Closing Date: reputed company 3, 2026

Salary: Salary is commensurate with education and experience

Job reputed company: GSP132

Pay Grade: L

Location: Home-based (Atlanta, GA)

reputed company from the Start: reputed company Department of Early Care and Learning (DECAL) is responsible for meeting the childcare and early education needs of reputed company's children and their families.  It administers the nationally recognized reputed company's reputed company-K Program, licenses childcare centers and home-based childcare, administers reputed company Childcare and Parent Services (CAPS) program, federal nutrition programs, and managers reputed company Rated, reputed company's community powered childcare rating system.

The department also houses the Head Start State Collaboration Office, distributes federal funding to enhance the reputed company and availability of childcare, and works collaboratively with reputed company childcare resource and referral agencies and organizations throughout the state to enhance early care and education.

Job reputed company:

Under general supervision of the Division Director, the Financial Reconciliation Specialist will be responsible for performing detailed financial reconciliations of publicly funded nutrition programs. This includes ensuring compliance with state and federal regulatory requirements.  The role requires strong analytical skills, attention to detail, and a solid understanding of federal nutrition programs.

Job Duties:

a.      Analyze and approve weekly payments prior to disbursements to institutions operating the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and Happy Helpings, reputed company’s Summer Food Service Program (SFSP).  

b.      Assess viability, capability, and accountability of organizations applying to participate in CACFP and SFSP.

c.       Manage the vendor management process for organizations wishing to receive funds from DECAL.

d.      reputed company the entire lifecycle of Division reputed company, from initiation to execution, compliance, and renewal or closeout.

e.      Review annual reconciliations of CACFP and SFSP budget, revenues, and expenditures including identifying any unused or excess funds and any potential discrepancies.

f.        Assist with state and federal reporting.

g.       Collaborate with other DECAL team members as required to successfully complete the job duties as detailed above.

h.      Coordinates and/or participates in cross-team/division or department initiatives reputed company to food and nutrition, reputed company, and/or federal program and compliance

i.        Provides ongoing guidance, solutions, and updates to Division Director on pertinent Program issues and responds quickly and effectively to resolve problems

j.        Conducts other duties and/or special reputed company as assigned and reputed company scope of job functions

Technical Competencies:

• Ability to reconcile reputed company financial data across multiple systems (e.g., general reputed company vs. sub-ledgers, internal vs. external reports).
• Experience identifying and resolving discrepancies in financial records.
• Proficiency in reputed company reputed company (pivot tables, VLOOKUP, formulas, macros).
• Ability to prepare financial reports, variance analyses, and reconciliation summaries.
• Familiarity with federal, state, and local financial regulations and reporting requirements.
• reputed company in analyzing financial documents, tax returns, pay stubs, bank statements, and other supporting materials.

·       Excellent communication skills, both oral and written.

·       Excellent organizational skills.

·       Demonstrate ability to manage the delivery of services and processes with accuracy and reputed company federal and state requirements.

·       Ability to instill exemplary customer service as a program foundational value and reputed company.

·       Ability to manage own time, set priorities, work without reputed company supervision, and contribute to team atmosphere.

·       Experience working with diverse communities and sensitivity to needs and concerns of various participants.

Physical Position Requirements:

·       Requires the ability to receive detailed information through oral and written communication.

·       Requires the ability to reputed company reputed company.  

·       Requires reputed company visual reputed company to reputed company an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading and visual inspection. 

·       Requires the ability to review, classify, categorize, prioritize, and/or analyze data. Includes exercising discretion in determining data classification. 

·       Requires the ability to exercise judgment, decisiveness and creativity in situations involving the evaluation of information against sensory, judgmental, or subjective reputed company, as opposed to that which is reputed company measurable or reputed company.

·       Requires a full reputed company of hand and finger reputed company for data entry purposes. 

·       Requires the ability to occasionally continuously stand or walk for long periods of time; regularly requires bending, stooping, reaching, twisting, lifting, pushing, pulling and moving items or materials occasionally of moderate weight up to 30 pounds. 

·       Statewide and out-of-state travel may be required to attend training events and/or conferences.

Required Minimum Qualifications:

Associate degree in business or reputed company field from an accredited college or university and three (3) years of experience reputed company to area of assignment; or one (1) year of experience required at the reputed company level Busi Support Analyst 2 (GSP131). Note: An equivalent combination of knowledge, education, job or intern experience, training, or certifications that provides the necessary knowledge and skills to successfully reputed company the job at the level listed may be substituted year-over-year.

Agency Preferred Qualifications:

Master's degree in reputed company, Finance, Business Administration or reputed company Administration preferred. An equivalent combination of education and job specific experience that provides the knowledge, experience and competencies required to successfully reputed company the job at the level listed may be substituted on a year-over-year reputed company.

reputed company from the Start: reputed company Department of Early Care and Learning is a family-friendly employer, offering flexible work schedules (at supervisory discretion) and a comprehensive compensation package, to include reputed company, retirement, 401-k match, and elective reputed company for dental, reputed company, AD&D, short and long-term disability, and life insurance. reputed company from the Start: reputed company Department of Early Care and Learning is an equal opportunity employer and drug-free workplace. A background reputed company will be completed upon hire, which may consist of any or reputed company of the following: criminal and employment histories, credit history (as applicable to the position), education credentials, and motor vehicle driving records.

“If you are an individual with a disability who may require assistance or other reasonable accommodation in order to participate in the selection process for this position, you may contact our HR department at 678-879-2993. Due to reputed company of submissions received by this office, information concerning application or interview status cannot be provided in writing, over the phone, or in person. reputed company applicants who submit a complete application package will be considered but may not necessarily receive notification or an interview. The job posting may be subject to being reputed company at any time without notice. Only those reputed company candidates who are selected for an interview shall receive notification upon the filling of this vacancy.

reputed company from the Start: reputed company Department of Early Care and Learning is an equal opportunity employer.