Interest Bidders: Please have an updated resume ready to submit to the hiring supervisor/manager when requested. *This position is eligible for telework for applicants who reside in Minnesota or in a bordering state, with supervisory approval and satisfactory performance. If you live in a state bordering Minnesota, you must live within 50 miles or less from the primary work location to be eligible for telework.

The Cost Allocation Fiscal Analyst manages the agency-wide processes to charge staff salary costs and allocate administrative costs accurately, timely, and in compliance with federal and state regulations. The incumbent provides consultation, education, and troubleshooting to all Department of Human Services (DHS) divisions regarding federal cost allocation regulations and reporting requirements. Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following: • Serve a leadership role as a cost allocation expert and advisor for the various divisions and programs of the Agency and a team lead of the Budget and Cost Allocation work unit. • Manage the agency-wide supplemental time reporting process including quarterly employee federal certification and bi-weekly time tracking allocation to ensure payroll costs charged to federal awards are accurate, supported by quality supporting documentation, and meet federal requirements. • Lead the agency-wide quarterly cost allocation process to ensure that the federal shares of administrative costs are maximized, calculated, collected, distributed, and reported in compliance with all federal and state regulations. • Maintain Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plan (PACAP) supporting documentation and compile quarterly amendments for submission to the federal Health and Human Services, Cost Allocation Services.

**To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held.** Three (3) years of accounting or professional financial experience leading cost allocation and budget for a work unit. Experience must demonstrate the following: • Working with current cost allocation methodologies and philosophies. • Experience with supplemental time reporting processes. • Analyze financial and statistical data. • Provide training and/or support for financial staff on cost allocation. • Statistical and analysis skills sufficient to conduct financial calculations, trend analysis, and/or determine the appropriate driver of costs. • Familiarity with Statewide Integrated Financial Tools (SWIFT) or similar accounting systems.

• Ability to review and interpret Federal and State policy and regulation. • Maintain detailed process documentation, milestone timelines, and standard operating procedures. • Advanced database and spreadsheet skills used to query data and develop complex formulas. • Ability to direct the work of others and hold them accountable to clear deliverables and timelines. • Abstract and complex reasoning skills to investigate root causes, anticipate downstream consequences, and make connections between disparate data elements. • Outstanding human relations, communications and writing skills sufficient to provide written and verbal instructions and communicate complex financial concepts in plain language. • Ability to adhere to tight deadlines. • Understanding the DHS Cost Allocation Process or DHS Public Assistance Cost Allocation Plan (PACAP). • Variety of experiences working effectively with others from different backgrounds and cultures.