What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fiscal Technician position at Chester County of Pennsylvania?
Summary
Operations Unit:
- Enters, tracks and retrieves data related to travel reimbursement.
- Enters and tracks child support in compliance with Child Welfare regulations.
- Works in conjunction with the Office of Domestic Relations regarding child support for client children.
- Enters, tracks and retrieves data related to Title IV E reimbursements.
- Enters, tracks and retrieves data related to client health insurance and DPW benefits.
The Fiscal Technician position comes under the provisions of the Child Protective Services Law. Pennsylvania State Police, Childline and FBI clearances are required.
Current Child Abuse, State Police and FBI clearances are required, as is online skills assessment
To learn more about our services, please visit our website at www.chesco.org/MHIDD.
The Human Services’ Employee Addendum can be found here: http://chesco.org/DocumentCenter/View/32092?
Essential Duties
- Assist in preparing the quarterly and year-to-date state and federal reports.
- Analyze expenditure data.
- Update specific financial spreadsheets.
- Analyze PeopleSoft reports for accuracy of data.
- Assist the Fiscal Officer in meeting report deadlines relating to state and federal grants.
- Perform other duties, tasks and special projects, as required.
Qualifications/Preferred Skills, Knowledge & Experience
Minimum Requirements:
- High School Diploma and 4 years of paid experience maintaining fiscal/ financial record to include 3 years of experience applying fiscal/ accounting principles and practices; or
- Associates degree in Accounting or Business Administration plus 2 years of paid experience maintaining. reviewing fiscal records; or
- Any equivalent combination of paid experience and training.
Preferred Skills, Knowledge & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting or Finance preferred.
- Two to three years of fiscal technician experience.
- One year of responsible work involving the application of accounting or fiscal principles and practices.
- Basic knowledge and experience in account analysis and fund accounting.
- General understanding of the maintenance of fiscal or financial records.
- Ability to understand and interpret rules, regulations, statutes and laws.
- Strong mathematical skills and analysis techniques.
- General understanding of fiscal planning.
- Ability to work independently and with a minimum of supervision.
- Working knowledge of budgets and spreadsheets.
- Ability to work as part of a team.
- Accurate and detail-oriented.
- Basic skills to use a personal computer and various software packages.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Advanced bookkeeping practices.
- Knowledge of various Department of Public Welfare, state and county code regulations, statutes, guidelines and policies.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Strong time management skills.
- General knowledge and understanding of County of Chester policies and procedures.
Additional Information
Computer Skills:
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have:
- Basic Word skills
- Intermediate Excel skills
- PeopleSoft skills or the ability to learn PeopleSoft
- Basic OutLook skills (Email and Calendar)
- Basic Internet skills
Salary : $37,005 - $0