Fiscal Officer CYF

This is a supervisory position in the fiscal department of a county Children & Youth agency whose operating budget for 2022/23 is approximately $46 million. This position reports to the Fiscal Officer 3.

• Transaction entry and maintenance of Department general ledger system
• Assists in the preparation of the annual Needs Based Plan and Budget. Assists in the preparation of the annual agency County Budget.
• Supervises a staff of professional and technical employee responsible for the maintenance of a variety of complex accounting and fiscal operations, records, and the preparation of a variety of automated reports.
• Prepares quarterly Act 148 reports for the submission to the Department of Human Services.
• Prepares Title IV-E report for federal funding for children placed in foster care and institutional settings. This requires tracking of approximately 400 children which generates annual revenues of approximately $10 million.
• Prepares quarterly TANF Reports for federal funding. Prepares quarterly Medicaid Reports. Prepares quarterly Special Grants Reports for federal and state funding.
• Reviews the financial statements and accounting operations of service providers, who have their central office in Luzerne County, in order to determine acceptable per diem charges and allowable IV-E reimbursement rates.
• Conducts monthly supervisory reviews of Title IV-E eligibility files. Verifies all Service Provider invoices for completeness and accuracy.
• Reviews county Foster parent, Adoptive Parent and SPLC Payroll for approximately 1,000 children. Maintains cash flow analysis.
• Analyzes monthly, quarterly, and annual accounting records and prepares various financial and statistical reports on this information for the Fiscal Officer 3.
• Assists auditors in completing their fieldwork. Maintains cash flow analysis.
• Prepares required year-end schedule for review by the auditing firm. Maintains complex fiscal records.
• Performs related work as required.

• Knowledge of the principles and practices of public fiscal administration. Knowledge of accounting principles and procedures.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices of auditing and cost accounting.
• Knowledge of basic capabilities of electronic and automatic data processing as it relates to fiscal operations.
• Ability to identify and analyze trends and provide fiscal and budgetary forecasts.
• Ability to plan, assign, review and supervise the work of a staff of professional, technical, and/or clerical employees.
• Ability to provide guidance, training and technical assistance to subordinates and staff of program funded or fee-for-service agencies.
• Ability to evaluate staff and program effectiveness.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with county, state and federal officials, public or private administrators, associates, subordinates, representatives of provider agencies and others.
• Ability to express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing.

• One year as an Accountant;
  or
• Three years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related bachelor's degree, that includes six college credits in accounting;
  or
• Five years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related associates' 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.

• Non-Union
• Exempt
• Full-time

Megan Stone

Luzerne County

Human Services

Megan.stone.

OHS

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