The Office of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) is the State Education Agency for the District of Columbia charged with raising the quality of education for all DC residents. OSSE is focused on sustaining, accelerating, and deepening the progress being made for the District’s 90,000+ students. OSSE serves as the District’s liaison to the U.S. Department of Education and works closely with the District’s 470+ early childhood facilities, 250+ schools, 60+ local education agencies (including DCPS and charter organizations), and community-based organizations to provide critical programming and resources to our stakeholders. 

OSSE’s Business Operations division provides and facilitates a wide array of services for both agency employees and external customers, including building and facility management, the resolution of parental disputes involving residency status and special education hearings, grants management and compliance oversight, coordination and oversight of the District’s annual enrollment audit, management of residency investigations, and formulation for and implementation of agency-wide budget and finance activities. 

The Financial Analyst Position is an integral part of the Office of Budget and Finance (Budget OPS) team. Budget OPS is OSSE’s centralized budget team tasked with successful coordination and execution of Budget Formulation, Budget Execution, Budget Monitoring, and Budget Close-out the Financial Analyst role will serve as the Fiscal Lead for an assigned division and manage other assigned special projects. 

Specific functions of the Financial Analyst include: 

• Provides Fiscal management to support overall division Budget Monitoring and implementation. 
• Develops and maintains budget reports, and regularly communicates with division leadership.  
• Collaborates with OSSE’s financial and leadership teams to support budget development, procurement services, expenditures monitoring, budget and fiscal control assessment, shortfall forecasting, cost-benefit analyses, policy proposals, and administration of grant programs. 

Key qualifications for the role include: 

• Comprehensive knowledge of accounting principles, procurement laws, and allowability/obligation/use requirements that govern public finance processes and federal grant programs. 
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills. 
• Expert-level Excel skills, including creating VLOOKUP formulas and pivot tables. Knowledge of District government financial systems, including DIFS, SOAR, PASS, and CFO$olve. 

Our ideal candidate will also have: 

• Superior resource and project management skills. 
• Excellent problem-solving, planning, and strategic thinking skills. 
• Positive and flexible attitude working in an environment where priorities and responsibilities are continuously recalibrated. 

Interested applicants should register for the OSSE Hiring Fair.