Budget Officer III - Cornhusker State Industries

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Hiring Agency:

Correctional Services - Agency 46

Location:

Lincoln, NE

Hiring Rate:

$30.713

Job Posting:

JR2026-00027717 Budget Officer III - Cornhusker State Industries (Open)

Applications No Longer Accepted On (If no date is displayed, job is posted as open until closed):

07-14-2026

Job Description:

Come join the team at Cornhusker State Industries (CSI)! We provide workforce training and development to nearly 500 incarcerated men and women. CSI is a financially self-supported program of the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services (NDCS). The budget officer oversees the financial performance and sustainability of CSI’s operations involving manufactured goods, services, and training programs. In addition, the budget officer plans for enhancing and expanding our program to additional participants.

Information about NDCS can be found at: www.corrections.nebraska.gov. For more information about the position, call Lauren at 402-471-1604. For Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accommodations, please contact Megan Jones at [email protected].

Location: 800 Pioneers Blvd. Lincoln, NE 68502


Job Duties:
• Oversees the CSI Business Office and Inventory Control team activities and performs and
coordinates financial audits with various oversight entities.
• Leads the financial responsibility in developing pricing strategies, cost analysis for
manufacturing operations, analysis of sales volumes, profit margins, capital expenditure
planning and maintenance of the industrial inventories.
• Provides short- and long-term financial planning, analysis, and budgeting for the Industries
Administrator and coordinates sound accounting activities with the NDCS Controller, maintaining
audit integrity.

 

Requirements /Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business or public administration or related field plus 3 years experience in developing public budgeting systems, modifying public budgeting systems, cost accounting, cost analysis and providing financial management consultation. Experience may substitute for education on a year for year basis.

Preferred Qualifications: Experience using governmental accounting practices and procedures. Knowledge of financial systems including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Experience coordinating and compiling complex financial data for multiple product line in diverse manufacturing locations. Experience managing cash conversion cycles and supply chain logistics for multiple product and service lines.

Other: Must have a valid driver's license.  Applicant accepting a job offer must pass the following pre-employment exams in this order: medical exam and, at a randomly announced time, pass a drug test. Once at the Staff Training Academy, must successfully complete the fully paid NE Corrections Training Program.

 

 

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Benefits

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