• Monitor budget balances and resolve any problems with the BHA budget staff by preparing and reviewing budgetary documents for allocations, transfers, increases, decreases, and corrections for the appropriations belonging to the programs assigned.
• Assist fiscal staff, program managers, the Budget Manager and the Director of Finance in the development of budgets.
• Develops and maintains budgetary projections for contracts/appropriations.
• Analyze and prepare monthly budgetary reports that include actual expenditures, encumbrances and planned budgets and present reports to identify variances to projected budget allocations and recommend changes to meet program, grant and Office priorities.
• Perform fiscal and data analyses to justify and support decision items, supplementals, and other office projects or initiatives or change requests.
• Perform Colorado Resource Engine (CORE) information queries and downloads to perform reconciliations, analyze trends and/or corrections and to verify accuracy of budget.
• Provide guidance and technical assistance to program managers and program assistants on day-to-day management of resources and budget execution reporting requirements.
• In conjuction with the Budget Manager work with BHA Fiscal staff to assist and train them in the analysis and and tracking BHA personal services and operations appropriations, expenditures, personal services contracts and Human Resource action requests to provide monthly budget execution reports to the Budget Manager, Director of Finance, BHA program managers and BHA Directors.
• In conjunction with Budget Manager, coordinate federal and cash appropriations across multiple budget line items and fund balances. Additionally, coordinate revenue earning with the CDHS Accounting staff.
• Monitor and develop program budgets and verify compliance with fiscal and contractual requirements associated with federal 42 C.F.R. Part I.
• Assist the Finance Manager, Contracts and Finance Manager, BHA Community Programs and the BHA policy director with planning, financial budgeting, tracking and planning activities associated with the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Mental Health Services Block Grants.

• Assist the Finance Manager, Contracts and Finance Manager, BHA Community Programs and the BHA policy director with planning, with financial budgeting, tracking and planning activities associated with the Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Mental Health Services Block Grants.
• Coordination and reconciliation of a master list of contracts, purchase orders and procurement methodology and expiration to BHA Master budget.
• Produce and develop, maintain and coordinate various management reports detailing fiscal position for decision-making.
• Financial tracking of contracts, purchase orders, invoicing, and encumbrances for BHA programs.
• Prepares fiscal note worksheets in accordance with State and CDHS fiscal note policy. Ensures accurate and complete financial data is presented in all BHA fiscal notes. Monitors budget execution for Special Bill appropriations each fiscal year.
• Actively manages individual and team fiscal and budget deadlines.

Education:

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Three years of professional experience in an occupational field related to the work assigned to the position.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis.

Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will substitute for the degree requirement and two years of the required experience.

• Strong preference will be given to candidates who possess a bachelor's degree in political science, public policy, accounting or finance
• Preference will be given to candidates with public-sector and/or government accounting or budgeting experience
• Preference will be given to candidates who demonstrate having greater depth of experience and knowledge related to Colorado’s legislative and budgeting process
• Preference will be given to candidates with one or more years of experience with complex accounting systems, such as the State's COFRS, Performance Budgeting, Kronos, and/or CPPS systems
• Ability to work well independently as well as in/with a team
• Ability to independently organize, plan, and prioritize work

• Standard Background – Name check, TRAILS, CMS and JBITS
• Former State employees who were disciplinarily terminated or resigned in lieu of termination must (1) disclose that information on the application (2) provide an explanation why the prior termination or resignation should not disqualify the applicant from the current position, (3) provide the employee number from the applicant’s prior State employment. Absent extraordinary circumstances, prior disciplinary termination or resignation in lieu of termination and failure to provide this information will disqualify the applicant from future State employment with CDHS.

About Us:

• Strong, secure, yet flexible retirement benefits including a PERA Defined Benefit Plan or PERA Defined Contribution Plan www.copera.org plus 401(k) and 457 plans
• Medical and dental health plans
• Employer supplemented Health Savings Account
• Paid life insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• 11 paid holidays per year plus vacation and sick leave
• BenefitHub state employee discount program
• Employee Wellness program MotivateMe
• Excellent work-life programs, such as flexible schedules, training and more
• Remote work arrangements for eligible positions

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We believe in a people-first approach: To serve the people of Colorado, we develop a culture and work environment that creates an energized, inspired, and healthy team capable of giving their best to Coloradans.

Balance creates quality of life: We want our team to be resilient through a supportive workplace that values flexibility, health and wellness, and employee engagement.

We hold ourselves accountable: We take responsibility through our actions, programs, and results for the state of health and human services in Colorado.

Transparency matters: We are open and honest with employees, our partners, the Coloradans we serve, and the public.

We are ethical: We abide by what is best for those we serve by doing what is right, not what is easy.

Collaboration helps us rise together: We work together with all partners, employees, and clients to achieve the best outcomes for Coloradans.

We are committed to increasing the diversity of our staff and providing culturally responsive programs and services. Therefore, we encourage responses from people of diverse backgrounds and abilities.

ADAA Accommodations: CDHS is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, Nancy Schmelzer, at cdhs_ada@state.co.us or call 1-800-929-0791.

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