Vaccine Access Program Finance Analyst

The Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Public Health Division (PHD), Immunization section in Portland, Oregon has a career opportunity for a Vaccine Access Program Finance Analyst to serve as a fiscal analyst for the Immunization Program with a focus on the Vaccine Access Project (VAP). In collaboration with Program and Section Managers, the finance analyst is responsible for developing, coordinating and analyzing grant budgets, coordinating fiscal operations, and awarding and monitoring of contracts.

This is a full-time, permanent, classified position and is represented by a union.

What you will do!

As the Vaccine Access Program Finance Analyst, you will maintain primary responsibility for the program’s vaccine budget management (~$120M/year). You will be responsible for overseeing a significant amount of funding, managing budget development, preparing financial reports for funding and grants, and monitoring the financial activities of the VAP, in collaboration with the VAP policy analyst. This role involves providing guidance to management and program coordinators on budgeting, managing budgets, and ensuring compliance with state and federal financial regulations and policies.

What we are looking for:
Minimum Qualifications:

• Five years of progressively responsible experience that included the preparation, analysis, and administration of a budget or fiscal system.
  OR
• Five years of professional-level experience in accounting, fiscal auditing, management or program analysis. Experience must have included modeling, forecasting and analyzing fiscal information.
  OR
• Successful completion of the Department of Administrative Services Budget and Management Public Administrative Trainee Program.

Substitutions:

• A Bachelor's Degree in Business, Public or Non-Profit Management, Finance, Accounting or a related degree (such as Public Policy, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics or other analytical or technical degree) may substitute for three (3) years of the required experience.
• A graduate-level degree in any of the above areas may substitute for four (4) of the five (5) years of experience needed.

Desired Attributes:

• Experience in quality improvement processes and project management.
• Experience in or an understanding of emergency management planning concepts and public health systems.
• Experience communicating effectively with federal, regional, local, state, and non-governmental public health and public safety staff, including management and policy-level officials.
• Ability to work under pressure when faced with changing priorities, short timelines, and somewhat abstract direction is necessary.
• Experience in applying a high level of sound, independent judgment in the area of finance and grants management.
• Extensive experience with financial systems and software and an aptitude and ability to query complex databases to extract data needed to build financial reports and documentation.
• Knowledge of principles and practices of governmental finance and budgeting.
• Expert-level knowledge of software to prepare documents for release to the public, including development or revision of documents to formats for electronic transmission, and Microsoft Office Suite (Excel) in order to track, compile, analyze and forecast statistical and financial information.
• Preferred knowledge of Microsoft Project, Adobe Acrobat, html.
• Expertise in performing analysis of complex financial issues, recognizing problems and discrepancies, determining recommendations and proposing actions, and providing clear and accurate feedback to colleagues, partners, and management staff.
• Experience creating, promoting, welcoming, and maintaining a culturally competent and diverse work environment.
• Experience in economics, especially healthcare economics.

Working Conditions:
Working conditions are a combination of in office and remote locations, with full access to needed operating systems and technology in either location. There are times when the work must be conducted in office. The Portland State Office Building is located at 800 NE Oregon Street, Portland, OR 97232.

Monthly Salary: $4,998 - $7,647

Application Deadline: 09/04/2024

The Oregon Health Authority is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to workforce diversity and anti-racism.

How to Apply:

Complete the online application at oregonjobs.org using job number REQ-163933