Senior Policy & Fiscal Analyst (DDA Analytics)

The Hilltop Institute; Arbutus (MD); On-site; USD 70,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

The Hilltop Institute is seeking a Policy Analyst or Senior Policy Analyst (internal title Fiscal Analyst, DDA Analytics & Policy) to join the Aging & Disability Studies team at UMBC.

The fiscal analyst will support financial and analytic work for the Developmental Disabilities Administration by providing accounting expertise, financial monitoring, projections, and fiscal interpretation of program data in analytic products and decision-support materials.

Qualifications

• Requires a degree in accounting or finance with relevant experience.
• Experience with financial data, reconciliation, and reporting.
• Experience with Medicaid, waiver programs, or publicly funded human services programs is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Accounting and financial monitoring activities related to DDA programs and services with a focus on budget variance analysis and forecasting.
• Reviewing and interpreting financial data related to service utilization and expenditures.
• Supporting development and maintenance of real-time spending dashboards with forecasting and monthly variance reports.
• Ensuring accuracy, consistency, and documentation of financial data used in reports and dashboards.
• Supporting audit readiness and responses to financial data requests from DDA or MDH.
• Providing oversight of annual General Ledger data collection.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Accounting

Finance

Financial analysis

Budget variance analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree in accounting or finance

Master's degree in accounting or finance

PhD in related field

Job description

The Hilltop Institute is seeking a Policy Analyst or Senior Policy Analyst (internal title Fiscal Analyst, DDA Analytics & Policy) to join the Aging & Disability Studies team at UMBC.

The fiscal analyst will support financial and analytic work for the Developmental Disabilities Administration by providing accounting expertise, financial monitoring, projections, and fiscal interpretation of program data in analytic products and decision-support materials.