Cost Estimation Engineer jobs in Lacey, WA

Job Title: Cost Allocation Management Analyst 4 (MA4)
Location: Olympia, WA -This position is fulltime/flexible/hybrid - The first 6 months the incumbent will be required to be in office daily for training.
Closing: April 21st, 2024
Salary: $5,479 - $7,368 Monthly

Love data and looking for a new challenge? We're looking for a Cost Allocation Management Analyst (MA4) to join our team! This position manages the federally required expenditure reports, automated cost allocation plans, grants management activities, and cost allocation. This position works closely with Programs, Budget, and Accounting staff to ensure costs are appropriately spent.

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The Opportunity:
As a Cost Allocation Management Analyst, you will be responsible for oversight of federal reimbursement dollars to ensure funding for Child Welfare programs, Early Learning programs, that provide services for eligible children and families in Washington State.

This position also provides professional analysis, technical and program support, and coordinates efforts across programs and grants staff. This position will ensure the accurate cost allocation and transfer of federal, proviso, and local funds aligns with federal law, grant requirements, state laws, and agency contract requirements.

Some of what you will get to do:

• Research, analyze, and monitor financial expenditures for assigned grants to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and accounting principles. This includes analysis of agency expenditures to ensure federal draws are in compliance with grant terms and conditions.
• Manage and maintain the automated cost allocation plan for assigned grants.
• Complete federal reporting and federal claims for assigned grants within applicable federal systems.
• Establish and maintain account coding to ensure tracking of federal grants with the Assistance Listings Number (formerly CFDA number) for both revenue and expenditures.

Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor's degree, in accounting, auditing, or budgeting and four (4) years of relevant professional experience. Professional experience may substitute year for year for education.

In addition to those required qualifications, our ideal applicant will also have some or all of the following:

• Knowledge of federal funding regulations, requirements, and procedures.
• Knowledge of state rules, regulations, and laws.
• Knowledge of the state legislative process and how it plays into an agency's budget and funding levels.
• Program management skills including working as a team to resolve problems effectively and efficiently to achieve the agency's goals and mission.
• Knowledge about state and federal child welfare and child care programs and their impact on federal funding. Ability to interpret results of program funding evaluation via research and apply results to maximize federal funding.
• Ability to effectively operate a personal computer and software such as Microsoft Office Suite.

How do I apply?
In addition to completing the online application, applicants must attach the following documents to their profile in order to be considered for this position:

• Letter of interest describing how you meet the specific qualifications for this position.
• Current resume detailing experience and education.

Supplemental Information:
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington’s children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving. We invite all candidates to join us in our mission to create a diverse and equitable workplace that reflects the communities we serve. If you are excited about this role but you believe that your education and/or experience might not align perfectly with every qualification in the job posting, we encourage you to apply anyway.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, race, creed, color, national origin, honorably discharged veteran or military status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability or the use of a trained service animal by a person with a disability.

This recruitment may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

This position required a valid unrestricted (other than corrective lenses driver's license.

This position is included in the supervisory bargaining unit represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE). For more information: https://wfse.org/.

If you have any questions pertaining to this recruitment or if you If you would like to request need an accommodation throughout the application/interview process, contact Veronica Jones (Talent Acquisition Specialist) at veronica.jones@dcyf.wa.gov. If you're experiencing technical difficulties creating, accessing or completing your application, call NEOGOV toll-free at (855) 524-5627 or email support@neogov.com.

Persons needing accommodation in the application process or this announcement in an alternative format may call (360) 902-2276 or the Telecommunications Device for the Deaf (TDD) at (800) 833-6388.

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