Bond and Finance Analyst (Program Administrator 2)

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is a diverse team of passionate, education-focused professionals responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education for each of Ohio’s 1.7 million students. The Department provides the resources and supports essential to raising student achievement and accelerating learning opportunities, advancing the connectivity between K-12 and postsecondary learning, creating programs to support and expand workforce experiences, and ensuring students have the necessary supports to be ready each day to learn.

As the governing body responsible for overseeing and enhancing the quality of education within the State of Ohio, the Department of Education and Workforce is dedicated to promoting educational excellence and ensuring equal access to learning opportunities for all students. The Department is committed to collaborating with schools, districts, educators, students, families, businesses, nonprofits and all stakeholders to achieve our educational goals.

Strong administrative and financial skills, the ability to interpret and apply rules and regulations, and the ability to manage competing priorities effectively make you a great candidate for this position. The selected candidate will have the opportunity to influence and facilitate financial integrity for school operations across the state.

Major Responsibilities & Duties:

On behalf of the Office of Budget & School Funding – Financial Analysis and Oversight, facilitates policy development and implementation, monitoring, technical assistance, and consultation for Local Education Agencies (LEAs) on school finance activities:

• Serves as point of contact for school district bond approvals, financial analysis, and fiscal oversight issues;
• Administers, monitors and reports on status of financial forecast examination and the fiscal oversight process and makes recommendations to office leadership and fiscal consultants;
• Analyzes school financial information (e.g., historical financials, financial forecast, financial audits, bond related applications);
• Assists with creation of policies regarding analysis of school financial information (e.g., financial forecast data requirements, required documentation for bond application approval, deadlines for receipt of information, requirements for obtaining funds);
• Reviews school laws; interprets and applies changes to school finance policies;
• Develops and implements processes and procedures surrounding financial analysis and examination requirements;
• Collaborates with agency staff (e.g., legal, data managers, EMIS, and internal application and Power BI Software developers) to validate submissions, standardize processes, analyze applications and data;
• Collaborates with external entities (e.g., school administrators, other state agencies, bond counsels) to ensure timely and accurate submission of bond-related applications and financial reporting requirements ;
• Creates, interprets, maintains and issues financial analysis, fiscal oversight reports, and notifications to LEAs.

Manages and supports the agency process for approving requirements and requests for bond financing:

• Reviews requests for bond-related approvals to determine the financial impact and makes recommendations;
• Ensures requests are compliant with applicable statutes, policies and requirements and recommends approval;
• Works with bond counsel, school treasurer and the Office of Chief Legal Counsel to resolve any concerns to obtain agency approval;
• Develops and maintains bond financing applications;
• Communicates with internal and external stakeholders regarding the status of requests and creates official approval documents.

On behalf of the Office of Budget & School Funding - Financial Analysis and Commissions:

• Develops and updates training materials, internal compliance systems, analytical materials, submission applications, and website content including accessibility requirements;
• Collaborates with other agencies (e.g., Office of Budget and Management, Department of Taxation, Auditor of State);
• Creates and delivers presentations to internal and external audiences;
• Maintains all FAO office records in accordance with office retention schedules (e.g., fiscal oversight process, bond-related processes).

At the State of Ohio, we take care of the team that cares for Ohioans. We provide a variety of quality, competitive benefits to eligible full-time and part-time employees*. For a list of all the State of Ohio Benefits, visit our Total Rewards website! Our benefits package includes:

• 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 (Employee Development Funds, Public Service Loan Forgiveness, and more)
• Public Retirement Systems (such as OPERS, STRS, SERS, and HPRS) & Optional Deferred Compensation (Ohio Deferred Compensation)

*Benefits eligibility is dependent on a number of factors. The Agency Contact listed above will be able to provide specific benefits information for this position.

4 yrs. trg. or 4 yrs. exp. in business administration management science or public administration. 

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in business administration, management science or public administration; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in supervisory, administrative &/or managerial position. 

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in academic field commensurate with program area to be assigned per approved Position Description on file; 2 yrs. trg. or 2 yrs. exp. in supervisory, administrative &/or managerial position or staff position involving planning, research &/or policy/procedure development. 

-Or 1 yr. exp. as Program Administrator 1, 63122. 

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications For Employment noted above 

 

Preferred Qualifications:

Undergraduate degree (e.g., business administration, accounting, finance) and 2 years of experience performing any combination of the following:

• Managing business best practices & initiatives (i.e., bond administration, financial resource allocation)
• Facilitating and/or managing work groups

·        Project Management

• Strong relationship building skills including superb communication skills at all levels of an organization and with customers/partners via multiple medium
• Experience managing resources to achieve program outcomes
• Development of tools and technical assistance related to program operations
• Excellent interpersonal, networking and team-building skills

Job Skills: Program Management

The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check as well as other investigative reviews.  Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position, unless restricted under state or federal law or federal restrictions.  An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

The Ohio Department of Education and Workforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer that values diversity and seeks talented individuals from diverse backgrounds. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class.   Questions or concerns about this should be directed to the Office of Human Resources (human.resources@education.ohio.gov).

Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. The State of Ohio is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

The State of Ohio is a drug-free workplace which prohibits the use of marijuana (recreational marijuana/non-medical cannabis). Please note, this position may be subject to additional restrictions pursuant to the State of Ohio Drug-Free Workplace Policy (HR-39), and as outlined in the posting.