Child Nutrition Funding Analyst (Consultant #643)

Maintained Duties

• Maintains records regarding meal count records for child nutrition.
• Maintains and applies adjustments from reviews, claim revisions and/or requested claim exceptions.
• Prepares and distributes correspondence to entities regarding late submissions and corrective action.
• Approves or denies claims that are transmitted after the regulated timeline.
• Maintains updates and additions of new entities within the entity system, Entity Profile System (EPS), Financial Reimbursement Information System (FRIS), Comptroller, and Management Information Database Accounting System (MIDAS) vendor files.
• Serves as department contact for coordinating updates requested of all returned department correspondence from the United States Post Office or Comptroller's Office and completing applicable updates to EPS and MIDAS.
• On a monthly basis, prepares required Federal Child Nutrition Reports (FNS-10, FNS-44 and FNA-418).
• Processes reports and vouchers for assigned FRIS programs.
• Vouchers the calculation of the annual proration for the Illinois Free Lunch and Breakfast Program in FRIS once file has been calculated.
• Completes testing in WINS for claim errors.
• Maintains payment and allotment transactions for Child Nutrition Claim Programs.
• Ensures voucher payments are made using the appropriate funding accounts.
• Requests fund transfers to appropriate accounts within the Child Nutrition System from the block account.
• Posts child nutrition check returns.
• Contact for Comptroller when warrant action, W-9 updates and voucher modifications are requested for FRIS projects.
• Provides technical assistance via phone and correspondence.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or, a High School Diploma with a combination of four years of education, experience and/or training related to the duties of this position.
• (COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION)
• Experience with accounting.
• Experience using Excel.
• Experience working with large systems of data.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.
• Ability to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with internal and external client groups.