Financial Specialist or Financial Specialist Sr

Financial Specialist or Financial Specialist Senior # – Full Time, Perm – Albuquerque, NM

# of Positions: 1

Opening Date: 06‑26‑2026 – Close Date: –

Target Pay Range: FS $21.95‑$27.437/hr or $45,656‑$57,068.96/yr (FS Sr $24.736‑$30.920/hr or $51,450.88‑$64,313.60/yr)

Acting under general supervision perform a full range of accounting and fund management functions.

• Preparing, processing and posting vouchers, operating transfers, encumbrances, warrants and warrant cancellations.
• Posting monthly financial transactions into accounting software and reconciling reports.
• Preparing cash receipts and daily deposits, verifying cash balances, and ensuring funds are posted to the correct account and cash fund balances for obligations, and following up on non‑sufficient fund checks.
• Assisting with budget projections and preparing reports for use in financial control and budget analysis.
• Reviewing vouchers, invoices, deposits and other financial documents for accuracy.
• Ensuring all DFA deadlines are met and submitted documents are in compliance.
• Logging and reconciling statements to daily receipts and monthly reports.
• Verifying and reconciling petty cash for reimbursement.
• Reviewing, compiling, bank and submitting all travel documents for employee reimbursement in compliance with New Mexico Administrative Code.
• Deposits, entering and reconciling suspense and over payments to the Department of Finance and Administration (DFA).
• Tracking capital inventory and keeping current records of all fixed assets.
• Preparing and monitoring bank and procurement card reconciliations.
• Preparing data report for the bank.
• Processing and preparing reports and cash transfers to the State Treasurer’s Office.
• Working with federal grants.
• Assisting in training court staff in fiscal responsibilities.
• Assisting with the submission of audit deliverables when needed.
• Assisting in updating financial procedures manual and resource documents.
• Reviewing cash and surety bonds on a daily/monthly basis and maintaining collateral for surety/property bonds.
• Ensuring forfeiture hearings are scheduled per the 30‑day rule and tracking any funds due from bonding companies per judicial decision.
• Processing and transferring cash and surety/property bonds to other jurisdictions for out‑of‑county cash bond payments and for Grand Jury indictments and preliminary hearings.
• Maintaining civil trust inventory and statuses of cases with appeal bonds.
• Preparing reports and operating transfers for unclaimed properties.
• Coordinating accounts receivable and generating receipts for incoming payments.
• Reconciling and processing third‑party credit card payments and File & Serve/E‑Payment for courts statewide.
• Reconciling daily Point of Sale transactions in Odyssey to financial statements. Understanding of the various reports through the Vital Chek Product Suite and Wells Fargo Business Track to troubleshoot any issues that may arise.
• Refunding filing fees or other fees as ordered by the court through the online payment system and check processing.
• Reviewing and ensuring all checks issued are submitted to Wells Fargo Positive Pay to assist in fraud management.
• Reviewing third‑party credit card chargebacks/NSFs and assisting with necessary case management adjustments.
• Serving as a point of contact for the Department of Finance Authority vendor file, journaling deposits, and processing W9s for vendors.
• Travelling to courts statewide to provide training on end‑of‑month reporting, stale dated checks and over payments.
• Participating in external audit processes and communicating with Judges and court staff while communicating with external auditors.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Preparing, reviewing, correcting, auditing and approving various accounting documents and financial records to ensure proper usage of budget, funds and expenditures.
• Ensuring compliance with state accounting guidelines and providing information to external auditors.
• Maintaining general ledgers and reconciling monthly reports.
• Performing monthly bank reconciliation for interest‑bearing and non‑interest‑bearing accounts.
• Preparing, developing,…