Budget Analyst

Organization:
Department of Children and Youth

Unposting Date:
Oct 12, 2026, 3:59:00 AM

Work Location:

Children&Youth N. High Complex, 246 North High Street, Columbus 43215

Primary

Location:

United States of America-OHIO-Franklin County-Columbus

Compensation: $31.47 per hour

Schedule:

Full-time

Work Hours:

8:00 AM - 5:00 PM

Classified Indicator:
Classified

Union: OCSEA

Primary Job Skill:
Accounting and Finance

Technical

Skills:

Accounting and Finance

Professional

Skills:

Analyzation, Attention to Detail

About us

Our mission is to promote positive, lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention, quality education, and family support programs. At DCY, we offer our employees a rewarding work experience in public service helping Ohioans achieve a sustainable lifestyle that includes generous benefit options and a flexible work life balance making our agency a great place to work!
To learn more about DCY, please visit our website at
Department of Children and Youth | Ohio.gov.

DCY’s core hours of operation are Mon-Fri from 8:00am to 5:00pm, however, daily start/end times may vary based on operational need across DCY divisions. Employees may begin as early as 7:00am & as late as 9:00am, based on supervisory approval. This position performs work on-site daily at DCY’s office space.

This position is in the Cost Allocation and Reconciliation Section within the Bureau of Federal Reporting and Cash Management The selected candidate will utilize OAKS HCM, OAKS FIN and Kronos to ensure proper funding of employees of the Department of Children and Youth (DCY) as well as perform essential federal reporting. Essential duties of this position include the following:

• Establishes and maintains payroll coding to ensure proper assignment and allocation of costs of federal funds used to fund employees
• Validates/creates combo codes (funding) to ensure proper up to date coding is being used within OAKS HCM
• Updates Chart of accounts based on agency need and create additional chart fields when needed
• Ensure position budget tables are accurately created and assigned based on agency payroll coding
• Maintains financial coding and creation of speed charts within OAKS FIN
• Process DCY bi-weekly payroll journal and prepares OAKS FIN payroll journals to post to General Ledger
• Prepares Reconciliation Journals when updated are needed to General Ledger
• Tracking personnel actions to validate proper payroll coding is applied to employees.
• Prepare requested reports using BI Cognos, Kronos, OAKS HCM or OAKS FIN and able to present findings to stakeholders
• Assists with quarterly Administrative Cost Reports that utilize cost pools and direct costs
• Maintain changes to Cost Allocation Plan consistent with changes to agency operations and structure

Unless required by legislation or union contract, starting salary will be step 1 of the salary range associated with this position. New hires advance to the next step in the range after 6 months and annually thereafter. Based on collective bargaining and legislative activity, there may be cost of living increases awarded annually. Additional longevity supplements begin after 5 years. The current wage progression for this position is in the table below.

At Hire

6 months

18 months

30 months

42 months

54 Months

66 Months

78 Months

OCSEA/ 32

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6

Step 7

Step 8

$31.47

$32.84

$34.53

$36.20

$38.01

$39.86

$41.81

$43.90

$65,458

$68,307

$71,822

$75,296

$79,061

$82,909

$86,965

$91,312

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from…