Fiscal Accounts Technician

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits, pension, generous leave, competitive salary, and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth, The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion.

In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

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18701 Roxbury Road, Hagerstown, MD 21746

The primary purpose of this position is to assist with maintaining payroll, timekeeping, and leave records for the DPSCS Office of the Secretary, consolidated agencies, and correctional facilities to support the accurate and timely processing of payroll on a biweekly basis. The position performs routine payroll and timekeeping functions under the direction of a Fiscal Accounts Technician Supervisor or higher-level fiscal staff.

The position reviews, enters, and maintains payroll and timekeeping information in Workday and Time Clock Plus (TCP), assists with identifying discrepancies, and refers complex or unusual payroll matters to higher-level staff for review and resolution.

• Reviews routine payroll and timekeeping information for assigned DPSCS agencies and facilities.
• Enters approved timesheet corrections, payroll adjustments, and exceptions in Workday in accordance with established procedures.
• Ensures entries are supported by appropriate documentation and refers questionable or complex transactions to higher-level fiscal staff.
• Assists with processing routine payroll transactions resulting from personnel actions and timekeeping activity, including overtime, shift differential, leave without pay, acting capacity assignments, promotions, suspensions, and other approved adjustments.
• Performs calculations using established procedures and submits complex calculations or unusual situations for review.
• Enters and maintains routine employee leave information, including approved leave adjustments and leave usage associated with employee absences.
• Assists with tracking leave usage and identifying discrepancies in employee leave balances.

• Education:
  
  Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• Experience:
  
  Three years of experience reviewing, verifying, recording, adjusting and balancing financial transactions.
• Notes:
• 1. Experience calculating and recording financial, statistical or other numerical data may be substituted on a year-for-year basis for the required high school education.
• 2. Six credit hours in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.
• 3. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Financial Clerical/Finance Technicians classifications or specialty codes in the financial field of work at a rate of one year of military experience for the required experience.

One year of experience processing, reviewing, auditing, or reconciling payroll and timekeeping records, including, verifying employee work hours, leave balances,…