Fiscal​/Administrative Assistant

Are you a current employee of the State of Connecticut with four (4) years of experience in complex clerical work in one or more fiscal/administrative functions such as accounting, accounts examining, budget management, grant administration, payroll, or purchasing? If so, we encourage you to take this opportunity to consider the Fiscal Administrative Assistant position below!

The State of Connecticut, Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) – is currently recruiting for one (1) full-time Fiscal/Administrative Assistant in Hartford within the newly developed Business Office. Join the Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities as a Fiscal/Administrative Assistant. The primary role of this position will be the processing of payroll while contributing to the day-to-day financial and administrative responsibilities of the office.

Location:

Hartford, CT

Full-time | Hybrid

Monday – Friday | 8:00 am – 4:30 pm

• View our State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and paid professional development opportunities.
• A healthy work-life balance to all employees!
• The State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service.  for more information.

The mission of the State of Connecticut, Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities (CHRO) is to eliminate discrimination through civil and human rights law enforcement and to establish equal opportunity and justice for all persons within the state through advocacy and education.

• Enforce human rights laws that ban illegal discrimination in employment, housing, public accommodations and credit transactions.
• Monitor compliance with state contract compliance laws and with laws requiring affirmative action in state agency personnel practices.
• Establish equal opportunity and justice for all persons in Connecticut through education and outreach activities.

In a state agency, facility or institution this class is accountable for performing a combination of basic paraprofessional work, and highly complex clerical work in fiscal and administrative functions.

• Performs paraprofessional level work in fiscal and administrative activities;
• Independently performs bookkeeping and basic accounting activities such as maintaining, balancing, and reconciling an interrelated group of accounts;
• Independently accountable for an accounts receivable or accounts payable process including varied and complex procedures and activities;
• Prepares simple financial statements and assists in preparation of complex financial statements;
• Calculates rates involving complex arithmetical formulas;
• Gathers and consolidates payroll and expenditure data for budget preparation;
• Ensures that expenditures plus encumbrances are within appropriation limits;
• Reviews routine expenditures for compliance with itemized budgets;
• Utilizes EDP systems for financial records and reports;
• Independently performs purchasing functions including preparing and processing purchase orders and requisitions, authorizing routine purchase orders, and preparing requests for proposals;
• Independently prepares renewal or new contracts based on awards;
• Ensures that routine payments are in compliance with contract provisions;
• Performs related duties as required.

• bookkeeping, financial record keeping and basic governmental accounting principles and practices;
• basic procedures of budget preparation and control;
• payroll procedures, purchasing procedures and contract preparation;

• interpersonal skills;
• oral and written…