County Fiscal Officer ; Local Government; Cambria County Children & Youth Services

Are you ready to bring your accounting, budgetary, and business-related knowledge to a fiscal leadership role where your work will help support children and families? Become a County Fiscal Officer 2 with Cambria County Children & Youth Services. This position offers a chance to manage important fiscal operations and guide staff to keep vital programs running smoothly.

This role oversees major fiscal operations that support daily and long‑term work of our Children & Youth Services agency including foster care, temporary cash assistance for needy families, Juvenile Probation, and more. It includes leadership, fiscal planning, reporting, and analysis. As a County Fiscal Officer 2, you will perform the following duties:

• Staff Supervision: Guide, monitor, and train agency fiscal staff in daily tasks and special projects
• Budget Development: Review expenditures, analyze changes, and project estimated costs to create the agency’s state, county, and needs-based plan budgets
• Report Preparation: Oversee and participate in the completion of mandated federal and state reports for revenues, expenditures, and reimbursements from multiple funding streams
• Audit Preparation: Assist with preparations for and participate in required audits
• Grant Management: Oversee all grants obtained by the agency, develop reports, and ensure compliance with the specific conditions of each grant
• Fiscal Guidance: Provide direction for the review of applications for foster care funding and to professional staff for the completion of mandated financial forms

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with 30-minute lunch.
• Telework: You will not have the option to telework in this position.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

• One year as a County Fiscal Officer 1;
  or
• Two years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related bachelor’s degree that includes six college credits in accounting;
  or
• Four years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related associate’s degree that includes six college credits in accounting;
  or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes or is supplemented by six college credits in accounting.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
• Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Cambria County. If no eligible candidates who live within Cambria County apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require a medical examination and a drug screening.
• This position falls under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law.
  • Under the Law, a conditional offer of employment will require submission and approval of satisfactory criminal history reports including, but not limited to, PA State Police clearance, PA Child Abuse history clearance, and FBI Fingerprint clearance.

• Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). and click on Veterans.

• 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).

If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.

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