Financial Systems Analyst - Management Analyst 3

Location: St. Paul
Telework: Yes, eligible on Mondays and Fridays
Full-time, unlimited (permanent) position

About the role

The Minnesota Department of Corrections’ Office of Financial Management is rebuilding how financial work gets done. We are replacing disconnected tools, manual processes, spreadsheets, email-based approvals, and inconsistent data practices with systems that are easier to use, more reliable, and better able to support sound financial management.

We are seeking a Financial Systems Analyst who can connect finance, business operations, data, and technology, and who is energized by the opportunity to build new solutions. This is not a passive systems-support position. You will be expected to investigate problems, clarify unclear business needs, develop practical solutions, coordinate implementation, test results, and keep projects moving through completion.

This is a new role in a rapidly evolving and highly collaborative environment. We are looking for someone who is energized by building new approaches, solving problems, and helping shape work that is still taking form. Success will require initiative, follow-through, adaptability, and a willingness to move work from idea to completion. The right candidate will be thoughtful, dependable, comfortable with ambiguity, and committed to producing high-quality results that make a meaningful difference.

As the Financial Systems Analyst, you will help design the digital infrastructure behind the Department of Corrections’ financial operations. This position exists to lead the analysis, integration, automation, and maintenance of all financial and data-management systems within the Office of Financial Management, ensuring that financial operations are efficient, auditable, and responsive to business needs. This position bridges finance, operations, and technology — transforming business requirements into practical, secure, and sustainable systems and data solutions that support agency decision-making and fiscal integrity.

You will work with accountants, budget analysts, procurement professionals, facility business offices, executives, Minnesota IT (MNIT), vendors, developers, and other members of the Finance Transformation Office. The quality of these relationships will directly affect the department’s ability to modernize its financial systems and improve financial services.

This position reports directly to the Chief Financial Officer and does not formally supervise employees. It will, however, provide functional direction to project teams, users, testers, vendors, and technical partners during system-development and implementation efforts.

Responsibilities

• Lead Financial Systems Modernization. Serve as a key functional resource for OFM’s financial applications and digital platforms. Evaluate how systems are working, identify gaps or inefficiencies, and coordinate enhancements that improve reliability, usability, security, and data integrity.
• Translate business needs into technology requirements. Work with finance staff, leaders, and end users to understand operational challenges and define what a successful solution must accomplish. Turn complex or incomplete business needs into clear workflows, functional requirements, specifications, and acceptance criteria.
• Lead implementation and testing. Coordinate system projects from planning through deployment. Guide cross-functional teams, track decisions and deliverables, organize user testing, resolve issues, and confirm that completed solutions meet business needs before they are released.
• Develop automation and data solutions. Design and build practical low-code, no-code, reporting, and data-integration solutions that reduce manual work and improve accuracy. Measure whether new tools produce meaningful improvements in processing time, reliability, and user experience.
• Improve OFM’s digital platforms. Maintain and enhance OFM’s internal websites, SharePoint resources, dashboards, and connected digital tools. Ensure information is accessible, current, logically organized, and easy for employees to find and use.

Requirements

• Two (2) years of experience with data/automation platforms such as Microsoft Power Automate, Power Portals, Power BI, SharePoint, Salesforce, SQL, and/or HTML/CSS.
• An Associate’s degree in information systems, business analytics, finance, public administration, computer science, or a closely related field may substitute for six (6) months of experience, a Bachelor’s degree in a field above may substitute for one (1) year of experience, or a Master’s degree in a field above may substitute for 18 months of experience.
• Ability to troubleshoot system and user issues, coordinate resolutions with vendors, IT, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to gather and interpret business needs and translate them into practical system or workflow solutions.

Applicants may be required to provide a written exercise describing an initiative you personally helped deliver. Finalists may be asked to complete an exercise involving business requirements, workflow analysis, system testing, or automation design.

Preferred Qualifications

• An advanced degree in information systems, business analytics, finance, public administration, computer science, or a closely related field.
• Experience with public-sector accounting, budgeting, purchasing, grants, payroll, or financial operations.
• Experience developing automations that produced measurable time savings or error reduction.
• Experience integrating information from multiple systems.
• Experience supporting enterprise application implementation.
• Experience with data governance, records retention, access controls, or audit requirements.
• Experience developing dashboards, data visualizations, or operational reporting.
• Certification in project management, business analysis, Power Platform, Salesforce, data analytics, or a related discipline.

Pay

$28.75 - $42.16 / hourly; $60,030 - $88,030 / annually

Schedule

Day Shift
Monday - Friday

Benefits

• Paid vacation and sick leave
• 12 paid holidays each year
• Low-cost medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug plans
• Fertility care, including IVF
• Diabetes care
• Dental and orthodontic care for adults and children
• 6 weeks paid leave for parents of newborn or newly adopted children
• Pension plan that provides income when you retire (after working at least three years)
• Employer paid life insurance to provide support for your family in the event of death
• Short-term and long-term disability insurance that can provide income if you are unable to work due to illness or injury
• Tax-free expense accounts for health, dental, and dependent care
• Resources that provide support and promote physical, emotional, social, and financial well-being
• Support to help you reach your career goals: Training, classes, and professional development
• Federal Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program (Some positions may qualify for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. For more information, visit the Federal Student Aid website at studentaid.gov)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for work/life support: A voluntary confidential program that helps employees and their families with life challenges that may impact overall health, personal well-being, or job performance
• Daily Living/Convenience Services: Chore services, home rep