Budget Analyst 2, Auditor General

Are you a highly motivated individual, interested in a rewarding career? If so, consider joining the Department of the Auditor General in the Office of Budget and Financial Management as a Budget Analyst 2. This position is eligible for student loan forgiveness and provides excellent health, savings, and retirement benefits. The biggest benefit of all is the impact you can have to make Pennsylvania stronger!

As a Budget Analyst 2, you will analyze and examine budgetary control accounts and invoices for the Department of the Auditor General in accordance with established policies. Work involves tasks related to accounts payable, GAAP/ACFR, and the Municipal Pension and Fire Relief Program.

Accounts Payable

• Process Auditor General invoices (purchase order related, manual direct charge, interagency, and MOU's)
• Maintain files, invoices, and related documentation related to invoicing
• Monitor outstanding checks, run reports from Treasury, and resolve outstanding checks with vendors and/or payee
• Request copies of checks from Treasury to resolve payments confirmation with vendors
• Resolve returned checks, incorrect payee, ACH fails, and bank account issues
• Use SAP to process invoices, review spreadsheets, and monitor PO's, vendor request, vendor questions regarding payment, dates paid, and whether check or ACH
• Analyze invoices to ensure payments are processed accurately
• Monitor changes to contracts or revised purchase orders
• Maintain Comptroller email box and prepare emails to municipalities
• Prepare letters and emails for municipalities for notification

GAAP/ACFR

• Prepare necessary reports
• Analyze variances
• Complete checklists

Municipal Pension and Fire Relief Program

• Review and analyze AG385 forms - send back forms for questions related to data submitted
• Process checks, refunds, audit findings related to Municipal Pensions
• Prepare payments for audit findings and underpayments - process as on demand file
• Test Munstats and MPARSs upgrades and changes
• Resolve IDOCs and ACH fails
• Assist with Volunteer Fire Relief Allocation processes
• Assist with Municipal Pension State Aid allocation processes
• Correspond to questions or concerns with municipalities, either by email or phone
• Maintain holds spreadsheet, running balance of holds, outstanding holds, and reconcile with MPARS
• Email, call, or send paper mail to municipality with questions regarding data submitted
• Correspond with audit bureaus regarding holds, payment information, audit findings, and order to show causes
• Correspond with Legal and maintain spreadsheet for Order to Show Cause documentation
• Maintain documentation for order to show cause municipalities

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 4 days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year of experience as a Budget Analyst 1; or
• Two years of experience in financial administration work; hands on working knowledge of SAP, and a bachelor's degree; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Additional Requirements:

• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.

How to Apply:

• Your application must include a resume.
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

The Department of the Auditor General is committed to policies providing equal opportunity for everyone. Accordingly, all employment decisions are made without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. In addition, department employees are bound by a code of conduct that prohibits any form of harassment, including sexual harassment.

The Department of the Auditor General's DEI program includes recruitment efforts focused on attracting a diverse population of qualified candidates. We are invested in creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace where both our present and prospective employees may be authentic. We are dedicated to ensuring our internship and employment opportunities are accessible to all aspiring professionals within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.