Financial Analyst 9-12 Housing and Homeless Services

The State of Michigan's Department of Health and Human Services promotes healthy, safe, and stable environments for residents. The Financial Analyst will provide financial oversight for Housing and Homeless Services, including contract monitoring, budget coordination, expenditure forecasting, financial reporting, and analysis of the Division's budget.

What you'll do:

• The Fiscal Analyst will serve as a Financial Monitor for Housing and Homeless Services
• This position is responsible for providing financial oversight and monitoring of contracts administered by the Unit
• This position reports to the Contracts and Grants Manager as part of the Housing and Homeless Services’ administrative team and will work collaboratively within the Unit and with other internal agency partners to ensure budget and financial reporting requirements are completed accurately and timely
• This position will also assist with annual financial monitoring of providers to ensure reimbursed expenditures are in compliance with applicable regulations, guidelines, and policy
• This position is the recognized resource in the Housing and Homeless Services Division for the coordination, preparation, compilation, research, analysis and monitoring of the Division's $45 million dollar budget
• This position is responsible for developing summary level and detailed budget documents, expenditure documents by grant and sub-recipient; budget monitoring documents and provide guidance on grant spending for projects
• This position will forecast expenditures by month by sub-recipient to ensure the Division can communicate proactively with sub-recipients to ensure that federal and state funding is fully and appropriately expended
• This position will work closely with the Division manager, contracts analyst, and staff responsible for processing monthly billings to provide a holistic view of the financial health of the Division
• This position will be the lead for any updates, submission, training, or coordination with SIGMA and will be responsible for pulling data from SIGMA, Business Objects/ Intelligence, and any other state systems necessary to gather state financial data

What they're looking for:

• Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics
• No specific type or amount is required
• One year of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst 9, Accountant 9, or Auditor 9
• Two years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10, Accountant 10, or Auditor 10
• Three years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst P11, Accountant P11, or Auditor P11
• FINCALT - Do you possess a bachelor's degree or higher in any major with at least 24 semester (36 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics.? If so, please attach a copy of your official college transcripts
• Three years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst P11, Accountant P11, or Auditor P11
• Two years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10, Accountant 10, or Auditor 10
• One year of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst 9, Accountant 9, or Auditor 9
• How many years of experience do you possess with financial operations (including billing, accounts payable, reconciliation, federal reporting, etc.)

Benefits:

• New employees may be paid a signing bonus up to $2,500. Up to $1,250 may be paid at hire. Up to $1,250 may be paid after satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period.
• Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work schedule requests for this position may be considered.
• Employees will be provided computers to perform state work. Phones may also be provided for necessary communications.
• Health, mental health, dental, and vision insurance for eligible career employees, their spouses, and their children.
• Life-insurance benefit of two times employees’ annual salary, up to $200,000.
• Long-term-disability insurance that can provide continuing benefits if an injury or illness prevents employees from working.
• 401(k) and 457 plans for new hires to save for retirement.
• The state will automatically contribute an amount equal to 4% of your pay to a 401(k) account.
• The state will also match up to 5% of your pay if you contribute to your 401(k) account.
• Your contributions vest immediately, and the state’s contributions fully vest after just 4 years.