Financial Analyst

Schedule: Full-time

What you'll do

Works under general direction of Department of Administrative Services (DAS), Administrative Support Division (ASD), Office of Finance, Fiscal Services Unit (FSU) to examine, &/or analyze accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, & conformance to reporting & procedural standards:

Reviews & corrects voucher coding, if necessary; reviews & determines approval of invoices

Works with Ohio Shared Services (OSS), Business Management Group, &/or programs to resolve voucher issues (e.g., budget, coding, receipt of goods & services)

Investigates rejection causes on vouchers & determines solutions

Ensures voucher coding, encumbrance, vendor, payment terms are correct, in order to remit to correct addresses

Create vouchers as needed

Notify supervisor once vouchers are approved

Monitor Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS) General Ledger (GL) to verify voucher invoices are posted to all ledgers in OAKS

Work with OSS, Service Assurance Unit, or division on responses to inquiries from vendors & internal auditors

Process special vouchers when necessary by entering invoice date into OAKS

Prepare & analyze fiscal reports related to Accounts Payable

Facilitates and processes voucher corrections

Follows-up on escalation of invoices pending approval

Determines coding for certain expenditures

Suggests updates to OSS supplier account table (VAT)

Create and Track ISTV Payments

Create CI vouchers and update CI database

Process OSS PPF invoices and track payment

30 mos. exp. or 30 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an intermediate level of experience in spreadsheet software.

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in business administration, accounting, finance or related field; 6 mos. exp. or 6 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an intermediate level of experience in spreadsheet software.

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Financial Associate, 66561.

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. NOTE: Successful completion of the Fiscal Academy may be substituted for 4 mos. of required accounting/fiscal experience referenced in this portion of the minimum qualifications.

Job Skills: Accounting and Finance

Knowledge:

Business &/or public administration

Accounting principles & practices

Applicable state & Federal laws, rules & regulations governing fiscal operations*;

Business office functions (e.g., processing vouchers)

PeopleSoft web-based application (e.g., FIN)

PeopleSoft Commitment Control Module*

Agency policies & procedures*

Skills:

Use of personal computer & associated hardware/software (e.g., MS Office Suite, OAKS*)

Abilities:

Deal with large number of fiscal variables & determine specific course of action;

Apply accounting principles to solve practical everyday problems;

Preserve & maintain accurate historical records for future analysis & audit tracking purposes;

Work independently & within group environment;

Use proper research methods to define problems, gather & collate data & draw valid conclusions;

Communicate verbally & in writing on technical & non-technical matters;

Cooperate with co-workers on group projects.