GOVERNMENT ANALYST II - 43001355

State of Florida•TALLAHASSEE, FL

1d•$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. Responsibilities include procurement, renewal, and updating of contracts, communicating with the Financial Administrator on contractual needs and industry standards, and developing and distributing the Annual CFO e-payment report. The position also involves contract monitoring, serving as a liaison between contractors and state agencies, monitoring compliance with acceptance of credit card and e-commerce services, and assisting with Cash Management Consultations. Additionally, the role provides PCI oversight to individual departments, ensuring compliance with PCI Data Security Standards, and maintaining consolidated reports. The analyst will also 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 a contractual relationship with the financial institution and/or credit card processor for the credit card and e-Commerce programs.
Managing the administrative functions related to establishing new credit card participation.
Coordinating the program with the outside contractor and the participating agencies.
Procuring, renewing, and updating the credit card and e-Commerce contracts, including the completion of contract documents.
Communicating with the Cash Management Financial Administrator to keep 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 the applicable guidelines for the credit card and e-Commerce contracts.
Assisting the Bureau of Funds Management Cash Management Financial Administrator in developing the monitoring process for various 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 the credit card and e-Commerce contract services.
Monitoring and updating compliance requirements related to 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 Bureau of Funds Management 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 that 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 Treasury Cash Management website related to credit card and e-Commerce services.
Performing other tasks as directed.