Management Analyst, Senior - Sheriff's Office

Job Summary

The Senior Management Analyst performs a variety of tasks in support of departmental operations and services of the Sheriff’s Office. This position administers the department’s contracts and grants, seeks additional revenue through grant development and administration, and provides analysis and performance monitoring of department programs, functions, and processes. The selected candidate will gather and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to perform reviews, conduct analyses, and prepare/present reports to program managers, agency leadership, and others.

This position also has responsibility for grant reporting to state and federal agencies, assisting in the development of Requests for Proposals and assists in conducting reviews of financial controls, information system controls and management controls. The position is a team member of the Sheriff’s Administration and reports to the Administrative Services Manager in charge of financial and budgeting. This exempt, non-represented position requires strong organizational, analytical, communication, and audit skills to be applied in a variety of County government settings.

This position is governed by State Civil Service laws, which require specific recruitment procedures, which can be found below in Selection Process. This recruitment will be open until a sufficient number of applications have been received. This posting may close at any time without further notification.

A Bachelor’s degree in economics, business/public administration or accounting and substantial and responsible relevant professional experience are essential. Technical training in contract administration, grant administration, quantitative analysis, and internal audit training is an advantage.

The ideal background would include:

• Experience working in a government financial management, financial planning, or internal audit organization
• Prior experience working for a national or regional public accounting or financial services firm.
• Experience managing the completion of projects and analyses with significant complexity and duration
• Extensive experience and proficiency using spreadsheet, word processing, flow charting, and presentation software

Any combination of education and experience demonstrating the ability to perform the work will be considered.

Knowledge of: grant administration; principles and practices of public sector organization and program operations; research methods; performance measures and program evaluation; monitoring compliance, financial systems; administrative analysis; personal computer applications, including spreadsheet, database programs and work processing applications.

Ability to: understand, interpret and apply complex State and Federal regulatory requirements; analyze and solve complex contract or grant related issues; research and prepare concise, clearly written reports, proposals and recommendations; establish and maintain effective working relationships with officials from other agencies, departments and the public; develop outcome measures and evaluation tools; communicate ideas effectively both orally and in writing. Any combination of education, experience, and training that would demonstrate the ability to perform the work will be considered.

Application Review: Incomplete applications will not pass the review; attaching a resume or referring to a resume does not substitute for a completed application. Candidates will be evaluated based on the content of their applications and those deemed most qualified will be invited to participate in the remainder of the selection process.

Oral Interview: (Pass/Fail based on 70%) Questions will be job related and may include, but not be limited to, the qualifications outlined in the job announcement. Minimum passing score of 70% is required. The oral board will consist of a three to four-member interview panel who will ask the same position-related, preestablished written questions of all candidates. The panelists’ evaluations will be combined resulting in candidate interview scores.

Eligibility List: Successful candidate final scores will be ranked in…