Financial Analyst

Overview

Advance your career with this exciting opportunity as a Financial Analyst at El Paso County Public Health!
In this important role, you will support the agency’s financial operations, helping to maintain the fiscal health of vital public health programs while contributing to long-term strategic initiatives.

Key responsibilities include:

Budget Support: Assist in the development, implementation, and monitoring of department budgets, ensuring alignment with organizational goals.
Financial Analysis: Manage and analyze complex funding streams, including grants and county allocations, to optimize resource utilization and maintain compliance.
Cross-Department Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams and external partners to provide financial insights and support budgetary needs.
Problem Solving: Apply data-driven analysis to address financial challenges and support decision-making processes.
As a member of the Finance Team, your work will play a crucial role in shaping the agency’s financial strategies and supporting public health initiatives across the county. This is a unique opportunity to grow your career while making a real impact. APPLY TODAY!

Hiring Range: $75,000.00 – $83,000.00 Annually

This position has an anticipated work schedule of Monday – Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm, subject to change.
Under FLSA guidelines, this position is exempt.

Please be advised this position may close without advance notice, should we receive a sufficient number of qualified applications.

This position Performs complex financial analyses and recommends actions to understand and optimize the cost of services. Manages financial data and analyzes, summarizes, and interprets results and provides past, current, and future status of finances. Performs a variety of functions, which may include but are not limited to analysis of data received for compliance with GAAP, GASB, Federal, State, and Local policies and procedures. Tracks inventory, projects, assets, and Federal, State, and Grantor reimbursements. Develops presentations, reports, executive summaries, and other written materials.

Essential Duties/Responsibilities
Performs complex financial analysis to inform strategic decisions. Proactively and independently identifies opportunities for cost savings and increased value.
Collaborates with leadership and staff to develop and maintain procedures and methods for recording costs of services (labor, contracted services, inventory transactions), ensuring accuracy and efficiency.
Seeks understanding of the cost of current and proposed services; analyzes, identifies, and makes recommendations for cost optimization opportunities.
Audits expenditures, outstanding encumbrances, and revenues for each budget and reconciles with the County Finance system expenditure and revenue summaries.
Actively contributes to improvement projects and initiatives, including analysis of service costs, project costs, and cost accounting; applies Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) effectively and accurately.
Validates and reviews proposed savings. Follows up and monitors progress against cost-saving targets.
Partners with leadership and staff to manage and report costs. Builds, compiles, and distributes financial reports. Produces reports and ensures the accuracy of reporting to necessary stakeholders to maximize funding and reimbursement to the County.
Ensures compliance with County policies, accounting standards, and costing best practices.
Participates in business planning; works with leadership to develop new service costing in accordance with costing best practices.
Prepares and presents audit reports, cost of services, and budget versus actual reports.
Prepares and presents audit reports, cost of services, encumbrances, and budget versus actual reports.
Tracks projects through the appropriate systems. Analyzes job costs, ensuring all job cost codes and accounts are used correctly.
Participates in procurement processes, including solicitations.
May participate in process improvement initiatives and activities.
Performs other duties as required.

Supervision Exercised: This classification does not have supervisory authority; however, may be required to provide expertise or limited guidance or direction to employees, such as overseeing work quality, training, and guidance. Typically serves as a subject matter expert on the scope of functional area.

Supervision Received: Receives general supervision. This classification typically performs job duties by following established standard operating procedures and/or policies. Regular direction, guidance, and coaching from supervisor may be expected. There is a choice of the appropriate procedure or policy to apply to duties. Performance reviewed periodically.

Qualifications
Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Knowledge of accounting and budgeting principles and practices as well as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB).
Knowledge of grant accounting and projects with federal and state funding requirements.
Knowledge of governmental procurement practices and procedures, including the ability to prepare specifications and facilitate the process for formal and informal procurement solicitations.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Strong analytical skills to interpret and evaluate various methodologies and associated data.
Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgment, and work under pressure at multiple tasks. Ability to efficiently plan, schedule, and organize.
Ability to provide accurate information and possess a high level of attention to detail.
Ability to produce timely and accurate reports; ability to make correct mathematical calculations.
Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing. Ability to prepare clear and concise reports, spreadsheets, charts, graphs, and presentations. Ability to provide accurate and detailed information.
Ability to work effectively with others; ability to provide excellent customer service.
Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Required Education & Experience

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field.  *Four years of related professional experience may substitute for the required degree.
Three years of accounting, cost accounting, or related finance experience.

Preferred Education & Experience

Experience in accounting, cost accounting, or service costing in a government setting.
Experience in government purchasing methods, including RFQ, RFI, RFP, IFB, and contracting.

Pre-Employment Requirements  Must pass conditional post offer background investigation and drug screen.