Fiscal Specialist - Domestic Relations Department ; Bartow

Fiscal Specialist
- Domestic Relations Department 50-2026 (Bartow)

Join a team of dedicated professionals in the Polk County Clerk of Courts office. The Clerk’s office has been recognized as a Best Places to Work—an award given by Career Source Polk that is based on employee surveys and an evaluation by judges.

The Clerk of Courts provides a very rich benefit plan which includes:

• membership in the Florida Retirement System
• health insurance
• an employee wellness center
• an employee gym

There’s also a paid time off plan in which one can accrue twenty-two days of leave time in the first year of employment.

Job Number: 50-2025

Hiring Rate: $16.00

Shift: 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Weekends, holidays, and after hours required as needed

FLSA Status:
Nonexempt

Department:
Domestic Relations & Probate
- Bartow Courthouse

• The Mission of the Clerk of Courts has a high degree of public accountability, regular attendance and punctuality is an essential function of this position.
• Support and comply with the Mission Statement and Code of Conduct of the Clerk of Courts.
• Maintain a high standard relating to professional conduct and behavior.
• Work cooperatively with other employees of the work unit and embrace a teamwork approach to completing tasks.

• Provide accurate, compassionate service to all customers and colleagues, whether in person, over the phone, or by email.
• Accurately perform data entry and scanning to maintain records within multiple software programs to support seamless delivery of departmental services.
• Build and process new cases and complete required process work.
• Create child support and alimony depository accounts, make financial adjustments/modifications directed in judicial orders and clerk action requests from the Department of Revenue.
• Learn and understand multiple applications related to the position.
• Research information in multiple databases to provide customers with accurate information.
• Cashier and process child support and alimony payments as well as balance and reconcile cash, checks, and credit cards with daily reports.
• Process the daily SDU Lockbox, payment redirects and intercepts for disbursement of support payments.
• Scan, index, and process eFiled documents and update cases accordingly
• Process writ of bodily attachment withdrawals, lien notices and satisfactions, and driver’s license suspensions according to procedure/instruction.
• Explain payment and assessment history to customers, judicial staff, and government agencies.
• Ability to meet production standards while maintaining a high level of accuracy.
• Pickup, sort, and deliver mail.
• Prepare and process subsequent filings.
• Fulfill records requests.
• Provide backup to the front counter as needed.
• Timely and accurately respond to all Automated Random Moments (ARMARS)
• Maintain confidentiality of information learned or acquired as part of the position.
• Assist with special projects as needed.
• Adapt to a flexible schedule, and work overtime, as needed.
• Perform other related work as required or assigned.

• Graduate of an accredited high school or possess an acceptable equivalency diploma.
• Bilingual candidates are encouraged to apply.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with departmental teams and external agencies to prioritize workflows, organize tasks, and manage competing demands to ensure all deadlines are met.
• Ability to read, interpret, and follow safety rules, operating/maintenance instructions, procedure manuals, and write routine correspondence and reports.
• Proficiency in use of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to accurately type 35 WPM.
• Ability to maintain attention to detail and remain calm in an anxious, intense situation.
• Demonstrate strong professional communication skills in both oral and written form…