Budget Purchasing Specialist - Full-time

div h4Job Details/h4 divstrongLevel/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Experienced/div divstrongJob Location/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Administrative and Support Services Center - Lexington, KY/div divstrongPosition Type/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Full Time/div divstrongEducation Level/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;4 Year Degree/div divstrongSalary Range/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;$21.41 Hourly/div divstrongTravel Percentage/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;None/div divstrongJob Category/strong: nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;Accounting/div /div h4Description/h4pspan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"The Budget and Purchasing Specialist develops, monitors, analyzes and helps control program budgets. The position helps develop and produce budget documents that reflect agency, program and inter/intra budget priorities, meet funding source guidelines and requirements and maximize utilization of resources. The position is responsible for working with program staff to ensure purchasing procedures are followed and appropriate funding is available for purchases. The position will coordinate with staff and assist or complete the procurement process of items at the best cost to the agency and will maintain the security of and internal controls over the Councilrsquo;s credit card operations./span/span/p h4Qualifications/h4brol lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Bachelorrsquo;s degree in business, finance and accounting or related field is required./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Experience may be substituted for educational requirement at the discretion of the Executive Director./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Two years of experience in business, finance, accounting or administration is required./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Must be able to prioritize, communicate effectively, be well organized and work independently./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Must have knowledge of spreadsheet and word processing programs (Excel and Microsoft Word is preferred)./span/span/li lispan style="font-size:12px"span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"Must have excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills./span/span/li /ol