Fiscal Management Specialist 2

About the role

Are you ready to take on a role where your financial expertise helps shape critical services across Pennsylvania? The Department of Human Services (DHS) is seeking a Fiscal Management Specialist 2 to lead complex budget planning, financial analysis, and resource management efforts that support state mental hospitals and behavioral health programs.

You will collaborate with executive leaders, influence major funding decisions, and help ensure that resources are aligned with organizational priorities. If you are looking for meaningful work, professional growth, and the opportunity to make a statewide impact, this is the position for you.

This position serves as a key fiscal advisor for the Office of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, overseeing budget development, financial monitoring, and resource management activities for state mental hospitals. The role works closely with facility leadership, fiscal staff, and multiple Commonwealth agencies to support sound financial decision-making and compliance. As a Fiscal Management Specialist 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Budget Planning: Develop, prepare, monitor, and analyze state mental hospital budgets, allocation plans, budget requests, and funding adjustments to support agency priorities and service continuity
• Financial Analysis: Review expenditures, commitments, appropriations, and financial reports, identify trends and concerns, and recommend solutions to budgetary issues
• Project Oversight: Evaluate capital project requests, maintenance projects, fixed asset purchases, and project approval forms, and track progress through completion
• Program Monitoring: Oversee financial activities related to special programs, audit invoices, review reimbursement outcomes, and address discrepancies with program partners
• Technical Consultation: Provide financial guidance, training, and support to hospital staff, executive leadership, government partners, and external stakeholders regarding fiscal procedures and compliance requirements
• Policy Review: Analyze fiscal regulations, policies, and operational practices and develop recommendations for improvement to support cost containment and program effectiveness

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time up to three days per week. You will be required to report to 303 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101 two days per week. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements

• One year as a Fiscal Management Specialist 1 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• One year of experience in professional fiscal administration, and a bachelor’s degree in business administration, accounting, finance, economics, or a related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.

Other Requirements

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

How to Apply

• Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
• If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
• Your application must be submitted by the posting closing date. Late applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
• Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
• All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.

Veterans

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

Additional information

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
• your score may be lower than deserved.
• you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.