Management Analyst 5 (MA5)

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) mission is to protect children and strengthen families, so they flourish. To succeed in that mission requires funding from a variety of sources, each of which carries its own requirements. As the result of a multi-million-dollar, multi-year Child Welfare IT system replacement effort, this Management Analyst 5 will ensure that DCYF is in compliance with the Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System funding allotments and meeting all necessary reporting requirements through a variety of tasks focused on quality assurance and process control.

• Develop reports to isolate specific transactions related to CCWIS and FamLink systems to process transaction level journal vouchers to appropriate fund sources as a part of the grants management process.
• Review data sets from the budget unit to ensure transactional level data links to the transactions in the Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS) as required.
• Work collaboratively with Programs, Budget, Accounting, and other stakeholders to prepare comprehensive reports, summaries, recommendations, and development of financial reports.
• Research, analyze and monitor financial expenditures for assigned grants to ensure compliance with federal and state laws, regulations, and accounting principles.
• Utilize proper accounting procedures and methods in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Work with the assigned budget analyst to ensure corrections to funding are accurately reflected in the financial data.
• Verify expenditures are in accordance with federal regulations, budgetary constraints, and proper period of availability.
• Analyze allowable fund utilization to anticipate future account coding changes that will be necessary to optimize available funding.
• Remain up to date on current federal and state rules and impacts to available programmatic funding streams.

• Equivalent combination of education and experience totaling nine (9) years in the listed area.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, public administration, or a related field, AND five (5) years of demonstrated experience in two (2) or more of the following areas: Analyzing policies, laws, rules and regulations; Managing business policy development; Working with multiple federal funding sources; Working with a complex, regulatory environment; Conducting business analysis and developing requirements

• Salary
• Benefits
• Vacation (Annual Leave)
• Sick Leave
• Holidays
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness
• Dependent care assistance
• Other insurance coverage for auto, boat, home, and renter insurance
• Washington State Employee Assistance Program
• Retirement and Deferred Compensation
• Social Security
• Employee benefits are not just about the kind of services you get, they are also about how much you may have to pay out of pocket

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.