Data Analytics Specialist

Who We Are The Ohio Office of Budget and Management (OBM) is the fiscal backbone of the State of Ohio enterprise. OBM works with the Governor and every state agency in providing policy analysis, fiscal research, and financial management services. We help state agencies shape Ohio’s future by ensuring the proper and responsible use of state resources! What You'll Do The Office of Budget and Management (OBM) is seeking a highly analytical, collaborative, and solutions-oriented Data Analytics Specialist to support the agency's data, performance, and evaluation initiatives. This role serves as a key analytical partner within OBM, helping advance agency priorities through the strategic use of data and evidence-based analysis. The ideal candidate will transform complex data into actionable insights that support budgeting, policy, and operational decisions. Combining strong technical expertise with a commitment to data quality, continuous improvement, and stakeholder collaboration, this position helps strengthen OBM's data capabilities and supports informed decision-making that improves operational outcomes. Key Responsibilities: Build, maintain, and enhance analytical datasets by integrating, validating, and transforming data from multiple state systems and sources, ensuring data is accurate, reliable, and ready for analysis and decision-making. Develop dashboards, reports, visualizations, and presentations that communicate complex findings, tell compelling data-driven stories, and present information in a clear and accessible manner for executive leaders, policymakers, and non-technical audiences. Maintain documentation for data sources, business rules, analytical methodologies, and reporting processes to improve transparency, consistency, and continuity across OBM's analytics operations. Support Ohio's Results Focused Budgeting efforts by helping develop performance measures, analyze outcomes, assess evidence, and provide analytical support for strategic resource allocation decisions. Contribute to OBM's enterprise data governance program by supporting data stewardship activities, participating in governance initiatives, coordinating responses to data requests, and promoting best practices for data management, privacy, and security. Promote a culture of continuous improvement and data literacy by sharing analytical knowledge, providing guidance to stakeholders, and staying current on emerging technologies, methodologies, and industry best practices. Additional Information Unless required by legislation or union contract, the selected candidate will begin at step 1 of the pay range. When completing your application, be sure to clearly describe how you meet the minimum qualifications outlined in this job posting. If you require reasonable accommodation for the application process, please email the Human Resources contact on this posting so arrangements can be made. The Director of OBM, or their designee, will interview all final candidates for this position. The final candidate selected for this position will be required to undergo a criminal background check. Criminal convictions do not necessarily preclude an applicant from consideration for a position. An individual assessment of an applicant's prior criminal convictions will be made before excluding an applicant from consideration.