Hybrid Financial Analyst: Budget, Forecast & Reporting

Job Description

This position functions as a Financial Analyst within the Financial Operations Division of the Budget & Operations Administration of the Michigan Department of Corrections. The role is primarily responsible for providing professional financial analysis, budget monitoring, forecasting, and reporting in support of MDOC programs. The financial analyst performs systematic review, interpretation, and evaluation of budgets, expenditures, revenues, assets, and related financial data to ensure fiscal integrity and compliance with GAAP, State of Michigan Financial Management Guide, and internal controls.

Work products leverage SIGMA‑Financial and Business Objects/Business Intelligence to produce timely analyses, projections, and management reports.

• Provide professional financial analysis, budget monitoring, forecasting, and reporting in support of MDOC programs.
• Perform systematic review, interpretation, and evaluation of budgets, expenditures, revenues, assets, and related financial data.
• Ensure compliance with GAAP, State of Michigan Financial Management Guide, and internal controls.
• Leverage SIGMA‑Financial and Business Objects/Business Intelligence to produce timely analyses, projections, and management reports.

• Bachelor’s degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in accounting, finance, or economics.
• For Financial Analyst 9-P11:
  • Financial Analyst 9: no specific type or amount required.
  • Financial Analyst 10: one year of professional experience providing systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data.
  • Financial Analyst P11: two years of professional experience providing systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10, Accountant 10, or Auditor 10.
• Educational Level: Typically acquired through completion of high school and two years of experience as an Accounting Technician E9 and/or 10, Account Examiner E10 and/or 11, Account Examiner Supervisor 12, or Office Supervisor 9‑10 (with bookkeeping subclass code) or, one year of experience as an Account Examiner Supervisor 13, or Office Supervisor 11‑12 (with bookkeeping subclass code). College credits may be substituted on a proportional basis for up to one half of the required experience.

This position is located in Lansing, Michigan. The role requires reporting in person for the first two weeks. After the initial training period, a hybrid work schedule may be approved that allows the employee to work remotely up to 50% of the time with the remaining 50% performed in-person in Lansing.