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Posted: February 5, 2026 (1 day ago)

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Budget Analyst 1-OSA-Finance-Kanawha Co.

State of West Virginia

OSA - FINANCE

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Location

West Virginia, 25305

Salary

$37,536 - $65,020

per year

Closes

February 21, 2026More State jobs →

SES Pay Grade

Base salary range: $147,649 - $221,900

Typical requirements: Executive-level leadership experience. Senior executive qualifications required.

Note: Actual salary includes locality pay (15-40%+ depending on location).

Job Description

Summary

This job involves helping prepare and manage budgets for state health and human services programs by gathering data, reviewing spending plans, and ensuring everything follows rules.

It also includes tracking expenses, updating financial systems, and creating reports to support budget decisions.

A good fit would be someone detail-oriented with a background in finance or accounting who enjoys working with numbers and government processes.

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, accounting, statistics, economics, finance, public policy analysis, or a related field
  • Experience in budget preparation, financial allocation, or financial analysis (can substitute for education on a year-for-year basis)
  • Technical experience in nongovernmental budget preparation, monitoring, or review (substitutable for training)
  • Proficiency in using databases for financial data compilation and analysis
  • Strong mathematical computation and proofreading skills for budget documents
  • Ability to monitor expenditures, personnel services, and compliance with regulations
  • Experience with financial systems for entering revenue and expenditure estimates

Full Job Description


1 vacancy in Kanawha County

This position assists in the collection, compilation, and interpretation of data utilized in all aspects of the preparation of the Department of Health, Department of Human Services, Health Facilities, and the Office of Shared Administration program narratives, capital expenditures, supplemental/improvement funding, division account summaries and expenditure schedules, maintaining compliance with all rules and regulations. This position also performs duties related to position control and budget management, enters budget revenue and expenditure estimates into the staff financial information system, assists in the preparation of/or reviews departmental modification to approved expenditures schedules and/or appropriation requests in compliance with all applicable guidelines. It reviews and monitors agency budget figures, expenditure schedules and personnel services using databases to verify information and updates systems as changes are processed, and then notifies departmental staff of issues. It assists in annual revision and distribution on budget forms and instruction booklets and answers questions regarding line-item definitions and interpretations as well as uses databases to monitor and compile financial data, prepare various listings and reports and perform financial analyses. It will also perform mathematical computations and extensive proofreading in reviewing budget documents and assist with special projects involving budget planning, reporting, preparation and monitoring.

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Qualifications

Training: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with a major in business administration, public administration, accounting, statistics, economics, finance, public policy analysis or related area.

OR

Substitution: Full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in budget preparation, financial allocation, or financial analysis may substitute for the required training at the rate of one (1) year experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of required training.

Additional Information


Technical experience in nongovernmental budget preparation, monitoring, or review may be substituted for the training on a year-for-year basis

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Posted on NEOGOV: 2/5/2026 | Added to FreshGovJobs: 2/6/2026

Source: NEOGOV | ID: neogov-wv-5225034