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Working Title: Finance Continuous Improvement Specialist

Job Class: Management Analyst 4

Agency: Health Department

+ **Job ID** : 89076

+ **Location** : St. Paul

+ **Telework Eligible** : Yes / Hybrid

+ **Full/Part Time** : Full-Time

+ **Regular/Temporary** : Unlimited

+ **Who May Apply** : This vacancy is open to all qualified job seekers.

+ **Date Posted** : 10/17/2025

+ **Closing Date** : 10/23/2025

+ **Hiring Agency:** Minnesota Department of Health (MDH)

+ **Division/Unit** : Financial Management / Communications and Continuous Improvement

+ **Work Shift/Work Hours** : Day Shift / 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

+ **Days of Work** : Monday - Friday

+ **Travel Required** : No

+ **Salary Range:** $33.48 - $49.66 / hourly; $69,906 - $103,690 / annually

+ **Classified Status** : Classified

+ **Bargaining Unit/Union** : 214 - MN Association of Professional Employees (MAPE)

+ **FLSA Status** : Exempt - Administrative

+ Designated in Connect 700 Program for Applicants with Disabilities (https://mn.gov/mmb/careers/diverse-workforce/people-with-disabilities/connect700/) : Yes

The work you'll do is more than just a job.

At the State of Minnesota, employees play a critical role in developing policies, providing essential services, and working to improve the well-being and quality of life for all Minnesotans. The State of Minnesota is committed to equity and inclusion, and invests in employees by providing benefits, support resources, and training and development opportunities.

THIS POSITION IS BEING REPOSTED. IF YOU PREVIOUSLY APPLIED TO THIS VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT, YOU WOULD NEED TO REAPPLY TO BE CONSIDERED.

Join our mission-driven team at the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) where your expertise meets our commitment to protecting, maintaining, and improving the health of all Minnesotans!

This position exists to provide oversight, consultation, and guidance of continuous improvement and reporting efforts. The continuous improvement efforts improve efficiency and effectiveness of Financial Management projects and processes and ensure processes provide actionable centralized information. The reporting efforts increase access to and transparency of the Financial Management Division information for better for accountability and decision making. The Specialist works on building and maintaining agency-wide Financial Management reporting and related data analysis and visualization to help identify gaps and related improvements. The employee serves as a resource in the Financial Management division on data for continuous improvement work and reporting and provides guidance and direction as well as connecting division staff with resources in the MDH agency.

Working as a Finance Continuous Improvement Specialist, you will:

+ Lead continuous improvement work for the division to improve efficiency and effectiveness of FM functions and processes and ensure processes provide actionable centralized information.

+ Serve as the lead for agency wide reporting of FM data. Create and maintain FM reports and dashboards.

+ Support units in the Financial Management Division in data work for continuous improvement and reporting. Assist in ensuring solid, reliable approaches for data collection, storage, preparation/provisioning of data, and data analysis, to produce data visualization and reporting for Financial Management functions.

+ Serve as a liaison for the Financial Management division staff on data for continuous improvement work and reporting.

+ Represent the Financial Management Division on data topics with partners and collaborations within MDH.

This** **position is currently eligible for up to 50% hybrid telework for applicants residing in Minnesota or a bordering state within 50 miles of the work location. Telework of 50% or more may be allowed based on position needs and location.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies.

Minimum Qualifications

_To facilitate proper crediting, please ensure that your resume clearly describes your experience in the areas listed and indicates the beginning and ending month and year for each job held._

Three (3) years of experience working in a continuous improvement or related role providing oversight, consultation, and guidance of continuous improvement and reporting efforts. This experience must include:

+ Performing data work and performance measurement techniques to support continuous improvement.

+ Experience conducting data planning, collection, analysis, and/or reporting.

+ Experience using applications such as Microsoft SharePoint and MS365 suite of applications.

+ Leadership sufficient to provide clear direction, support, and mentor others.

Qualifications to be assessed during the interview process:

+ Communications skills, both oral and written, sufficient to communicate complex concepts in plain language to a non-expert audience.

+ Relationship building and management to build networks of colleagues and effectively encourage participation.

A related degree such as engineering, business management, operations management, business, public policy, public health, statistics, or a closely related field may substitute for experience as follows:

Doctorate degree: 2 years (24 months)

Master's degree: 1.5 years (18 months)

Bachelor's degree: 1 year (12 months)

Associate's degree: 6 months

Preferred Qualifications

+ Expertise in use of continuous improvement tools and practical application of continuous concepts in projects.

+ Experience using problem-solving and improvement methodologies, principles and tools to analyze work and improve effectiveness such as Lean, Six Sigma, human-centered design or similar.

+ Experience using State of Minnesota financial data sources (SWIFT, MDH admin applications, SEMA4)

Additional Requirements

This position requires successful completion of a background check and employment reference check.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities is an Equal Opportunity employer/educator committed to the principles of diversity. We prohibit discrimination against qualified individuals based on their race, sex, color, creed, religion, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or membership in a local commission as defined by law. As an affirmative action employer, we actively seek and encourage applications from women, minorities, persons with disabilities, and individuals with protected veteran status.

Reasonable accommodations will be made to all qualified applicants with disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who needs assistance or cannot access the online job application system, please contact the job information line at 651-259-3637 or email [email protected] . Please indicate what assistance is needed.