Fiscal Analyst

Fiscal Analyst 4

Full Time | Permanent

Location:
Stafford Creek Corrections Center | Aberdeen, WA

Salary Range: $83,340 - $112,092 Annually

This position is represented by the Teamsters 117 bargaining unit.

This position may be allocated for up to two days of telework per week after an initial training period.

The Washington State Department of Corrections has an exciting opportunity for a fiscal guru to join the Stafford Creek Corrections Center fiscal team as a Fiscal Analyst 4 (FA4)! The goal of the Fiscal Analyst 4 is to ensure responsive customer service for local funds accounting and manage incarcerated individual banking.

As a Fiscal Analyst 4, you will utilize and interpret various WACs, RCWs, State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and agency policies. The candidate of choice will maintain a reasonable understanding of the Department’s structure, facility activity, and programs in order to provide consultation services to project managers and field fiscal staff as needed.

This position supports the agency mission to improve public safety by positively changing lives through assisting employees in succeeding by modeling accountability and being fair, reasonable and consistent.

• A cover letter regarding your interest in this position with our agency
• A detailed resume
• Three professional references

• Incarcerated Individual Banking
  • Planning and assigning of incarcerated individual banking work activities using independent judgment to meet the needs of the facility
  • Working activities include but are not limited to deposits and withdrawals from incarcerated individual Trust Accounts, incarcerated individual payroll and releases
  • Interpreting and application of DOC policy, WAC and RCWs in responding to inquiries received from incarcerated individuals, incarcerated individual’s family/friends, local/other facility staff and external entities
  • Preparing monthly local fund financial reports, preparing and producing payment for local fund liabilities owed to the department and other local funds, State of WA, and external entities to include other-State/Federal/County agencies and the courts
  • Reconciling Local Bank Accounts to include the Incarcerated Individual Welfare Betterment Account activity (Account 29B), Incarcerated Individual Resident Trust Account activity (Account 651), Vocational Education Service Account activity (Account 575), and Miscellaneous Program Account activity (Account 759)
• General Accounting
  • Analyzing, monitoring, and evaluating fiscal and accounting activity
  • Supporting the LBM in research and expenditure correction activity
  • Ensuring reimbursable projects are cleared prior to fiscal month close
  • Monitoring and/or reconciling general ledger activity
  • May assist LBM in budget and allotment preparation
• Staff Development and Supervision
• Other duties as assigned

• High school diploma or GED
• 12 Semester or 18 Quarter hours of accounting credits from an accredited college or university recognized by the US Department of Education and the Council of Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or foreign equivalent
• Completion of Accounting 201, Accounting 202, and Governmental Accounting from an accredited college or university within six months from date of hire
• Four (4) years of relevant professional experience
  • Professional level experience in AFRS and Enterprise Reporting
  • Intermediate level experience in Microsoft Excel
• Provided that a candidate possesses a degree focused on accounting or business management/administration:
  • AA degree can be equivalent to 1 year required work experience
  • BA degree or above can be equivalent to 2 years of required work experience

• Additional relevant professional experience at Fiscal Analyst 3 level
• A business focused Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with minimum 20 accounting credits to include Accounting 201, 202, 203 and Governmental Accounting

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