Financial Specialist ; Finance

Overview

If another position becomes available within five months of this recruitment’s closing date, the applicant pool from this posting may be used to fill additional vacancies.

When you come to work for the New Jersey Judiciary you will join an 8500-member strong TEAM that operates with the highest standards of independence, integrity, fairness and quality service. You will be engaged with work that has purpose, meaning and makes a difference in lives of the public we serve. We work hard every day to build the public’s trust and confidence in our court system, which includes issues such as bail reform, marijuana decriminalization and recovery court.

Whether it be in a courtroom, an administrative office, a courthouse training room, an IT office or in the field, our Judiciary workforce is improving the lives of countless individuals and families every day. We honor the dignity and individualism of each member of our organization while fostering professionalism and continuous improvement in our work.

The salary range for this position is $68,496.36 to $ for Schedule A, and $68,496.36 to $ for Schedule

B. For newly hired individuals, the starting salary will normally be at the minimum of the salary range. For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater. Judiciary employees hired prior to June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule

A. Newly hired individuals, and Judiciary employees hired on or after June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule

B.

The Judiciary offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access. Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.

• Assist with the development of operating manuals, and the implementation of financial policies and procedures.
• Assess internal controls to safeguard public assets and ensure that segregation of duties are in place.
• Review the annual internal control assessment and make recommendation in operating procedures to tighten controls.
• Conduct child support financial audits
• Reconcile electronic payments within the various court systems, ensuring payments are identified and posted accurately.
• Maintain the jointly and severally log to track payments and apply verified credits to avoid over payments.
• Prepare cash receipts and daily deposits.
• Verify cash balances.
• Ensure funds are posted to the correct account; review daily receipts and monthly reports and reconcile bank accounts.
• Maintain a log to track non-sufficient fund (NSF) checks, preparing adjusting entries and following up on recoupment efforts.
• Prepare financial reports, reconciliations, and analyses.
• Work with Financial Specialist team regarding Guardianship review partnership with Passaic County Surrogates Office.
• Review system reports and resolving discrepancies.
• Oversee, prepare, and reconcile escheat data to report unclaimed property items in accordance with MS Bulletin 209.
• Assist internal and external auditors.
• Prepare, process, and submit inter-agency funds transfers to BCM unit to correct errors and creating supplemental off-line subsidiary ledgers utilizing Excel, Quick Books, and/or manual spreadsheets.
• Assist team members with work in progress and cross training.
• Perform other work duties or responsibilities as assigned by the Court Executive 2B (Finance Division Manager) and/or Court Executive 1B (Assistant Finance Division Manager) as operationally required.

Qualifications

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 21 credit hours in accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses. Six of these credit hours must be in accounting and three years of professional accounting,…