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Budget Analyst 2 - OSA - Finance - Kanawha Co.
State of West Virginia
OSA - FINANCE
Location
West Virginia, 25305
Salary
$41,194 - $71,789
per year
Type
Full Time
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Job Description
Summary
This job involves helping to create, track, and manage budgets for major state departments like Health and Human Resources, including preparing reports and advising staff on spending rules.
It requires strong math and computer skills to handle financial data and ensure everything follows state laws.
A good fit would be someone with a business or finance background who enjoys detailed number work and working in government.
Key Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration, public administration, accounting, statistics, economics, finance, public policy analysis, or related field
- Two years of full-time paid experience in budget preparation, financial allocation, or financial analysis
- Advanced skills in computer worksheets and accounting software
- Knowledge of state-level policies, procedures, WV Code, and Budget Bill
- Ability to monitor department fund and budget allocations daily
- Experience preparing expenditure schedules, appropriation requests, and budget narratives
- Skills in training and advising fiscal staff on spending
Full Job Description
1 vacancy in Kanawha CountyThis position performs full-performance, mathematical work related to the preparation, maintenance, and coordination of statewide budgets for a large state agency. Work requires assisting in the preparation and review of the Department's Expenditure Schedules and Appropriation Request, Budget narratives, and management level reporting for numerous state programs within the Departments of Health, Health Facilities, Human Resources, and the Office of Shared Administration. Advanced skills in computerization of worksheets, accounting, state level policies and procedures relative to the agency funding operation and interpretation of the WV Code and Budget Bill are utilized daily. This position also assists in the daily monitoring of all department fund and budget allocations and trains and advises spending unit fiscal staff.
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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: Additional experience as described below may substitute for the required training at the rate of one (1) year experience for every thirty (30) semester hours of required training.
AND
Experience: Two (2) years of full-time or equivalent part-time paid experience in budget preparation, financial allocation or financial analysis.Check your resume before applying to catch common mistakes