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Financial Analyst 9-P11 (Trainee)

Salary

$24.19 - $39.33 Hourly

Location

Lansing, MI

Job Type

Permanent Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

2701-25-12-10

Department

Treasury

Opening Date

06/06/2025

Closing Date

6/22/2025 11:59 PM Eastern

Bargaining Unit

NON-EXCLUSIVE REPRESENTED EMPLOYEE (NERE)

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Job Description

**This position offers a $2,500 signing bonus for eligible candidates. **

Are you looking for a career that offers support and resources for continuous learning, a culture that promotes and rewards teamwork and initiative, and a positive work environment that allows you to help others? If so, then Treasury's Financial Services Division is also looking for you!

This position assists in maintaining State agencies’ compliance with the statewide cash receipting credit/debit card contract and Payment Card Industry (PCI) security requirements used by all state agencies. This person works with agencies to implement and operate credit card programs, estimates costs, completes merchant and bank documents with agencies, and maintaining agencies’ compliance with credit card merchant’s rules. This person assists with researching and analyzing credit card charges, credit card reporting, and agencies with problems associated with processing credit/debit card transactions. This person assists with the ACH revenue program. In performing these duties, the position is responsible for promoting and maintaining an environment conducive to continuous quality improvement and for encouraging ideas, input, respect, and teamwork.

Our culture is driven by excellent customer service, continuous improvement, diversity, inclusion, and employee development. If you value these characteristics and enjoy working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment that offers a great work-life balance, we encourage you to apply!

View the full position description here:Financial Analyst 9-P11 (Trainee) (https://MCSC.state.mi.us/AgencyPDFs/PDReport - 2025-06-06T142824.038.pdf)

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Required Education and Experience

Education

Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics.

Experience

Note: A position is considered professional if the job requires a bachelor's degree. Qualifying 'professional experience' is only taken into consideration post-bachelor's degree.

Financial Analyst 9

No specific type or amount is required.

Financial Analyst 10

One year of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst 9.

Financial Analyst P11

Two years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10.

Alternate Education and Experience

Alternate Education and Experience

Financial Analyst (Departmental Trainee) 9

Educational level typically acquired through completion of high school and two years of experience as an Accounting Technician E9 and/or 10, Account Examiner E10 and/or 11, Account Examiner Supervisor 12, or Office Supervisor 9-10 (with the bookkeeping subclass code); or, one year of experience as an Account Examiner Supervisor 13, or Office Supervisor 11-12 (with the bookkeeping subclass code).

Educational Substitution

College credits may be substituted on a proportional basis (one year of college education may substitute for one quarter of the required experience) for up to one half of the required experience.

Additional Requirements and Information

Special Requirements, Licenses, and Certification

Please attach a cover letter, detailed resume, and a copy of your OFFICIAL college transcript(s) to your application.(Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

Please attach, in one-page or less, your response to the following question: Describe a project or research assignment that you were assigned to work on that required timely and accurate follow-up. Detail the steps you took to complete the project or research assignment, the follow-up, and the result of the project or research assignment.

Fingerprinting Sub-class . Positions assigned subclass codes and individuals appointed must possess the required specialized experience. This position has a FTINPRINT sub-class code. The sub-class code indicates the position has access to Federal Tax Information (FTI) and requires passing of a fingerprint-based background check per IRS Publication 1075.

PLEASE NOTE: New State of Michigan employees, new to the Financial Analyst classification will receive a one-time signing bonus of $2,500.

The bonus will be paid out as $1,250 gross pay adjustment on the employee's first pay warrant and the remaining $1,250 will be paid upon completion of one year (2,080 hours) of satisfactory service. If the employee leaves within one year of the appointment, they will be required to pay back the entire bonus. Current career employees are ineligible.

Official Transcripts. For our purposes, "official college transcripts" must contain the college/university name and address, the degree conferred, and date granted, coursework completed (especially if no degree granted), the Registrar's signature and/or seal, and must be recognized by the Council on Higher Education Accreditation (https://www.chea.org/search-institutions) (CHEA). A scanned or electronic copy is acceptable, as long as it contains the elements listed above.

Foreign Transcripts. Applicants who possess a degree from a foreign college or university must have their academic credentials evaluated or converted into U.S. educational equivalents unless the degree has been recognized byCHEA (https://www.chea.org/search-institutions) . Go to evaluators (https://www.naces.org/members) for a list of accepted organizations that evaluate foreign credentials. Failure to provide this evaluation at the time of application may result in you being screened out of the process.

Remote Work. This position is eligible to work remotely on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays, and must work onsite Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Selected candidate must have a safe and appropriate designated workspace or workstation for performance of work and secure and sufficient internet access of commercial cable or wireless broadband with minimum speeds of 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.

Work must be performed in the state of Michigan. If you currently reside outside of Michigan, you must relocate to Michigan to perform the duties of this position prior tobeing appointed to the position. Relocation expenses are not reimbursed.

E-Verify. The Michigan Department of Treasury participates in E-Verify (https://www.e-verify.gov/employees/employee-rights-and-responsibilities) and will provide the federal government with your form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

Interviews. Interviews may occur virtually using Microsoft Teams. No prior experience with Teams is necessary. Instructions and tips will be provided to all candidates scheduled for an interview using Microsoft Teams.

Note: Your application for this position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results; however, all applicants can view their application status in their NEOGOV profile.

View the job specification at:https://www.michigan.gov/mdcs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdcs/JOBSPECS/F/FinancialAnalyst.pdf

The Michigan Department of Treasury is proud to be recognized at the Gold Level as a Veteran-Friendly Employer.

Accommodations

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact theADA coordinator (https://www.michigan.gov/ose/-/media/Project/Websites/ose/Contact/RACs.pdf) for the agency that posted this position vacancy.

State employment also offers rewarding careers where you can help Michiganders enjoy better lives. Many State of Michigan jobs offer alternate work schedules and remote-work options that can help give the flexibility you need. The State of Michigan has been recognized as a leading U.S. employer by new graduates from 2021-2023 and a best large U.S. and state employer. Recognized on the international stage for fostering positive employee engagement, the State of Michigan is a past recipient of a North America Government Agency Employees Engagement Award.

More details on benefits for our new hires are below:

Rewarding Work:State of Michigan jobs allow you to serve Michiganders in many different ways depending on your interests and skills. Help preserve and protect our environment and the public health; enforce state laws and regulations; advocate for children, families, and victims of discrimination; support our state’s military and veterans; rebuild our state’s infrastructure; or support other state agencies through our fiscal, IT, and HR systems.

Insurance Benefits:The State of Michigan offers health, mental health, dental, and vision insurance to eligible career employees, their spouses, and their children. The state also covers a life-insurance benefit of two times employees’ annual salary (up to $200,000). The state also offers long-term-disability insurance that can provide continuing benefits if an injury or illness prevents employees from working. More information is available at www.mi.gov/employeebenefits.

Retirement Programs:The State of Michigan offers 401(k) and 457 plans for new hires to save for retirement. The state will automatically contribute an amount equal to 4% of your pay to a 401(k) account. The state will also match up to 5% of your pay if you contribute to your 401(k) account. Your contributions vest immediately, and the state’s contributions fully vest after just 4 years. More information is available athttp://www.mi.gov/orsstatedc.

Vacation and Sick Leave:Eligible full-time employees receive between15 and 35 personal daysand 13 sick daysper year that may be rolled over to the following year if not used. Eligible employees also receive an additional day each year for community service or school functions.

Paid Parental Leave:Eligible employees can take 12 weeks of paid leaveimmediately after a birth or adoption to allow needed time together at home with a new child.

Paid Holidays:Eligible employees receive 13 or 14 paid holidays each year including New Year’s Eve and Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Friday, Christmas Eve and Day.

Bonus Programs:Eligible employees with five years of service also receive annual longevity bonuses that grow as seniority increases. Some positions also may qualify for recruitment, retention, and performance bonuses or other special pay premiums.

Military Pay Differential:Employees in the guard or reserves may also qualify for supplemental pay benefits if miliary pay during qualifying duty is less than normal state pay. Prior military service may also allow seniority credits to accelerate eligibility for longevity bonuses and additional personal leave accrual.

Tax-Advantaged Programs:In addition to 401(k) and 457 retirement accounts, the state also offers flexible spending account (FSA), health savings account (HSA), and qualified transportation fringe benefit (QTFB) programs that can help you save money by reducing your taxable income.

Student Loan Forgiveness:Working for the State of Michigan may allow you to participate in programs that forgive the balance of qualifying student loans. Please view Student Loan Information (https://studentaid.gov/manage-loans/forgiveness-cancellation) to help determine if you could qualify is available from the U.S. Department of Education.

Tuition Reduction:Some colleges and universities offer savings to eligible employees and family members to further their education while working for the State of Michigan.

Professional Development: To help develop your career, programs are available to apply for reimbursement of up to $2,000 a year for education and training for college course credits and non-degree programs.

Alternative and Remote Work Schedules:Depending on the nature of their duties, many state jobs offer flexible work schedules and remote or hybrid telecommuting options that can help obtain the work-life balance that you seek.

Great Lakes and Great Times:Michigan boasts four Great Lakes, 11,000 inland lakes, 36,000 miles of rivers and streams, 20 million acres of forests, 100 state and national parks and recreation areas, 1,300 miles of bike trails, 6,500 miles of snowmobile trails, the second-most ski areas in the nation, 650 public golf courses, 600 campgrounds, and an international dark-sky park—just for starters. Our cities offer concerts and cultural events, storied sports teams, education hubs, vibrant downtowns, one-of-a-kind craft beverages, and renowned restaurants for every appetite. From urban centers to beach towns to the great outdoors, the opportunities are endless. With your state salary and benefits and Michigan’s affordable cost of living, you can explore all that Michigan has to offer.

Updated: 2/28/24

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FINALTRE - Do you possess one of the following? FINALTRE: Do you possess a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or a combination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics. If so, please attach a copy of your official transcripts; OR At least one year of professional level experience in the State of Michigan classified service. OR the education and experience for the Financial Analyst Trainee or an educational substitution, as listed on the job specification. If so, please attach a copy of your official college transcripts.

+ Yes

+ No

02

FINCALT - Please select your level of experience.

+ No experience

+ At least one year of post-degree professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst 9, Accountant 9, or Auditor 9.

+ At least two years of post-degree professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst 10, Accountant 10, or Auditor 10.

03

How many years of experience do you have with electronic receipting activities?

+ None

+ Less than one year

+ One to two years

+ Two to three years

+ Three years or more

04

Please describe your experience with electronic receipting activities. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

05

How many years of experience do you have researching and monitoring Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance or other security compliance programs?

+ None

+ Less than one year

+ One to two years

+ Two to three years

+ Three years or more

06

Please describe your experience researching and monitoring PCI compliance or other security compliance programs. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

07

How many years of experience do you have reconciling financial transactions?

+ None

+ Less than one year

+ One to two years

+ Two to three years

+ More than three years

08

Please describe your experience reconciling financial transactions. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

09

How many years of experience do you have writing and implementing policies and procedures?

+ None

+ Less than one year

+ One to two years

+ Two to three years

+ Three years or more

10

Please describe your experience writing and implementing policies and procedures. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

11

How many years of experience do you have with project or contract management?

+ None

+ Less than one year

+ One to two years

+ Two to three years

+ Three years or more

12

Please describe your experience with project or contract management. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

13

Do you have experience working with the following: (check all that apply)

+ Credit/debit card processing

+ Credit/debit card rules and regulations

+ Banking rules and regulations including Automated Clearing House (ACH)

+ State laws, rules and regulations

14

Please describe your experience with each item checked. Please align your response to the experience you have listed in the Work Experience section of your application. If no experience, please enter N/A. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

15

Please describe your experience leading a group, or moderating meetings. If no experience, please enter N/A.

16

Work must be performed in the state of Michigan. If you currently reside outside of Michigan, you must relocate to Michigan to perform the duties of this position before you are appointed to the position. Relocation expenses are not reimbursed. Do you currently reside in Michigan or if offered the position, would plan to relocate to Michigan?

+ Yes

+ No

17

Do you understand this job currently requires working onsite on Tuesdays and Wednesdays with additional in office days potentially required in the future?

+ Yes

+ No

18

Did you attach your cover letter and detailed resume to your application? (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

+ Yes

+ No

19

Did you attach a copy of your official college/university transcript(s), including classes completed, to your application? This documentation is REQUIRED; you can't be qualified for this position without it. (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

+ No

+ Yes

+ N/A - I am a current or previous State of Michigan employee and possess at least one year of experience working in a professional position (A position is considered 'professional' if the job requires a bachelor's degree.) and/or I possess the Alternative Education and Experience as stated in the Job Specification.

20

Did you attached your one-page or less document answering the question in the "Additional Requirements and Information" section of this job posting? (Failure to do so may result in your application being screened out.)

+ Yes

+ No

Required Question

Employer

State of Michigan

Department

Treasury

Address

[email protected]

430 West Allegan Street

Lansing, Michigan, 48922

Phone

517-335-7508

Website

https://www.michigan.gov/treasurycareers

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