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Requisition No: 881456
Agency: Financial Services
Working Title: GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 43001769
Pay Plan: Career Service
Position Number: 43001769
Salary: $56,452.33
Posting Closing Date: 08/27/2026
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*****OPEN COMPETITIVE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY*****
CLASS TITLE: GOVERNMENT ANALYST II
DIVISION: ACCOUNTING AND AUDITING
BUREAU: FINANCIAL REPORTING
CITY: TALLAHASSEE
COUNTY: LEON
High school diploma or its equivalent is required.
Additional requirements:

• Two (2) years of experience in accounting and/or auditing financial data.
• Two (2) years of experience analyzing information in a structured format, utilizing traditional and/or computer-based tools for data analysis.
• Experience working with governmental accounting records.
• Experience with accounting data reconciliation.

Preferences:

• Bachelor's degree in accounting or other business major.
• Experience conducting reviews of financial reports for government entities and affiliates.
• Experience using Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
• Experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Minimum Qualifications for this position include the following REQUIRED ENTRY LEVEL KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles. Knowledge of governmental accounting standards. Knowledge of accounting systems. Knowledge of methods for collecting, compiling, and analyzing accounting data. Ability to utilize automated spreadsheet applications. Ability to collect, evaluate, analyze, and interpret data to develop alternative recommendations and solve problems. Ability to organize data into a logical format for presentation in reports, documents, and other written materials. Ability to plan, organize, and coordinate work assignments. Ability to conduct fact-finding research. Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques. Ability to research, interpret, and apply Florida Statutes, laws, and rules. Knowledge of Microsoft Office. Ability to work independently. Ability to communicate effectively. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
SPECIAL NOTES:
This position requires 40 hours a week, Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. schedule.
All work is done in the office. Telework, remote options, or flexible schedule variations are not allowed.
This position requires a security background check, including fingerprint as a condition of employment.
Employees of the Department of Financial Services are paid on a monthly pay cycle.
Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES:
Perform analyses and reconciliations for accounting, financial reporting, and oversight. Responsible for accounting data collection, review, and compilation of required financial reports; including the Annual December 1st report of Revenues, Expenditures, and Long-Term Debt, the Annual Statement of Certain Revenues and Expenditures for court reporting, the quarterly Assessment of Additional Court Costs and Charges, and the Non-Compliant Entities Report. Prepare guidance for external and internal parties, including accounting manuals, memorandums, manuals, job-aids, and presentations. Serve as instructor for training and workshops. Lead meetings with internal and external parties related to accounting topics. Serve as a subject matter expert on behalf of the Bureau or Division with other parties for accounting and policy matters. Assist Bureau management in developing proposals for updates to the Florida Administrative Code and Florida Statutes. Update procedures, checklists, templates, and accounting data collection forms annually as part of process improvement and updates for law, policy, and other changes.
Lead the local government team in the Annual Financial Report (AFR) review process. Ensure proper follow-up attempts to receive information from local governments. Coach, mentor, and provide guidance to team members when necessary. Assist in reviewing and reconciling the Clerk of Courts Reports section 939.185, F.S. and section 29.0085, F.S. Responsible for reviewing legislation to identify court-related program updates required for the court-related programs list maintained in LOGERx. Analyzing Legislation Bills for effect on the Bureau.
Serve as liaison to the Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, the Special District Accountability Program at the Florida Department of Commerce, and the Florida Auditor General's Office for matters related to Local Governments or other related audits.
Responsible for compilation of reports to satisfy data requests and public records requests. Serve as liaison for technical issues with the system used to maintain the local government data, such as LOGERx.
Assist in the development of accounting policies that will apply to all local governmental entities, as well as the promulgation of administrative rules, Chief Financial Officer memoranda, responses to the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, and other communications representing the Chief Financial Officer.
Assist with special projects in the Bureau of Financial Reporting and perform other related duties as assigned.
If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be canceled, suspended, or deemed ineligible depending upon the date of your retirement.
Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.
The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.
VETERANS' PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans' Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans' Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans' Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here. All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.
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