Financial Program Manager (CCWIS & Cost Allocation)

The Financial Program Manager will support the agency's Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) by managing all financial components tied to the system's federal Advance Planning Documents (APDs). The role involves developing and maintaining both Planning and Implementation APDs, creating detailed budgets and cost projections, and ensuring all documentation aligns with federal CCWIS requirements and funding rules. The manager will also lead the agency's Cost Allocation Plan (CAP), designing and updating cost pool structures and allocation methodologies, and overseeing cost allocation processing within OAKS.

What You Will Do

The Financial Program Manager will monitor expenditures against approved budgets, analyze variances, implement corrective actions, and prepare all required federal submissions. The role also involves close coordination with program, fiscal, and IT teams to implement changes to allocation methodologies, preparing documentation and responding to federal reviews and audits related to cost allocation and APD funding.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The ideal candidate will have 54 months of experience or 54 months of training in financial administration, or completion of an undergraduate core program in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field, with 30 months of experience or training in financial administration. The candidate will also have strong accounting and finance skills, with the ability to analyze financial data, create budgets and cost projections, and implement corrective actions.

Requirements

• 54 months of experience or 54 months of training in financial administration
• completion of an undergraduate core program in public or business administration, accounting, finance, or a related field, with 30 months of experience or training in financial administration
• equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment

Benefits

• Medical Coverage
• Free Dental, Vision and Basic Life Insurance premiums after completion of eligibility period
• Paid time off, including vacation, personal, sick leave and 11 paid holidays per year
• Childbirth, Adoption, and Foster Care leave
• Education and Development Opportunities
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)