ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

BUSINESS OPERATIONS SPECIALIST

(BUDGET ANALYST SENIOR)

Job Location:

Address:

Financial Services Division
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary:  $70,200.00 - $78,000.00

Grade: 22

Closing Date: 03/11/2025

Job Summary:

Are you an expert in governmental accounting and budgeting? Do you have a degree in Business Administration? Join our team of expert financial professionals. This is the next step in your career. Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking a senior-level Business Operations specialist who assists in the allocation and monitoring of the agency’s $1.6 billion annual budget. Monitors the agency’s financial activity and meets regularly with Assistant Directors or designees to inform them of their divisions’ status of funds including allocated budget, year-to-date expenditures and encumbrances, unobligated resources, utilization rates, risks, variances, and overages/shortfalls. Advises on agency-specific Chart of Account (COA) elements. Ensures that expenditures are transacted in accordance with legislative intent in the Operating Lump Appropriation and the Special Line Item appropriations. Processes financial transactions for goods or services that benefit the entire agency. Identifies and researches issues with financial transactions and suggests solutions to the Budget Administrator, the Assistant Director of Financial Services and other agency stakeholders.

Job Duties:

- Processes, reviews and approves/rejects transactions in the Arizona Procurement Portal (APP), the e-Procurement system for suppliers and State Agencies to conduct procurement business, and AZ360 FIN, the State of Arizona’s financial system of record
- Acts as Budget Liaison to all ADCRR Complexes' Business Offices and Central Office's division offices as Subject Matter Expert (SME) addressing financial and procurement issues
- Establishes and implements procedures, best practices and work methods (Standard Work)
- Develops and improves financial and program reports to provide upper management with timely reports; as well as queries detailing findings and recommendations
- Analyzes costs for centralized "Agency Support" allocation, divisions’ lump sum appropriation, agency’s Capital Appropriations and other funds
- Reviews, confirms, and advises the various Divisions on their proper allocation of resources, funding sources, appropriation sourcing, timely processing of invoices and accurate coding
- Attends required training and meetings
- Meets with the Assistant Directors and/or their designees advising them of their status of funds and other business-related activities
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- General accepted accounting principles
- Principles of financial, managerial, and fund accounting
- Budget preparation and enforcement
- State of Arizona procurement and accounting statutes, rules, regulations, and methods
- Management and planning practices, legislative processes
- State and Federal laws, rules, and regulations
- Computers and various software applications (Google Suite and Microsoft Office)
- Principles of effective management and supervision

Skill in:
- Problem-solving and resolution techniques
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Verbal and written communication
- Public speaking
- Budget preparation, planning and calculating

Ability to:
- Work with consistency and impartiality
- Establish priorities and meet deadlines and objectives
- Effectively use equipment and