in accounting, public finance, public administration or business administration with 24 mos. exp. in fiscal management & control.
• Graduate core program in accounting/public finance/public administration or business administration with 12 mos. exp. in fiscal management & control.
• Or 12 mos. exp. as Budget Analyst, 63261; Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above.

Responsibilities

• Requires thorough knowledge of governmental budgeting, public finance, public or business administration, quantitative/statistical analysis and forecasting.
• Evaluates budgetary operations to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the Office of Grants Management.
• Balances allocation line items monthly back to OAKS cash for all awarded Grants and assists in retrieval of standardized historical reports.
• Writes periodic financial reports, status updates and position/option papers related to analysis.
• Acts as point of contact for agency for all awarded Grants budget issues, including the Travel and Expense module.
• Designs and maintains microcomputer generated spreadsheets.
• Monitors expenditure/cost projections to prevent deficits.
• Researches and analyzes funding information to formulate annual and biannual operating budgets for assigned line items.

Skills

Budgeting

Mathematical Ability

Operations

Accounting and Finance

Grants Administration

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

Tools

OAKS

TandE module

FBI TF Invoice Processing Platform

Job description

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in Columbus is seeking a skilled Budget Analyst to manage grants budgets, perform forecasting, and produce financial reports. You will support the Office of Grants Management and act as primary contact for budget issues, including the TandE module.

Strong analytical and spreadsheet design skills are essential to succeed. Position requires experience in governmental budgeting and cost-benefit analysis, with a background in accounting or public