Requisition No: 826803 

Agency: Department of Corrections

Working Title: FDC- SENIOR PROGRAM ANALYST - 70042253 - CENTRAL OFFICE

 Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 70042253 

Salary: $82,987.32 annually 

Posting Closing Date: 04/15/2024 

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***OPEN COMPETITIVE ADVERTISEMENT***

Senior Program Analyst – 70042253

This advertisement is for a Career Service position located at Central Office in the Office of Information Technology.

Salary Rate: $82,987.32 annually

SALARY WILL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CURRENT PAY POLICY.

SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

This position reports to the Deputy CIO of the Office of Information Technology. In addition to the responsibilities listed below, this position will serve as the primary point of contact between the Office of Information Technology and the Office of Financial Management. The working title shall be IT Budget Analyst.

• Prepare and manage IT spend plan for Office of the CIO
• Track IT spending and record information to deliver weekly, monthly, quarterly, and yearly reports of spending progress towards goals.
• Forecast recurring cost for monthly IT services.
• Prepare LBR Schedule IV-B and clearly present supporting documents n easy to read format for executives and legislative staff members.
• Assign and collect LBR Schedule IV-B content from team members and identify tangible benefit savings that are measurable and reportable.
• Perform cost benefit analysis to calculate return on investment.
• Prepare cost estimates for future IT projects and assist agency directors with estimates for IT costs that are part of IT LBRs.
• Assist the IT purchasing team and the project management team within the Office of Information Technology by reviewing IT project spend plans and large quotes for IT products and services.
• Provide guidance for preparing, tracking, and reporting expenditures for IT projects.
• Review and recommend IT lifecycle costs for quotes requested by agency directors.
• Review of vendor proposals for calculation of Total Cost of Ownership and identify missing components of the proposals.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to understand budget request from the technical IT staff and translate into plain language the requests when commination with the accounting and budget staff.
• Ability to translate complex IT budget strategies into easy to understand graphical presentations.
• Detailed knowledge of IT purchase components including products and services with understanding of state budget categories for expense, OCO, and contracted services.
• Ability to arrange spending request into easy-to-read summaries with supporting documentation when needed.
• Ability to read and understand vendor proposals for delivert of IT products and services; and translate payment schedules into formats used for spend plan tracking and MFMP purchasing.
• Ability to reconcile invoices against spend plans and contract deliverable payment schedules
• Expert Micorsoft Excel skills with working knowledge and the baility to apply knowlegde to scenarios using pivot tables, conditional formatting, and formula such as, SUMIF, VLOOKUP, IF, SUBTOTAL, COUNTIF, VALUE, NETWORKDAYS.
• Ability to collect and analyse data using logical formulas and data analysis tools

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Please note, when submitting a college/university degree, if selected for this position official transcripts will be required.

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience tracking, forecasting, and reporting IT expenditures
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience preparing LBR Schedule IV-B and answering questions from legislative staff members
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience performing cost benefit analyst for IT projects
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience preparing IT lifecycle costs calculations and reports
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience reviewing IT proposals to identify missing IT components and calculating Total Cost of Ownership

Support of knowledge, skills, and abilities should be demonstrated on the application, in the education, in the work experience, in the work sample, in the interview and/or during reference checks.

If you are interested in this position and meet the above indicated qualification and have the desired education, knowledge and experience, please submit a State of Florida Application and resume through the People First system. If you experience problems applying on-line, please call the People First Service Center at 1-877-562-7287.

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the closing date.

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

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.