Job Description

Requisition No: 874809

Agency: Department of Law Enforcement

Working Title: FINANCIAL ANALYST - 71000445

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 71000445

Salary: $60,934.80

Posting Closing Date: 05/02/2026

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FINANCIAL ANALYST

BUSINESS SUPPORT PROGRAM

FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT/PAYROLL AND RECONCILIATIONS

**Internal advertisement for current FDLE members**

This position is in the Fiscal Support bureau, reporting to Financial Management. This position is the senior accountant in the department’s Payroll and Reconciliations unit. The incumbent will be responsible for various payroll audits and functions, along with some of the more complex financial reconciliations in the bureau.

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

Specific duties include:

• Providing daily assistance to management and members for all agency payroll services. Analyze and make recommendations to resolve payroll issues. Handle all aspects of the following payment types:
  • Biweekly payroll
  • Supplemental payroll
  • Uniform allowance
  • Leave payouts
• Monitoring leave without pay and ensure salary overpayments are collected. Review all retroactive payments to verify accuracy. Process on-demand payments and warrant cancellations. Prepare wage certifications for worker’s compensation, unemployment and retirement benefit;
• Performing all payroll related accounting functions. This includes reconciling accounting records between the Bureau of State Payrolls and departmental FLAIR; posting payroll transactions into FLAIR; auditing and vouchering payments for payroll invoices including retirement variances, unemployment compensation, temporary total disability, and other invoices; and
• Performing various payroll audits and financial reconciliations to include:
  • Pay Differences Audit
  • Grant Cash & draw reconciliation
  • Pcard Scoped Compliance review
  • RDS User Audit
  • State Forfeitures
  • Ensure personnel on Military Leave receive appropriate compensation

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES:

• Knowledge of the principles and techniques of effective communication;
• Knowledge of the methods of data collection;
• Ability to collect, evaluate and analyze data;
• Ability to utilize problem-solving techniques;
• Ability to operate computers and other office equipment;
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality;
• Ability to work independently by planning, organizing, and coordinating work assignments;
• Ability to prepare reports, flow charts, forms, spreadsheets, and other documents utilizing Microsoft Office Suite; and
• Proficiency in Excel.

Note: Responses to qualifying questions must be clearly supported by the state application and any omission, falsification, or misrepresentation in the answering of the qualifying questions will be cause for immediate elimination from the selection process.

BASE SALARY:

• $ 60,934.80

NOTES:

Starting salary will be at the minimum of the class pay range, unless otherwise dictated by FDLE's pay policy. The elements of this selection process may include a work sample and/or interview. Future vacancies may be filled from this position advertisement.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.