Fiscal​/Administrative Assistant; Hybrid

Do you want to utilize your skills and make a difference? Are you looking to take the next step in your career? If so, please read on to learn more about this exciting opportunity! The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH) is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Fiscal Administrative Assistant to join our team.

• LOCATION:
  
  Hartford, CT
• SCHEDULE:
  
  Full-Time, First Shift, 40 hours per week, Monday
  - Friday
• Hybrid work environment

• Visit our new State Employee Benefits Overview page!
• Professional growth and development opportunities.
• A healthy work/life balance to all employees.

• Engage in a rewarding career;
• Showcase your talents in a meaningful role;
• Thrive in an exciting environment;
• Provide support to a division that is passionate about the work we do;
• Work together in a collaborative team environment.

Join a supportive, collaborative team where you’ll work alongside colleagues with diverse backgrounds and expertise. We’re looking for someone who thrives in a fast‑paced environment, enjoys juggling multiple priorities, and is eager to learn and grow.

• Generate bills/invoices
• Payment processing
• Aging analysis and reporting
• Journalizing deposits in Core
• Running reports – collections and dunning
• Accounts Reconciliation etc.
• Perform related duties as required.

The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state.

DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

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.

• Knowledge of 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 communication skills;
• Considerable ability in arithmetic computations;
• Audit financial documents;
• Understand and apply statutes and regulations;
• Utilize EDP…