Fiscal Services Specialist Job Oakland area,California USA,Finance & Banking

Salary Range 36.67 - 47.77 Job Description

The Superior Court of California, County of Alameda is accepting applications for the position of Fiscal Services Specialist that is assigned to the Trust & Treasury Unit within the Finance and Facilities Division. Under direction, a Fiscal Services Specialist performs a variety of finance and budget functions and transactions including but not limited to: preparing and maintaining a variety of finance and budgeting records and reports;

verifying the correctness of financial documents, analysis and interpretations of financial records, transactions and reports; requisitioning supplies and equipment; invoice processing and reconciliation; general ledger maintenance and statistical record keeping work which requires previous experience in the area of financial, budget and statistical record keeping, where assigned; and performs other related duties as assigned.

When assigned to this unit, incumbents will have ongoing responsibility to research, reconcile and correct errors in financial data. This includes learning and understanding several operational case management systems; maintaining financial system; managing trust accounts; preparing spreadsheet reports to provide analysis. The incumbent will also prepare and create journal entries; maintain supporting financial documents for audit purposes and adhering to the Court's policies and procedures;

and demonstrate the ability to manage multiple project deadlines.

The current vacancy is assigned to work in the Rene

C. Davidson Courthouse located in Oakland, CA. The successful candidate may be reassigned to work in other business units based on the operational business needs.

Example of Duties

NOTE:

The following are duties performed by employees in this classification; however, employees may perform other related duties at an equivalent level. Each individual in the classification does not necessarily perform all list duties.

Performing financial and statistical analysis; preparing budget estimates.

Performing complex accounting tasks involving the analysis and interpretation of journals, general ledgers and subsidiary ledgers; preparing cash receipt reports; identifying and allocating revenue and expenditures and capital asset accounting.

Performing grant management including processing, reconciling and generating reimbursement reports in accordance with grant requirements.

Maintaining and updating accounts receivable controls; classifying and posting expenditures.

Analyzing revenue and expenditures, preparing disbursement reports & other periodic statements.

Processing and reconciling vendor payments associated with contracts, agency agreements, and purchase orders.

Preparing requisitions, purchase orders, and contract for supplies, equipment, or services required; conferring with the requesting division to ensure that information is correct, that order parameters are understood and to provide information regarding products and suppliers.

Explaining purchasing policies and procedures to potential vendors.

Placing orders and negotiating with vendors as required if changes in purchase terms are required.

Assisting in analyzing bids, recommending award and preparing contracts for award; working with user departments to reconcile invoices and to solve delivery, quality and other problems that arise.

Maintaining electronic and physical records and accounts in an organized information retrieval system.

Identifying and resolving a variety of financial and statistical issues through analysis collaboration with internal and external partners.

Using of computer applications software including court financial automated systems.

Preparing financial policies and procedures; training court staff regarding financial policies and procedures.

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications

Experience:

Two (2) years of full-time work experience in finance and budget functions. Such experience should include processing financial transactions, fiscal and budget transactional processing and analysis, verifying correctness of financial documents, and experience with procurement, accounts payable, treasury functions, and other related fiscal analysis.

Or

Education:

Possession of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college in accounting or other related field that includes general and governmental accounting.

Desired Qualifications

Ability to prepare daily and month end reconciliations to analyze and correct imbalances.
Learn and independently prepare accurate journal entries.
Highly organized and maintains accurate reporting and summaries to comply with policies and procedures.
Experience in creating analysis and reporting utilizing financial systems and spreadsheets.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and meet tight deadlines.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively in both written and oral forms with all levels of manageme

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