STATE OF
HUMAN RESOURCES
CLASSIFICATION: BUSINESS
ADMINISTRATOR II
Class Code: 1262-24 Date Established: 02-01-53
Occupational
Code: 7-2-6 Date of Last Revision: 11-06-08
BASIC PURPOSE: To plan and develop
agency business management policies and procedures, including fiscal,
budgetary, purchasing or personnel operations.
CHARACTERISTIC
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Plans and
develops current and long-range programs for the improvement of business
management services.
·
Establishes
monitoring procedures over fiscal, data processing, or accounting activities.
·
Plans and
prepares agency budget, including analyzing fiscal status and recommending
policy revisions.
·
Researches and
presents solutions and goals for improvements in agency fiscal structure.
·
Evaluates work
efforts of professional and clerical staff, including the responsibility for
training and performance appraisal.
·
Reviews
summaries outlining submittals for Governor and Council meetings.
·
Coordinates
fiscal activities for federal, state, and agency personnel.
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DISTINGUISHING
FACTORS:
Skill: Requires skill in
analyzing and interpreting data, policy and procedures OR in using equipment in
order to arrive at logical conclusions or recommendations.
Knowledge: Requires logical or
scientific understanding to analyze problems of a specialized or professional
nature in a particular field.
Impact: Requires
responsibility for achieving direct service objectives by assessing agency
service needs and making preliminary recommendations for the development of
alternative short-term program policies or procedures. Errors at this level result in incomplete
assessments or misleading recommendations causing a disruption of agency
programs or policies.
Supervision: Requires direct
supervision of programs or of employees doing work which differs from the supervisor,
including disciplining employees, solving personnel problems, recommending
hiring and terminating employees, and developing work methods. The supervisor in this position manages a
working unit or section with responsibility for employee performance appraisal.
Working
Conditions: Requires performing regular job functions
under good conditions in a safe working environment.
Physical
Demands: Requires sedentary work, including continuous
sitting or occasional standing and walking.
Communication: Requires reviewing
summaries and reports and making management level decisions to solve problems
or to achieve work objectives as well as articulating and expressing those
solutions and goals. This level also
requires formal presentations of solutions and goals to employees and the
general public to increase the responsiveness of the agency toward the demands
of its client system.
Complexity: Requires
coordinating a combination of diverse job functions in order to integrate
professional and technical agency goals.
This level also requires considerable judgment to implement a sequence
of operations or actions.
Independent
Action: Requires independent judgment in planning and
evaluating work procedures and in supervising the development of professional,
technical and managerial standards under administrative direction and according
to broad departmental guidelines.
MINIMUM
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education: Bachelor's degree
from a recognized college or university with major study in accounting,
business administration, or public administration. Each additional year of approved formal
education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.
Experience: Five years'
professional experience in accounting or business administration involving fiscal
management, including two years of supervisory or administrative
experience. Each additional year of
approved work experience may be substituted for one year of required formal
education.
License/Certification: None required.
SPECIAL
REQUIREMENTS: For appointment consideration, Business Administrator II
applicants must successfully participate in a structured interview measuring
possession of knowledge, skills and abilities identified as necessary for
satisfactory job performance by this class specification. The structured interview is developed and
administered, according to Division of Personnel guidelines, by representatives
of the state agency in which the vacancy exists.
RECOMMENDED
WORK TRAITS: Knowledge of the principles, methods and techniques
of business management. Knowledge of
public administration, including budget preparation, personnel administration,
purchasing and accounting activities.
Knowledge of the rules, regulations, procedures and practices of the
agency concerned. Knowledge of office
management and the preparation and negotiation of leases and contracts. Ability to prepare and supervise preparation
of budgetary and purchasing requests.
Ability to express ideas clearly and concisely. Ability to establish and maintain successful
working relationships with subordinates and the public. Must be willing to maintain appearance
appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency
appointing authority.
DISCLAIMER
STATEMENT: This class specification is descriptive of
general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this
class title.
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