Financial Specialist 14- IT Coordination Section

Lansing, IL - USA

Hourly Salary: $ 35 - 52

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities services and programs that promote a healthy safe and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity respect and fairness. For more information please visit ourMDHHS Diversity Equity and Inclusion Plan.

This position serves as the lead financial specialist responsible to create prepare implement and administer the entire $500 million dollar spend plan for the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) IT charges billed from the Department of Technology Management and Budget (DTMB). DHHS has the largest IT portfolio in Michigans state government consisting of more than 300 IT systems that serve millions of Michigan residents. This position is critical for maintaining accuracy of the charges and projections of these systems. This consists of developing IT spend plans and analyzing and interpreting DTMB billed expenditures -- monthly billings and any special one-time purchases to get them submitted and paid correctly. This position works closely with staff from Budget Federal Reporting Expenditure and Revenue Operations Cost Allocation MDHHS program areas and DTMB to assist in meeting departmental needs for a variety of highly complex and related issues ensuring IT charges are valid accurate and coded correctly to ensure the integrity of the departments IT portfolio financial information. This position requires an in-depth understanding of structured queries SIGMA DTMB billing functions and activities Clarity IT project life cycle cost allocation federal reporting procurement and accounting. Responsibilities also include consulting on IT related cost allocation plan issues. All IT-related procurement expenses billed from DTMB to DHHS are administered and monitored through this position. Due to the high level of technical expertise this position receives limited direction from management and requires a considerable amount of independent judgement and critical thinking. This position performs within this capacity to establish and implement processes and procedures related to IT financial data integrity for all administrations and programs. The financial information this position is responsible for is highly complex multi-faceted and has a substantial and direct impact on the entire operation of the department.
Position Description

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Apply for this position online viaNEOGOV; click on Apply in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
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Required Education and Experience

Education

Possession of a bachelors degree in any major with at least 24 semester (36 term) credits in accounting finance and economic courses.

Experience

Four years of professional experience equivalent to a Financial Analyst; including two years equivalent to a Financial Analyst P11 or one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 12.

Alternate Education and Experience

Possession of a Certificate in Public Accounting (CPA) may be substituted for one year of Financial Analyst P11 experience.

Additional Requirements and Information

This position is being filled as a limited term assignment with the potential to become permanent but its never guaranteed.

The physical location of this position is 235 S. Grand Ave. 8^th floor Lansing MI. 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. If working remotely employees will be responsible for providing other components of a remote office at their own expense including:

A secure work location that allows privacy and prevents distractions.
A high-speed internet connection of at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
Suitable lighting furniture and utilities.

Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including but not limited to responses to application questions and responses to interview questions or exercises.

TheDepartment of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For information about this specific position please contact Robbie Harris at

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Job DescriptionThe MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities services and programs that promote a healthy safe and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity respect an...