Budget Support Specialist
Frankfort, KYFull-time$40–60K/yrSeen 5 days agoSeen in employer's feed 5 days ago
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Job overview
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources seeks a Budget Support Specialist to support financial operations through accurate reporting and maintenance of accounting and budget data. The role assists with compliance with budgetary guidelines and resolves discrepancies while providing technical support to staff. The position is full-time, based in an office setting, and includes a 37.5-hour work week with occasional overtime.
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11/14/2026 (11:59 PM ET)
2605873
Budget Support Specialist
Pay Grade13
Salary
$40,070.64 - $60,106.80 Annually
Employment Type
EXECUTIVE BRANCH | FULL TIME | ELIGIBLE FOR OVERTIME PAY | 18A | 37.5 HR/WK
Click here for more details on state employment. (https://personnel.ky.gov/Pages/Careers.aspx)
Hiring Agency
Tourism, Arts, & Heritage Cabinet | Kentucky Fish and Wildlife Resources
Location
1 Sportsmans Lane
Frankfort, KY 40601 USA
Description
The Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources is seeking a detail-oriented and analytical professional to join our team as a Budget Support Specialist. This position plays an important role in supporting the Department’s financial operations by ensuring accurate financial reporting, maintaining accounting and budget data, and assisting with compliance with applicable budgetary guidelines, regulations, policies, and procedures.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, an understanding of financial and accounting processes, and the ability to research and resolve discrepancies while providing technical support to staff.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:
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Monitor and analyze federal and state grant expenditures and revenues.
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Maintain and monitor eMARS accounting system components.
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Review financial, accounts payable, and travel documents for grant-related expenditures.
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Identify, research, and correct accounting errors.
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Prepare required financial and grant reports.
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Assist field staff, co-workers, and Federal Aid Coordinators with accounting and fiscal questions.
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Process grant reporting requirements and ensure timely reimbursement requests.
We offer a great package of EMPLOYEE and FAMILY-FRIENDLY BENEFITS, including:
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A 37.5-hour work week (with occasional overtime required)
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Paid time off (sick and vacation) plus paid holidays
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Overtime and compensatory time
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Affordable health insurance with optional Health Reimbursement Account
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Life insurance
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Retirement
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Wellness incentives program
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Training and career development opportunities
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Optional Deferred Compensation program (401K)
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Employee discounts on electronics; health and wellness; retail; travel, events and entertainment; and services and education
Minimum Requirements
EDUCATION:Graduate of a college or university with a bachelor's degree.
EXPERIENCE, TRAINING, OR SKILLS:One year of professional experience in statistical analysis, accounting, auditing, planning, or a related field.
Substitute EDUCATION for EXPERIENCE:NONE
Substitute EXPERIENCE for EDUCATION:Professional experience in statistical analysis, accounting, auditing, planning, or a related field will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS (AGE, LICENSURE, REGULATION, ETC.):NONE
Working Conditions
Incumbents working in this job title perform duties in an office setting.
Probationary Period
This job has an initial and promotional probationary period of 6 months, except as provided in KRS 18A.111.
If you have questions about this advertisement, please contact Eric McGinnis [email protected] ([email protected] ?Subject=2605873 - Budget Support Specialist) .
An Equal Opportunity Employer M/F/D
How this job compares
Set against the 4,846 open Accounting jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 10, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$40–60K/yr
- Kentucky median$84–115K/yr23 salary ranges
- US median$95–140K/yr2,426 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $50K, is 50% below the Kentucky median midpoint ($100K) — in the lowest quarter of Accounting salary ranges in Kentucky.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 50 open Accounting jobs in Kentucky and 4,846 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Kentucky
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 1 year of experience — less than three in four Accounting postings that state a minimum ask for (median 5 years, across 3,575 postings).
- Education
- 2,381 of the 4,846 open Accounting jobs (49%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 10, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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