GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 43001355

State of Florida•TALLAHASSEE, FL

61d•$55,000 - $60,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position exercises discretion and independent judgment while administering and maintaining the credit card acceptance program, including American Express, for the State of Florida. The role involves establishing and maintaining contractual relationships with financial institutions and credit card processors, managing administrative functions for new credit card participation, staying informed about new products in credit card and e-Commerce acceptance, and coordinating the program with outside contractors and participating agencies. The analyst is responsible for the procurement, renewal, and updating of credit card and e-Commerce contracts, ensuring compliance with departmental requirements. They will communicate with the Cash Management Financial Administrator regarding laws affecting the credit card program and are responsible for the development, distribution, and collection of data for the Annual CFO e-payment report. The role also includes maintaining organized files and records. Additionally, the position involves contract monitoring for credit card and e-Commerce contracts, assisting in developing monitoring processes for various treasury accounts and contracts, and communicating any noncompliance to the Bureau Chief and Financial Administrator. The analyst will serve as a liaison between contractors and state agencies, monitor and update compliance requirements for credit card and e-Commerce services, and update related rules and regulations. The role also includes performing Cash Management Consultations, updating related rules and regulations, and maintaining organized files. Furthermore, the analyst will provide PCI oversight to individual departments, work with business operation managers to ensure compliance with PCI Data Security Standards, maintain consolidated reports of PCI/DSS/SAQ information, and provide consultation services for PCI compliance procedures. Finally, the analyst will maintain and update the Treasury Cash Management website related to credit card and e-Commerce services and perform other directed tasks.

Requirements

Four (4) years of professional accounting experience with the State of Florida.
Two (2) or more years of experience dealing with the public and/or other state agencies.
Proficient in the use of Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook.
Knowledge of basic management principles and practices.
Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data to develop alternative recommendations, solve problems, document work now and other activities relating to the improvement of management practices.
Ability to organize data into logical format for presentation in reports, documents and other written materials.
Ability to conduct fact finding research.
Ability to develop approaches for implementing an idea.
Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques.
Ability to coordinate by adjusting actions related to others' actions to use critical thinking by using logic and analysis to identify strengths and weaknesses of different approaches.
Ability to work independently.
Ability to manage own time and the time of others.
Ability to understand written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
Ability to plan, organize and coordinate work assignments.
Ability to communicate effectively in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience.
Ability to speak to others to effectively convey information.
Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.
Ability to manage state contracts.

Nice To Haves

Experience analyzing and resolving problems.
Experience procuring State of Florida contracts.
Project management experience.
Two (2) years of professional banking experience.
Florida Certified Contract Management (FCCM) certification
Bachelor’s degree in accounting or finance.

Responsibilities

Administering and maintaining the credit card acceptance program, including American Express, for the State of Florida.
Establishing and maintaining contractual relationships with financial institutions and/or credit card processors for credit card and e-Commerce programs.
Managing administrative functions related to establishing new credit card participation.
Coordinating the program with outside contractors and participating agencies.
Procuring, renewing, and updating credit card and e-Commerce contracts, including the completion of required contract documents.
Communicating with the Cash Management Financial Administrator to stay abreast of current laws affecting the credit card acceptance program.
Developing, distributing, and collecting respondents’ data in the Annual CFO e-payment report.
Maintaining organized files and records related to the functions.
Performing contract monitoring in accordance with applicable guidelines for credit card and e-Commerce contracts.
Assisting the Cash Management Financial Administrator in developing monitoring processes for various treasury accounts and contracts.
Communicating to the Funds Management Bureau Chief and Cash Management Financial Administrator any noncompliance identified through the contract monitoring process.
Serving as a liaison between the contractor and state agencies for activities related to credit card and e-Commerce contract services.
Monitoring and updating compliance requirements related to the acceptance of Credit Card and e-Commerce services.
Requesting, auditing, and analyzing annual reports from state agencies using credit card and e-Commerce services.
Updating rules and regulations concerning the use of credit cards and e-Commerce.
Assisting the Cash Management Financial Administrator, as needed, with the performance of Cash Management Consultations.
Updating rules and regulations concerning the performance of Cash Management Consultations.
Providing PCI oversight to individual departments within state government, externally monitoring business operations which currently accept e-payment transactions.
Working directly with individual business operation managers across all state agencies to ensure they have validated compliance with PCI Data Security Standards.
Maintaining consolidated reports of all PCI/DSS/SAQ information collected.
Providing consultation services for state agencies related to PCI compliance procedures and completion/submission of the appropriate SAQ.
Maintaining and updating the Treasury Cash Management website related to credit card and e-Commerce services.
Performing other tasks as directed.