Financial Analyst

About us

Our mission is to promote positive, lifelong outcomes for Ohio youth through early intervention, quality education, and family support programs. At DCY, we offer our employees a rewarding work experience in public service helping Ohioans achieve a sustainable lifestyle that includes generous benefit options and a flexible work life balance making our agency a great place to work! To learn more about DCY, please visit our website at Department of Children and Youth | Ohio.gov. 

Location Requirements 

DCY’s core hours of operation are Mon-Fri from 8:00am to 5:00pm, however, daily start/end times may vary based on operational need across DCY divisions. Employees may begin as early as 7:00am & as late as 9:00am, based on supervisory approval. This position performs work on-site daily at DCY’s office space. 

In this role, you’ll support the agency’s financial operations by reviewing, processing, and tracking accounting and purchasing transactions in the Ohio Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS). Your work helps ensure agency funds are spent correctly, coded accurately, and in compliance with state and federal rules.

What You’ll Do Day to Day

• Review and analyze accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to ensure accuracy, completeness, and compliance with reporting and procedural standards.
• Examine transactions before they are entered into OAKS, including purchase orders, requisitions, commitments, vouchers, and payment card transactions.
• Encumber funds for agency expenses and track expenditures by the appropriate fund, program, or area.
• Review purchasing and accounting documents submitted by agency staff to confirm all required information and approvals are included.
• Ensure required purchasing documentation (such as applicable government purchasing requirements) is accurate and complete.
• Determine the correct accounting codes for spending requests based on the relationship of the purchase to agency programs and funding sources, including federal funding (FFP).
• Review contracts (e.g., personal service, maintenance, and subsidy contracts) to ensure they comply with DCY, Office of Budget and Management (OBM), and federal rules and regulations.
• Monitor open purchase orders, review monthly activity, prepare monthly balance reports, and advise when balances should be released or adjusted.
• Review and process changes to purchase order coding as needed.

Payment & Transaction Processing

• Process, review, and record expenditure transactions in OAKS.
• Investigate rejected payment card transactions, identify issues, make corrections, and reprocess payments.
• Compare payment card transactions in OAKS to supporting documentation to ensure accuracy.
• Review daily payment card activity for compliance and correctness.
• Check account balances and work with fiscal staff to resolve transaction rejections related to chartfield or coding issues.

Collaboration & Communication

• Work closely with program staff, purchasing staff, cash management, OBM, DAS, vendors, and payment cardholders to resolve issues and ensure timely payment processing.
• Respond to inquiries regarding the status of encumbrances, purchase orders, and payments.
• Assist in resolving problems with encumbering documents, vouchers, and other financial records.

Records Management

• Maintain vendor documentation in OAKS for payment processing.
• Maintain contract files and supporting documentation for audit and compliance purposes.
• Review hard-copy and electronic files to locate missing or incomplete coding information when needed.

Pay Information

Unless required by legislation or union contract, starting salary will be step 1 of the salary range associated with this position. New hires advance to the next step in the range after 6 months and annually thereafter. Based on collective bargaining and legislative activity, there may be cost of living increases awarded annually. Additional longevity supplements begin after 5 years. The current wage progression for this position is in the table below.

Months of Employment

At Hire

6 months

18 months

30 months

42 months

54 Months 

66 Months 

Pay Range

OCSEA/ 30

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

Step 4

Step 5

Step 6 

Step 7 

Hourly

$25.77

$26.76

$27.92

$29.22

$30.55

$31.88

$33.52

Annual

$53,602

$55,661

$58,074

$60,778

$63,544

$66,310

$69,722

Background Check Information

The final candidate selected for the position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.

Status of posted positions

You can check the status of your application online be signing into your profile and clicking the “My Jobpage” tab to view completed submissions and submission details. If you have questions other than your applications status, please direct them to DCY.HumanResources@childrenandyouth.ohio.gov.

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.

30 mos. exp. or 30 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an intermediate level of experience in spreadsheet software. 

-Or completion of undergraduate core program in business administration, accounting, finance or related field; 6 mos. exp. or 6 mos. trg. in accounting &/or finance to include an intermediate level of experience in spreadsheet software. 

-Or 12 mos. exp. as Financial Associate, 66561. 

-Or equivalent of Minimum Class Qualifications for Employment noted above. NOTE: Successful completion of the Fiscal Academy may be substituted for 4 mos. of required accounting/fiscal experience referenced in this portion of the minimum qualifications. 

All answers to the supplemental questions must be supported by the work experience/education provided on your civil service application. Attachments will not be considered as part of your application.

Selection devices such as a structured interview, proficiency instrument, and/or assessment may be required for this position. Applicants must demonstrate proficiency with a passing score of applicable selection device to be considered for this position. Regardless of a passing or failing score, all results will be maintained for 6 months. Applicant with a passing score will be retained and utilized for a 6-month period. Applicant with a failing score in the same position may not re-take the same selection device for a 6-month period.

Travel required, as needed. Must provide own transportation or in order to operate a state vehicle, you must have a valid driver’s license.

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.