Staff Analyst

Solano County, California; California; On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Solano County Health & Social Services Administration seeks a journey level Staff Analyst to perform financial management tasks, including budgets, expenditures, grants, contracts, and financial reporting. The role supports behavioral health fiscal operations, working with program managers, fiscal staff, contractors, and partners.

Ideal candidate has experience in fiscal analysis, budgeting, grants, contracts, and financial administration in public sector or health and human services.

Qualifications

• Experience in fiscal analysis, budgeting, grants, contracts, or financial administration.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to communicate financial information to fiscal and non‑fiscal staff.
• Proficiency with spreadsheets and financial or data‑management systems.

Responsibilities

• Preparing, monitoring, and analyzing program budgets, expenditures, revenues, and fiscal projections.
• Assisting with year-end fiscal activities and financial reporting.
• Reviewing expenditures, revenues, contracts, grants, and other funding sources.
• Preparing and/or reviewing federal, state, and grant reimbursement claims.
• Reviewing fiscal components of contracts, vendor claims, RFPs, and other agreements.
• Monitoring contracts and grant‑funded activities for fiscal and contractual compliance.
• Performing financial and operational analysis and recommending improvements to processes and internal controls.
• Preparing fiscal reports and supporting audits; and providing fiscal guidance to program managers.

Skills

Fiscal analysis

Budgeting

Grants & contracts

Financial administration

Analytical thinking

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Business Administration / Public Administration / Finance

Job description

THE POSITION

This is the journey level class in the Staff Analyst series. Under general supervision, the Staff Analyst performs a variety of financial management roles to include preparing, reviewing, analyzing, auditing and monitoring budgets, expenditures, grants, and contracts; and conducts analytical studies involving the operations, programs and services of the department served to develop and/or improve systems and procedures and to recommend and implement solutions. Incumbents may provide supervision over a small clerical or technical support staff, however, financial management and analytical problem-solving are the major components of this class.

This is a County-wide recruitment with one (1) Staff Analyst vacancy within the Health & Social Services (H&SS) Administration Division – Fiscal Team.

H&SS is an integrated health and human services agency committed to promoting healthy, safe, and stable lives in Solano County. Staff Analysts assigned to the H&SS Administration/Fiscal Team provide financial and analytical support for a variety of programs and services and work closely with program managers, fiscal staff, contractors, and other internal and external partners.

The current vacancy is assigned to Behavioral Health Fiscal Operations within the Health & Social Services Department, Administration Division – Fiscal Team.

Responsibilities may include:

• Preparing, monitoring, and analyzing program budgets, expenditures, revenues, and fiscal projections;
• Assisting with year-end fiscal activities and financial reporting;
• Reviewing expenditures, revenues, contracts, grants, and other funding sources;
• Preparing and/or reviewing Federal, State, and grant reimbursement claims;
• Reviewing fiscal components of contracts, vendor claims, Requests for Proposals (RFPs), and other agreements;
• Monitoring contracts and grant‑funded activities for fiscal and contractual compliance;
• Performing financial and operational analysis and recommending improvements to processes and internal controls;
• Preparing fiscal reports and supporting audits; and
• Providing fiscal guidance and analytical support to Behavioral Health program managers and other departmental staff.

IDEAL CANDIDATE

The ideal candidate will have experience in fiscal analysis, budgeting, grants, contracts, or financial administration, preferably in a public‑sector or health and human services environment.

The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Experience preparing, monitoring, and analyzing budgets, expenditures, revenues, and fiscal projections;
• Knowledge of grants, reimbursement/claiming, contracts, and fiscal compliance;
• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem‑solving skills;
• Ability to manage multiple assignments and deadlines with attention to detail;
• Ability to clearly communicate financial information to both fiscal and non‑fiscal staff; and
• Proficiency using spreadsheets and financial or data‑management systems.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university preferably in Business Administration, Public Administration, Accounting, Finance, or a related field or, if in a different related field, have completed nine (9) semester, or thirteen and one half (13.5) quarter units in the field of accounting.

Experience: One (1) year of responsible professional work experience equivalent to the functions performed by a Staff Analyst (Entry) within the particular field of expertise required.

Licensing, Certification and Registration Requirements: Applicants are required to possess a valid California Driver’s License, Class C. Note: All licenses must be kept current while employed in this class.

RETIREES: Solano County invites all to apply for positions; however pursuant to Government Code Section 21221(h) and 21224, hiring restrictions may apply to California Public Sector Pension Plan Retirees.

VETERAN’S PREFERENCE POINTS

To be eligible, applicant must have served at least 181 consecutive days of active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States and have received either an honorable discharge or a general discharge under honorable conditions. A COPY OF THE DD 214, SHOWING DISCHARGE TYPE (GENERALLY COPY 4), MUST BE RECEIVED IN THE HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT BY THE FINAL FILING DATE. Applicants who have a service connected disability must also submit a recent award letter from the VA stating they are receiving disability benefits for service connected reasons.

Veteran applicants for initial County employment with an honorable or general under conditions discharge shall receive five (5) points added to their combined score. Disabled veterans rated at not less than 30% disability shall have ten (10) points added to their combined score. Veteran’s preference points will only be added to passing scores in competitive open examinations.

Any further questions can be directed to the Department of Human Resources at [phone], business hours are Monday-Friday, 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. EOE/AA.