Requisition No: 851729
Agency: Children and Families
Working Title: GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 60043788
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 60043788
Salary: Anticipated annual starting salary of $65,000 - $75,000
Posting Closing Date: 04/29/2025
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GOVERNMENT ANALYST II
POSITION #60043788
About Us:The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.
The Office of Revenue Management is under the Assistant Secretary for Administration located at DCF Headquarters in Tallahassee, Florida. The Office of Revenue Management is responsible for the funding analysis of DCF's Approved Operating and Budget plan, maintaining official revenue cash sheets and schedules, verification of budget amendment funding impacts, and the funding and assessment of policy impacting funding issues related to the Department's Legislative Budget Requests, including the application of Federal and State cost allocation principles coupled with coordination and communication of Federal Grant and Federal contract requirements with the various program offices.
What you will do: This is a professional position within DCF, Revenue Management’s, Grant Finance Team. This position will be tasked with leading and conducting the financial analysis of several grants. The Department is looking for a flexible person open to tackling ever-changing challenges and learning a multitude of new skills. The incumbent will gather and analyze data, collaborate with program staff and DCF leadership to determine the best methods for identifying, prioritizing, and analyzing grant and financial effectiveness.
The incumbent must work collaboratively with other program areas and DCF staff and will be responsible for independent work products to support administrative, fiscal, and operational aspects of several grants.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Performs complex analytical work including the identification and resolution of operation and management problems related to the assigned grants and trust funds. Provides consultation and assistance to various management and staff and be able to coordinate the implementation of approved solutions. Prepares applicable portions of the Federal Financial Status Reports.
- Prepares the analysis needed to generate the required financial reports. Ensure that all documents required to support the financial report are maintained in accordance with office policy and be able to provide assistance to auditors or other staff needing information regarding the reports or supporting documentation.
- Analyze all aspects of assigned grants including the federal regulations governing the grant and make recommendations regarding the operational policies, procedures and accounting structure required to properly manage and meet the financial requirement of the grant. This position is responsible for implementing the recommended accounting structure and monitoring it to ensure that the financial integrity of the accounting structure is maintained. The position is responsible for implementing any corrective actions if problems are identified through the monitoring process. Analyze any changes in federal requirements and provide information to management on impact to the financial management of the grant.
- Monitor grant earnings which requires the analysis of all costs including direct, allocable and indirect earnings. Monitor expenditure levels in relation to the approved budget to ensure that funding levels are not exceeded. Identify any spending problems and provide assistance in determing and implementing a corrective action plan.
- Creates and maintains the Chart 8s for assigned OCA's. These will correspond with the grant agreements that are assigned to the position.
- Formulating strategies and recommendations to address areas of concern.
- Analyzing impact of financial changes on service delivery and providing recommendation(s) and/or develop plan(s) to address and produce desired outcomes.
- Reviewing data to assess financial implementation and potential gaps.
- Reviewing programmatic and financial reports to ensure alignment with grant requirements.
- Preparing written and oral reports to communicate findings to stakeholders.
- Leading and participating in financial initiatives such as, developing definitions, tasks, deliverables performance measures, technical assistance, and conducting file reviews.
- Performing other duties as assigned.
Minimum Requirements: Responses to qualifying questions concerning education, experience, knowledge, skills and/or abilities for this position must be verifiable by documentation provided (candidate profile AND resume (if one is attached) through the electronic application process. Putting “see resume” does not substitute for completing all sections of the Candidate Profile. Candidates with incomplete candidate profiles may not receive employment consideration.
Candidate must be proficient using Microsoft Excel and Word.
Candidate must possess the ability to use Microsoft Office Excel and Word while presenting (in person and on-line) financial information to DCF staff, leadership, and mutual stakeholders.
Education and/or Years of Experience: Bachelor’s degree in finance, Accounting, Business, or Administration preferred but not required, as well as two years of experience in similar fields. If no bachelor’s degree: High School diploma or GED equivalent and at least 6 years’ experience in accounting, finance, business, and/or data analysis; or an associate’s degree with a focus in accounting and/or business and at least 4 years’ experience in similar fields.
Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of methods of data collection and analysis.
- Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
- Skilled in Microsoft Office Suite, specifically proficient in Excel and Word.
- Skilled at presenting information and data to key stakeholders in-person and on-line,
- Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document workflow and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices.
- Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials.
- Ability to conduct fact-finding research.
- Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
- Ability to communicate effectively.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Where You Will Work:Tallahassee- Florida’s Capital City combines old world charm with a modern pace of life. As a mid-sized city in the heart of Florida’s Big Bend, Tallahassee is not only home to rolling hills, oak trees, and canopied roads, but also state government and two major state universities. The city boasts proximity to nearby beaches and popular tourist destinations. With no state income tax and a reasonable cost of living, Tallahassee, Florida is a great place to work regardless of where you find yourself on the career ladder. This position reports to DCF Headquarters located at The Centre of Tallahassee.
The primary working hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Monday -Friday, for a total of 40 hours per week in the office. This is not a work from home position.
This is a tobacco free environment.
About Department of Children and Families:
Mission: The mission of the Department of Children and Families is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.
Vision: We are a highly skilled workforce committed to empowering people with complex and varied needs to achieve the best outcomes for themselves and their families. In collaboration with community stakeholders, we will deliver world class and continuously improving service focused on providing the people we serve with the level and quality that we would demand and expect for our own families.
Values: A workforce that operates with integrity maintains loyalty to a code of ethics that requires the courage to take responsibility for providing the highest quality of service to the vulnerable. We are a solutions-focused learning organization built on a foundation of transparency in action and accountability of results. Both within the organization and among our stakeholders, we thrive in a culture of respect for diversity of opinion that is nurtured through open communication. High performing and committed, we are unified in our goal of excellence in achieving quality outcomes for those we serve.
Benefits of Working for the State of Florida: Working for the State of Florida is more than a paycheck. The State’s total compensation package for employees features a highly competitive set of employee benefits including:
- No state income tax for residents of Florida;
- Annual and Sick Leave benefits;
- Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;
- State Group Insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options;
- Retirement plan options, including employer contributions (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
- Flexible Spending Accounts;
- Tuition waivers;
- And more!
For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com
The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
