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State of Arizona · 11 hours ago

Financial Analyst 3

Phoenix, AZ

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$79K/yr - $79K/yr

5+ years exp

The State of Arizona's Department of Health Services is dedicated to promoting and protecting the health of Arizona’s communities. The Financial Analyst 3 position is responsible for financial oversight and support for various programs, ensuring compliance and providing strategic financial guidance to leadership.

GovernmentOffice AdministrationPublic Relations

No H1B

Responsibilities

Monitors revenue/billing, expenditures and anticipated obligations for each funding the position is overseeing. Interprets and explains the findings to their leadership, Office Chief and Bureau Chief on a monthly basis or when requested by the program

Collaborate with finance leadership and peers (work assignments, setting priorities, hiring, discipline, provide training, approving leave requests, and preparing evaluations)

Responsible for understanding all funds, appropriated and non-appropriated, within the bureau they are overseeing. Ensuring that they research and understand the statutes that affect the funding. Making sure that they read through any contracts or awards to understand the allowable or unallowable items for the funds

Reviews funding, ensures appropriateness, and approves as Finance Manager on all documents and systems that require Finance Manager approval. Updates reports, tracking tools, and systems as necessary as related to the purchase/expense

Provides financial strategic guidance to the programs to ensure that they are able to meet the financial goals that are outlined in their budgets

This position will oversee and coordinate training the programs to ensure that they understand the reports being presented. Will offer training and standard works for the programmatic staff to ensure that they have the tools to fully understand their budgets and ensure that they are following the financial policies that are in place

Responsible for managing and updating the funding related to various systems and platforms the position’s assigned area utilizes. This includes but is not limited to the telephone database, cloud billing, AZ360, etc

Running payroll reports monthly to ensure that employees are hitting on the appropriate funds. Clearing out any payroll errors that may have occurred and working with the payroll team to ensure that updated ETE templates are being used

Other duties as assigned as related to the position

Qualification

Financial managementBudget analyticsLeadershipPerformance ManagementContinuous Quality ImprovementEstablishing prioritiesCritical thinkingProblem-solvingOral communicationWritten communicationInterpersonal skills

Required

Knowledge of Performance Management (PM), and Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) and Lean methodologies

Skill in financial management and leadership

Skill in oral and written communication

Skill in interpersonal relationship in relation to work with other staff, managers, contractors and staff from other departments and agencies

Skill in establishing priorities

Skill in critical thinking and problem-solving techniques

Skill in analytics for budget review and projections

Ability to support a diverse multi-cultural workforce that reflects the community, promotes equal opportunity at all levels of public employment, and creates an inclusive work environment that enables all individuals to perform to their fullest potential free from discrimination

Preferred

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting or a related field with 5 years of related work experience, which 2 of those years will be in a management/supervisory role

Master's degree will substitute for 2 years of work experience

Government experience preferred