Hiring: Child Nutrition Funding Analyst (Consultant #643) Company: Illinois State Board of Education Location: Springfield, IL Job Posted Time: 2026-09-11 11:35:28 Target Skills & Keywords : Microsoft Excel About the job Required Skills: •Maintains records regarding meal count records for child nutrition. •Maintains and applies adjustments from reviews, claim revisions and/or requested claim exceptions. •Prepares and distributes correspondence to entities regarding late submissions and corrective action. •Approves or denies claims that are transmitted after the regulated timeline. •Maintains updates and additions of new entities within the entity system, Entity Profile System (EPS), Financial Reimbursement Information System (FRIS), Comptroller, and Management Information Database Accounting System (MIDAS) vendor files. •Serves as department contact for coordinating updates requested of all returned department correspondence from the United States Post Office or Comptroller's Office and completing applicable updates to EPS and MIDAS. •On a monthly basis, prepares required Federal Child Nutrition Reports (FNS-10, FNS-44 and FNA-418). •Processes reports and vouchers for assigned FRIS programs. Qualifications: •Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, Accounting, or Finance, or, a High School Diploma with a combination of four years of education, experience and/or training related to the duties of this position. (COPY OF TRANSCRIPTS REQUIRED AT TIME OF APPLICATION) •Demonstrated capacity to communicate orally and in writing. •Demonstrated capacity to develop and maintain cooperative relationships with internal and external client groups. •Solid functional working knowledge of federal and state regulations, laws and procedures related to nutrition programs and their administration. Compensation: •$49,716 - $60,719 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!