Sr. Fiscal Assistant

Sr. Fiscal Assistant

The County of El Dorado is committed to promoting the power of public service by fostering a diverse and collaborative workplace where employees are empowered, respected and valued. The dedicated efforts taken by the Board of Supervisors continues to promote El Dorado County as a competitive employer that is committed to recruiting and retaining qualified employees by advocating for competitive salaries and excellent benefits.

The County of El Dorado is also supportive of providing telework opportunities for employees consistent with business needs and in accordance with Board of Supervisors Policy E-12 - Telecommuting.

The Treasurer-Tax Collector's Office protects public resources and ensures the transparent, fair, and efficient collection of revenues that support essential services throughout El Dorado County.

The opportunity:

Sr. Fiscal Assistants serve in select County departments, providing essential support for fiscal and administrative operations. They perform a variety of routine to complex fiscal, financial, statistical, and accounting support duties in the preparation, processing, and maintenance of fiscal and accounting records and transactions; produce, balance, and maintain both manual and computerized accounting and financial records; receive, document, and deposit payments made and perform general office support duties.

The selected candidate will have the opportunity to:

• Provide lead direction, training, work review and evaluation to a small fiscal and/or general office support staff; organize and assign work, set priorities and follows up to ensure coordination and completion of assigned work.
• Provide input into selection decisions, disciplinary matters and other personnel decisions.
• Perform difficult or complex accounting or financial office support work and assist with special projects as assigned.
• Review and reconcile varied reports, journals, budget, payroll or related fiscal or statistical data.
• Review and audit changes to County tax rolls; update and balance County tax rolls; calculate payments due on bonds and special assessments.
• Audit and verify various information, including source data as well as manual and computer-produced reports.

Human Resources will assess your application to determine if you are minimally qualified using the following recommendations: A combination of the required experience, education, and training that would provide the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying; however, education may not solely substitute for the required experience. Where college degrees and/or college course credits are required, degrees and college units must be obtained from an accredited college or university.

Courses from non-accredited institutions will not be evaluated for this requirement.

Experience:

One year of fiscal support experience at a level equivalent to the County's class of Fiscal Assistant II.

Based on the department's needs, the selection procedures listed above may be modified. All candidates will be notified of any changes in the selection procedures.

The County of El Dorado is recruiting applicants for Sr. Fiscal Assistant. This recruitment will establish a list for the purpose of filling current and future full time, part time, limited term and extra help vacancies for at least three (3) months.

The County of El Dorado is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds to apply. Many job classifications require pre-employment medical screening. Depending on the job classification, medical screening may include drug testing; a positive test may result in the revocation of an employment offer. As required by Internal Revenue Service Publication 1075, individuals in positions that have access to Federal Tax Information (FTI), will be subject to a background investigation and a criminal history check.

In addition, individuals hired into positions that have access to FTI will be re-investigated at least once every five (5) years.

The County of El Dorado participates in the E-Verify program to confirm employment eligibility. If hired, the information you provide on your Form I-9 will be used to verify your authorization to work in the United States.

The County of El Dorado is committed to providing a comprehensive, flexible benefits program to meet your needs! For your Health and Well-Being:
Medical, Dental, Vision, Flexible Spending Accounts - FSA & HSA, Employee Assistance Program (EAP), Basic Life Insurance, Long Term Disability (LTD), County sponsored Wellness program, Discounts on gym memberships. For your Financial Future:
CalPERS Retirement, Deferred Compensation (457) Plans, Optional Life Insurance. For your Work/Life Balance:
Paid Holidays, Floating Holidays, Vacation and sick leave accruals, Personal and bereavement leave. Extra help employees are not considered regular employees, therefore do not attain civil service status, and do not receive benefits or paid leaves; however, they do accrue sick leave…