Fiscal Management Specialist 3

Are you an analytically minded professional eager to start a new chapter in your career? If so, consider joining the Pennsylvania Department of Education as a Fiscal Management Specialist 3. This position gives you the opportunity to showcase your unique skill set as you perform budgetary work in the development of federal and state appropriation requests for the Department's budget and rebudget processes. Make your career aspirations a reality with the Bureau of Financial Operations, Division of Central Budget!

As a Fiscal Management Specialist 3, you will be performing highly complex budgetary work involving multiple and varied appropriations, allocations, allotments, spending plans, commitment items, and expenditures in the development, monitoring, and analytics of all federal funds within the department. Our agency's federal budget contains approximately $4 billion in federal dollars. The total number of appropriations in the agency consists of approximately 110, many of which are federal, in which you will play crucial a role. You will be reviewing complex policies, legislation, and regulations across multiple programmatic agency areas, with a direct impact on major operations, as governed by the Pennsylvania School Code and Fiscal Code. In this role, you will support and coordinate across multiple, varied business and agency needs to resolve conflicts related to goals, visibility, and public or political interests. Work involves determining the budgetary impacts of program expansions, changes, and current needs; serving as a liaison among various programs, including federal program areas; as well as performing extensive federal monitoring and reporting requirements that must be satisfied to demonstrate monies are being spent for their specified purpose within appropriation timeframes. You will also have the opportunity to actively support and participate in the implementation of current year spending plans for all bureaus and offices who manage administrative and grant funding. Additional responsibilities include:

• Providing consultative services to program areas
• Monitoring complex spending plans, inclusive to program areas requests for procurements/grants needs
• Establishing federal appropriations and executive authorizations granted to the Department of Education
• Preparing and reviewing the Request for Appropriation of Federal Funds (RAFFs) hearing materials book for use in defense of the Governor's Budget Request and for eventual passage by the Legislature
• Meeting with bureau and office personnel to provide direction and guidance on the use of administrative, state use, and/or local monies for the Department's federal programs
• Reviewing and approving contracts and procurement requests
• Facilitating essential fiscal and budget training for agency staff

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time. You will be required to report in-office on Wednesday every 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. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• 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 as a Fiscal Management Specialist 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Two years of experience in professional fiscal administration, and a bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, economics, or a related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements:

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply:

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• 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.

Veterans:

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. *7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

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 Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate 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. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.