Fiscal Analyst - OneWA Project

Are you detail oriented and motivated by ensuring fiscal accuracy, timely reporting, and smooth financial operations? And are you ready for a project-based opportunity where you will play a key role in maintaining compliance and supporting the agency through a major state-wide accounting system transition? If this sounds like you, the role of Fiscal Analyst 3 at the Department of Retirement Systems may be the ideal next step in your career!

This is a project role funded through June 2027 with the potential to be extended based on the project needs.

The recruitment will remain open until filled. Applicants who apply by 8:00 am (PST) on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, will get first consideration.

Interviews will be in person at our Tumwater Office and will be scheduled on July 1 and 2.

The salary advertised includes the general wage increase that will be in effect July 1, 2026.

We are seeking a detail‑oriented and experienced Fiscal Analyst 3 to support the agency’s readiness for the statewide OneWA accounting system transition. This project-based role provides the opportunity to apply your financial analysis and reconciliation skills while back filling critical fiscal functions that enable other team members to participate in project activities. You will play a key role in ensuring the agency maintains accurate, timely, and compliant fiscal operations during this major system change.

• Analyzing daily and monthly reports of contributions, rollovers, distributions, and payments to identify and correct discrepancies.
• Coordinating and validating daily fund transfers with the Office of the State Treasurer to ensure timely investments and customer disbursements.
• Preparing daily deposits, reconciling activity, and monitoring cash flow to support investment and benefit payment needs.
• Performing reconciliations and journal entries in the Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS).
• Supporting employers with reporting corrections in the Employer Reporting Application (ERA).
• Researching and resolving complex accounting anomalies such as contribution rejects, disbursement reversals, and lost earnings activities.
• Documenting procedures and suggesting improvements to support effective fiscal operations.
• Providing assistance, as needed, with returned tax documents and disbursement team tasks.

After successful completion of the review period and effectively demonstrating the ability to perform work independently, you may be eligible to telework up to two days per week at the discretion of the Appointing Authority and with a telework agreement in place. You must live within a reasonable commuting distance to the DRS building in Tumwater, WA, and must be willing and able to adjust your telework schedule whenever necessary to complete work assignments, attend mandatory meetings, trainings, etc.,

at the DRS facility.

• Demonstrated experience in analyzing, processing, reconciling and balancing transactions and accounting records.
• Intermediate proficiency utilizing Microsoft Outlook and Excel.
• Demonstrated proficiency in the following competency areas:
  Adaptability/Flexibility, Attention to Detail, Analysis, Mathematical Reasoning, Managing Workloads, Cooperation, Meeting the Needs of Others, Learning and Growth.

The above experience is typically gained through at least four (4) years of full‑time professional experience. An associate's degree or higher in accounting or a closely related field (including 18 quarter or 12 semester hours in accounting) may substitute for up to two years of experience. Experience can be gained through various combinations of professional employment and volunteer/personal experience.

Experience with the state’s Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS) and its processes.

DRS offers a generous benefits package that includes membership in the Public Employees Retirement System, health, dental and vision coverage, and participation in the Deferred Compensation Program. Also, as a public service employee you may also be eligible for student loan forgiveness. (See the Benefits tab at the top of this post for more…