Community Development Financial Analyst 1,2

Baton Rouge, LA - USA

Monthly Salary: USD 3579 - 7025

Posted on: 8 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About this Job

The Division of Administration/Office of Community Development has a vacancy.

The goal of the Office of Community Development is to improve the quality of life of the residents of Louisiana by administering state and federal grants. The Community Development Block Grant Program helps communities provide a suitable living environment and expand economic opportunities for their residents particularly in low- to moderate-income areas. The Louisiana Government Assistance Program is designed to fill the gaps where there are no federal or other state funds available to assist local governments with an identified high priority need. The Community Water Enrichment Fund provides funding to aid units of local government in rehabilitating improving and constructing projects for community water systems to provide safe clean drinking water.

The Division of Administration is the state governments management arm and the hub of its financial operations. Division offices perform a wide variety of activities including the following:

Overseeing the states capital construction program
Working to provide state and federal grants for community development
Development of the state budget
Providing technology services
Giving agencies guidance in the state purchasing and contracting process as they seek goods and services
Administering a program that provides federal funds to help Louisiana residents recover from a series of devastating hurricanes

Minimum Qualifications

Four years of experience in accounting auditing financial operations economics or contracts or grants management; OR

Six years of full-time experience in any field plus twenty-four semester hours in accounting finance or economics plus one year of experience in accounting auditing financial operations economics or contracts or grants management; OR

A bachelors degree with twenty-four semester hours in accounting finance or economics plus one year of experience in accounting auditing financial operations economics or contracts or grants management; OR

A bachelors degree in accounting finance business administration management economics or statistics plus one year of experience in accounting auditing financial operations economics or contracts or grants management; OR

An advanced degree in accounting finance business administration public administration management economics or statistics; OR

Possession of a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license.

EXPERIENCE SUBSTITUTION:
Every 30 semester hours earned from an accredited college or university will be credited as one year of experience towards the six years of full-time work experience in any field. The maximum substitution allowed is 120 semester hours which substitutes for a maximum of four years of experience in any field.

Job Specification

The official job specifications for this role as defined by the State Civil Service can be found here.

Job Duties and Other Information

Job Duties:

Grant Administration and Programmatic Responsibilities

-Incumbent is responsible for the management of 30 to 40 local governments (cities towns villages parishes) LCDBG projects funded for various activities. Maintains assigned grants status on in-office database tracking system. Processes requests for payments for assigned projects. Reviews close out documents and completes in-office close out of assigned grants.

-Responsible for creating and amending all grant agreements and for preparing corresponding letters to grantees. Corresponds with OSRAP to obtain appropriate vendor numbers and to ensure correct set-up of grantees banking information. Enters all LCDBG projects into LaGov system upon execution of grant agreement and possession of proper vendor number.

Financial Policy and Program Administration

-Reviews and approves financial management certifications from grantees. Reviews all financial reports from grantees to identify expenditures of LCDBG funds. Works with CPAs local government officials Louisiana Legislative Auditors Office order to ensure financial reports are accurate and identify expenditure of funds as appropriate.

-Conducts briefings and makes presentations at LCDBG sponsored workshops to aid local governments in their administration of the financial management tasks relating to their grants. Provides both on-going and periodic technical assistance to local governments. Analyzes findings to identify problems such as mismanagement and noncompliance relative to policies and procedures laws regulations and/or accounting principles.

Program Monitoring and Responsibilities

-Monitors funded projects of all grant types including all programs under the LCDBG program and makes monitoring visits to review performance of projects and ensure that contractual obligations are being carried out by recipient.

-Duties include obtaining application revisions; financial management certifications; processing requests for payments; reviewing and approving or denying requests for budget changes and program changes; monitoring on-site to determine recipients compliance with program rules and regulations; monitoring construction site/project area; processing and issuing closeout.

-Incumbent reviews recipients records for compliance with state and federal laws rules and regulations and in-office policies. Based on review determines capacity of recipients; record keeping practices and identifies any questioned costs or conflict-of-interest issues. Conducts entrance and exit conferences with chief elected officials to discuss negative findings and possible consequences and remedial action(s) which might be imposed on or required of the local governments.

-Responds regularly to written and telephone inquiries from local officials and professional consultants and engineers regarding their administration of the LCDBG Program and their expenditure of grant funds. Advises local officials of proper courses of action and possible consequences of improper or illegal actions carried out with Community Development Block Grant funds. Works with and provides advice and technical assistance to local governments in most all aspects of the LCDBG program.

Economic Development Project Analysis

-Participates in pre-application meetings and explains the financial requirements of the Louisiana Community Development Block Grant (LCDBG) Economic Development (ED) Program to meeting participants. Reviews applications for ED assistance for compliance with basic program requirements. Conducts a detailed financial analysis of each application.

-Conducts site visits to all projects for which funds are requested and frequently meets with project applicants and participants at the Community Development office. During these visits incumbent clarifies any unresolved financial questions in order to make further assessment of project feasibility.

Analyzes and ascertains accuracy and consistency of the review process. Ensures that ED guidelines and policies established by the state and federal governments are followed.

Position-Specific Details:

Appointment Type:This vacancy will be filled by new hire or by promotion of a current permanent status classified employee.

Career Progression:This vacancy participates in a career progression group and may be filled from this recruitment as a Community Development Financial Analyst 1 or 2.

Louisiana is a State as a Model Employer for People with Disabilities.

How To Apply:

No Civil Service test scoreis required in order to be considered for this vacancy.

To apply for this vacancy click on the Apply link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities. Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.

*Information to support your eligibility for this job title must be included in the application (i.e. relevant detailed experience/education).Resumeswill notbe accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application. Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions demotions details reassignments and transfers.Also prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing. New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal governments E-verify system.

Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.

For further information about thisposting please contact:

Erica R. Gay
HR Specialist
Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
email:

Required Experience:

About this Job The Division of Administration/Office of Community Development has a vacancy. The goal of the Office of Community Development is to improve the quality of life of the residents of Louisiana by administering state and federal grants. The Community Development Block Grant Program helps ...