Cannabis Financial Analyst Iii Jobs

Job Description

Job Title: Financial Analyst III
Job Description:
The Department of Agriculture and Food is seeking a qualified candidate to provide financial management for our Medical Cannabis and Analytical Laboratory divisions. To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to work self-motivated, organized, and detail oriented.
Principal Duties:

• 
  Reviewing fiscal operations to ensure integrity, accuracy, and control of data.
• Ensuring financial compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and Department policies.
• Preparing and presenting financial reports utilizing Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables.
• Monitoring expenditures and revenues.
• Analyze, summarize, and review complex data; develop a methodology to evaluate fee revenue and expenses.
• Various support responsibilities for the divisions, including asset and vehicle management.
• Reconciling financial information and reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Researching and reviewing financial records, transactions, and documentation.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Has a thorough understanding of accounting principles.
• Has strong analytical skills.
• Can conceptualize, evaluate, and implement process improvements.
• Work with people in a manner that shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism.
• Can communicate information and ideas clearly, both written and verbally.
• Has extensive experience using Google Suite and MS Excel, including Pivot Tables.
• Has experience with accounting software.

• Preference may be given to applicants with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance and at least two years of experience.

Why You Should Join Our Team:
The State offers great health and retirement benefits, and generous paid time off.
Click here to see what makes working for the State of Utah awesome.
The Agency:
If you would like to read more information about working for the Agricultureand Food please click here.

Typical Qualifications

• The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• The ability to generate or use different sets of rules for combining or grouping things in different ways.
• The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• The ability to add, subtract, multiply, or divide quickly and correctly.
• The ability to identify or detect a known pattern (a figure, object, word, or sound) that is hidden in other distracting material.
• The ability to concentrate on a task over a period of time without being distracted.
• The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).
• The ability to identify and understand the speech of another person.
• The ability to speak clearly so others can understand you.
• Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents.
• Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Talking to others to convey information effectively.
• Using mathematics to solve problems.
• Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.
• Understanding the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making.
• Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.
• Persuading others to change their minds or behavior.
• Identifying complex problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions.
• Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Determining how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes.
• Identifying measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.
• Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources.
• Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking and the analysis and reporting of financial data.
• Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction.
• Knowledge of circuit boards, processors, chips, electronic equipment, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming.
• Knowledge of arithmetic, algebra, geometry, calculus, statistics, and their applications.
• Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
• Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process.

Supplemental Information

• Risks found in the typical office setting, which is adequately lighted, heated and ventilated, e.g., safe use of office equipment, avoiding trips and falls, observing fire regulations, etc.
• Typically, the employee may sit comfortably to perform the work; however, there may be some walking; standing; bending; carrying light items; driving an automobile, etc. Special physical demands are not required to perform the work.

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Job Description
Job Title: Financial Analyst III
Job Description:
The Department of Agriculture and Food is seeking a qualified candidate to provide financial management for our Medical Cannabis and Analytical Laboratory divisions. To be successful in this role, you will need to be able to work self-motivated, organized, and detail oriented.

• Pursuant to Utah Code §§ 4-41-107 and 26-61a-111, this job includes duties that arise from or directly relate to the Utah Medical Cannabis Act. Duties may require conduct which is in violation of the criminal laws of the United States with respect to the manufacture, sale, or distribution of cannabis. As a condition of employment, candidates who are selected to fill this position will be required to sign an Acceptance of Duties Under the Medical Cannabis Act Acknowledgment Form.

Principal Duties:

• 
  Reviewing fiscal operations to ensure integrity, accuracy, and control of data.
• Ensuring financial compliance with state and federal laws, regulations, and Department policies.
• Preparing and presenting financial reports utilizing Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables.
• Monitoring expenditures and revenues.
• Analyze, summarize, and review complex data; develop a methodology to evaluate fee revenue and expenses.
• Various support responsibilities for the divisions, including asset and vehicle management.
• Reconciling financial information and reports for accuracy and completeness.
• Researching and reviewing financial records, transactions, and documentation.

Ideal Candidate:

• Has a thorough understanding of accounting principles.
• Has strong analytical skills.
• Can conceptualize, evaluate, and implement process improvements.
• Work with people in a manner that shows sensitivity, tact, and professionalism.
• Can communicate information and ideas clearly, both written and verbally.
• Has extensive experience using Google Suite and MS Excel, including Pivot Tables.
• Has experience with accounting software.
• Preference may be given to may be given to applicants with a bachelor’s degree in Accounting or Finance.

Why You Should Join Our Team:
The State offers great health and retirement benefits, and generous paid time off.
Click here to see what makes working for the State of Utah awesome.
The Agency:
For more information about our agency (or program),
click here. (ag.utah.gov)

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