Government Operations Consultant III - 37021032

Government Operations Consultant III - 37021032

This Government Operations Consultant III position is in the Florida Planning, Accounting, and Ledger Management (PALM) Unit of the Bureau of Finance and Accounting, under the Division of Administrative Services. This position is responsible for assisting the Division of Administrative Services with department transition activities in the implementation of the State of Florida financial management system. Coordinates with administrative services, technical, and program area staff in the analysis, design, and development of updated procedures, policies, and business systems to support the agency's implementation of the State's enterprise-wide financial management solution.

Responsibilities include:

• Assisting the Division of Administrative Services with department transition activities in the implementation of the State of Florida financial management system. Coordinates with administrative services, technical, and program area staff in the analysis, design, and development of updated procedures, policies, and business systems to support the agency's implementation of the State's enterprise-wide financial management solution.
• Gathering documents and analyzing current DEP business design information. Meets with program areas, systems owners, and end users to define business, financial, and operations requirements.
• Reviewing, analyzing, and documenting the financial management system business requirements. Facilitates the review of research and analysis of existing processes. Develops strategies for the transition to the State's enterprise-wide financial management solution. Coordinates with the program areas for the design, training, and implementation of the State's enterprise-wide financial management solutions for business processes and requirements for the agency.
• Assisting in the business process redesign and documentation, as needed.
• Working on special assignments/projects and other related duties as assigned.

Required knowledge, skills, and abilities include: knowledge of basic financial principles and practices, the methods of data collection and analysis; ability to determine work priorities and ensure proper completion of work assignments; communicate effectively verbally and written; establish and maintain effective working relationships with others; formulate policies and procedures; understand and apply applicable rules, regulations, policies and procedures relating to operational and management analysis activities; organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written material; collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations; solve problems; document work and other activities relating to the improvement of operational and management practices; conduct fact finding research; work independently and collaboratively in a team; solve problems and make decisions.

Minimum qualifications include at least four years of verifiable related experience. Post-secondary degrees may be used as an alternative for the required years of experience on a year-for-year basis. A credential evaluation report from an approved agency must be submitted along with all foreign degrees. Successful completion of a background and fingerprint check is required.

Preferred qualifications include strong data analysis skills, ability to work independently as well as collaboratively with cross-functional teams, experience in organizational change management, experience with financial analysis, experience documenting test scenarios, cases and scripts, experience with facilitation techniques to elicit business requirements and drive customer communications, ability to be creative, to use sound judgment, and to display foresight to identify potential problems and design/specifications, experience with the PALM project or a PeopleSoft financials implementation, experience using the FLAIR system.

This position is hiring at $57,000.00 per year.

The Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is the state's lead agency for environmental management and stewardship - protecting our air, water and land. The vision of DEP is to advance Florida's position as a world leader in protecting natural resources while growing the state's economy. DEP encourages its leaders to constantly innovate and seek efficiencies. We believe in supporting and encouraging you as you take on important and often complex projects while offering you the opportunity to gain valuable experience quickly.

This position is located in Tallahassee, Florida.

The benefits of working for the State of Florida include annual and sick leave benefits; nine paid holidays and one personal holiday each year; state group insurance coverage options, including health, life, dental, vision, and other supplemental insurance options; retirement plan options, including employer contributions; tuition waivers; and more! For a complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

DEP is committed to successfully recruiting and onboarding talented and skilled individuals into its workforce. Veterans and individuals with disabilities are encouraged to contact our recruiter for guidance and answers to questions through the following email addresses: HR_VeteransPreference@dep.state.fl.us or HR_Recruitment@FloridaDEP.gov.