LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ANALYST (BUSINESS ANALYTICS SPECIALIST)

Baton Rouge, LA Other
POSTED ON 5/7/2024
The Division of Administration/Office of Group Benefits has a vacancy.  This job title has an assigned pay grade of AS-620. 
 
This vacancy will be filled by promotion of a current permanent status State of Louisiana employee.  A permanent status employee may be required to serve a new probationary period in lieu of promotion.      

Louisiana is a "State as a Model Employer" for People with Disabilities.  
 
 A criminal history check may be conducted on all new hires as well as employees changing positions including promotions, demotions, details, reassignments and transfers.  Also, prospective employees may be subject to pre-employment drug testing.  New hires will be subject to employment eligibility verification via the federal government's E-verify system.
 
No Civil Service test score is required in order to be considered for this vacancy.
 
To apply for this vacancy, click on the “Apply” link above and complete an electronic application which can be used for this vacancy as well as future job opportunities.  Applicants are responsible for checking the status of their application to determine where they are in the recruitment process. Further status message information is located under the information section of the Current Job Opportunities page.  
 
Resumes WILL NOT be accepted in lieu of completed education and experience sections on your application.   Applications may be rejected if incomplete.

 Applicants qualifying based on college training or receipt of a baccalaureate degree will be required to submit an official college transcript to verify credentials claimed prior to appointment. Please make every effort to attach a copy of your transcript to your application. The transcripts can be added as an attachment to your online application or faxed to (225) 219-1041. The selected candidate will be required to submit original documentation upon hire.
 
 For further information about this posting, please contact:
 Erica R. Gay
 HR Specialist
 Division of Administration/Office of Human Resources
 email: Erica.Gay@la.gov       
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
A baccalaureate degree plus three years of professional level experience in accounting; budgeting; contracts; economics; engineering; finance; financial auditing; grants; human resources; information technology; management analysis; operational auditing; policy planning; procurement; social services; statistical analysis; tax collections; or tax enforcement.
 
SUBSTITUTIONS:
Six years of full-time work experience in any field will substitute for the required baccalaureate degree.
 
Candidates without a baccalaureate degree may combine work experience and college credit to substitute for the baccalaureate degree as follows:
 
A maximum of 120 semester hours may be combined with experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
 
30 to 59 semester hours credit will substitute for one year of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
60 to 89 semester hours credit will substitute for two years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
90 to 119 semester hours credit will substitute for three years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
120 or more semester hours credit will substitute for four years of experience towards the baccalaureate degree.
 
College credit earned without obtaining a baccalaureate degree will substitute for a maximum of four years full-time work experience towards the baccalaureate degree. Candidates with 120 or more semester hours of credit, but without a degree, must also have at least two years of full-time work experience to substitute for the baccalaureate degree.
 
A master's degree in accounting, business administration, economics, engineering, finance, industrial/organizational psychology, human resources, political science, public administration, social work, statistics, computer science, management information systems (MIS), quantitative business analysis--computer science, information systems and decision sciences, or computer information systems will substitute for one year of the required experience.
 
A Ph.D. in accounting, business administration, economics, engineering, finance, industrial/organizational psychology, human resources, political science, public administration, social work, statistics, computer science, management information systems (MIS), quantitative business analysis--computer science, information systems and decision sciences, or computer information systems will substitute for two years of the required experience.
 
NOTE:
Advanced degrees will substitute for a maximum of two years of the required experience.
 
NOTE
Any college hours or degree must be from an accredited college or university.
 
NOTE:
An advanced degree in social work must be from a school accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, 1701 Duke Street, Suite 200, Alexandria, VA 22314.
FUNCTION OF WORK:
To lead the initiative to improve efficiency and effectiveness of key processes within the organization and across organizational divisions and operating groups, via a process analysis and improvement driven approach. To determine the effectiveness of programs and develop recommendations to improve or resolve substantive problems that affect agency services.
 
LEVEL OF WORK:
Advanced.
 
SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
General from higher-level administrator.
 
SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
Functional and/or direct, as required by specific assignments, over any agency employee.
 
LOCATION OF WORK:
Statewide.
 
JOB DISTINCTIONS:
None.Assist the Group Benefits Administrator as they oversee all financial operations of the agency. Examples of duties include preparing monthly and annual accrual and cash-basis financial reports, updating analysis reports/charts monthly with accrual financial data and actuarial projections as received; running monthly premium and contribution billing reports in Discoverer and providing them to OGB’s actuary and to the Division of Administration Office of Finance and Support Services (“DOA-OFSS”) Financial Reporting section; and calculating on a quarterly and annual basis OGB’s annually established performance indicator values for reporting to DOA-OFSS Budget section.

Perform high-level monitoring of legislation affecting the agency. Tracks day-to-day progress of bills and advises the Group Benefits Administrator, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer, and other OGB staff as needed of hearing dates and positions of the Legislators and lobbyists on issues. As directed, assist in the development of reports, charts, hand-outs, and visual presentations for use in legislative and/or public meetings. Perform research in response to questions on the programmatic and/or financial impact to the agency of proposed legislation.

Assist the Group Benefits Administrator as they work with both internal and external auditors during observance, testing, comparison and confirmation that financial processes and documents are within accepted standards. Examples of duties include collaborating with OGB, OTS, and DOA-OFSS staff to update to agency policies and procedures, and collect requested documents and data files, in response to auditor requests.


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