Financial Specialist ; Finance

SALARY

The salary range for this position is 70,893.73 to  for Schedule A, and 70,893.73 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.

Are you a true professional interested in serving the public by upholding the Judiciary’s core values of Independence, Integrity, Fairness and Quality Service? The Bergen Vicinage is seeking a meticulous, well organized finance professional with excellent accounting, analytical, organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills to join the Finance Division team.

We are located in the heart of the bustling Hackensack redevelopment district, close to transit options, and provide free parking.

We are looking for candidates with excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong knowledge of internal controls, independent critical thinking skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines. The selected candidate will be responsible to perform various system reconciliations, extracting data from various legacy and web-based systems and utilizing excel to analyze that data and prepare financial reports/spreadsheets.

We believe in continuous cross-training and a team-focused approach with open idea sharing. Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.

The Judiciary currently 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.

• Navigate various legacy and proprietary technology systems to extract needed data.
• Prepare technical, statistical, financial, review or evaluation reports.
• Interpret accounting, financial, or statistical data.
• Perform financial and internal control audits.
• Conduct financial audits for accuracy, compliance or legitimacy following standards to maintain security or confidentiality.
• Analyze cases in accordance with existing laws, regulations, or professional practices.
• Ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Review activities for adherence to applicable procedures, administrative directives, and laws/regulations.
• Compile statistical data on workload volume, unit expenditures, personnel actions, fixed assets, equipment or attendance.
• Coordinate the collection, maintenance and tabulation of accounting, financial or statistical data.
• Perform variance analysis and determine the course of action to correct mis-posts, financial errors, and discrepancies.
• Prepare spending projections.
• Develop operating budgets.
• Process vendor payments and employee reimbursements.
• Recommend improvements in operating procedures, programs, standards, work processes, or administrative practices.
• Participate fully in team or work unit meetings and special projects.
• Provide quality customer service to court users and/or internal customers.
• Function as a liaison and establish positive working relationships with other divisions, vicinages, central office, and external stakeholders.
• Treat all personnel, clients and the public with dignity and respect.

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, auditing, budgeting, cash management and/or financial analysis.

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