Financial Analyst and Homeless Services

Financial Analyst 9-P11

The Fiscal Analyst will serve as a Financial Monitor for Housing and Homeless Services. This position is responsible for providing financial oversight and monitoring of contracts administered by the Unit. This position reports to the Contracts and Grants Manager as part of the Housing and Homeless Services’ administrative team and will work collaboratively within the Unit and with other internal agency partners to ensure budget and financial reporting requirements are completed accurately and timely.

This position will also assist with annual financial monitoring of providers to ensure reimbursed expenditures are in compliance with applicable regulations, guidelines, and policy.

This position is the recognized resource in the Housing and Homeless Services Division for the coordination, preparation, compilation, research, analysis and monitoring of the Division's $45 million dollar budget. This position is responsible for developing summary level and detailed budget documents, expenditure documents by grant and sub-recipient; budget monitoring documents and provide guidance on grant spending for projects;
This position will forecast expenditures by month by sub-recipient to ensure the Division can communicate proactively with sub-recipients to ensure that federal and state funding is fully and appropriately expended. This position will work closely with the Division manager, contracts analyst, and staff responsible for processing monthly billings to provide a holistic view of the financial health of the Division.

This position will be the lead for any updates, submission, training, or coordination with SIGMA and will be responsible for pulling data from SIGMA, Business Objects/ Intelligence, and any other state systems necessary to gather state financial data.

Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics.

• Financial Analyst 9 – No specific type or amount is required.
• Financial Analyst 10 – One year of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst 9, Accountant 9, or Auditor 9.
• Financial Analyst P11 – Two years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10, Accountant 10, or Auditor 10.
• Financial Analyst 12 – Three years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst P11, Accountant P11, or Auditor P11.

New employees may be paid a signing bonus up to $2,500. Up to $1,250 may be paid  to $1,250 may be paid after satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period.

This position is located at 235 S. Grand Avenue, 11th 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. Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.

This position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check.

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.

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If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy.