Fiscal Assistant - South Mountain Restoration Center

Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania; South Mountain (PA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s South Mountain Restoration Center is seeking a Fiscal Assistant to support financial operations and ensure timely, accurate processing of transactions. This role focuses on clerical accounting, purchasing, and recordkeeping to sustain high-quality care across the facility.

You will perform essential duties within the Financial Office, including accounts payable tasks and invoicing in the SAP system, with a standard 37.5-hour work week and no telework option.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience performing bookkeeping or clerical accounting work.
• An associate degree in accounting or business administration including six credits in accounting.
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Responsibilities

• Accounts Payable Support: assist with bookkeeping tasks related to accounts payable.
• Invoice Processing: prepare payments, compare documents, resolve discrepancies, and enter invoices into SAP.
• Purchasing Card Management: reconcile daily and monthly purchasing card transactions and follow discrepancies to resolution.
• Purchase Order Review: research and resolve differences between invoices and receipts; coordinate with departments; monitor SAP workflow items.
• Recordkeeping Tasks: open mail, date stamp documents, and file invoices and purchase orders by vendor and order number.

Skills

Bookkeeping

Clerical accounting

Attention to detail

Education

Associate degree in accounting or business administration

Tools

SAP

Job description

Salary: $41,506.00 - $61,927.00 Annually

Location: Franklin County, PA

Job Type: Civil Service Permanent Full-Time

Job Number: CS-2026-57868-00710

Department: Department of Human Services

Division: HS So Mtn Rstrtn

Opening Date: 09/04/2026

Closing Date: 9/18/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Job Code: 00710

Position Number: 00069051

Union: AFSCME

Bargaining Unit: A1

Pay Group: ST04

Bureau / Division Code: 00210882

Bureau / Division: South Mountain Restoration Center

Worksite Address: 10058 South Mountain Road

City: South Mountain, Pennsylvania

Zip Code: 17261

Contact Name: Tawnyia McKenrick

Contact Email: [e-mail]

THE POSITION

The Department of Human Services (DHS) at the South Mountain Restoration Center is looking for a motivated Fiscal Assistant ready to bring energy and focus to our financial operations. This role is ideal for individuals who enjoy detail oriented tasks and want to support a facility committed to high quality care. You will help ensure that financial transactions are completed correctly and on time, supporting the success of the entire center. If you want a position where your efforts directly support a meaningful mission, this role is for you.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK

This position provides essential clerical accounting support to the Financial Office, helping ensure that purchasing, payment, and recordkeeping processes run efficiently. The work supports accurate bookkeeping and smooth financial operations across the South Mountain Restoration Center. As a Fiscal Assistant, you will perform the following duties:

• Accounts Payable Support: Assist with bookkeeping tasks related to accounts payable, ensuring expenditures are recorded accurately
• Invoice Processing: Prepare payments, compare supporting documents, resolve discrepancies with vendors, and enter invoices into SAP accounting system
• Purchasing Card Management: Reconcile daily and monthly purchasing card transactions, verify documentation, and follow discrepancies through to resolution
• Purchase Order Review: Research and resolve differences between invoices and receipts, coordinate with departments, and monitor SAP workflow items
• Recordkeeping Tasks: Open mail, date stamp documents, and file invoices and purchase orders by vendor and order number

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment, 37.5 hours per week
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 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.

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE, TRAINING & ELIGIBILITY

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• Two years of experience performing bookkeeping or clerical accounting work; or
• An associate degree in accounting or business administration including or supplemented by six credits in accounting; or
• Any equivalent combination of experience and training.

Applicants will be considered to have met the educational requirements once they are within 3 months of graduating with a qualifying degree.

Other Requirements:

• 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.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

Legal Requirements:

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

Veterans

• 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 www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.

Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS)

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

The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

EXAMINATION INFORMATION

• Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
• Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
• Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
• You must provide complete and accurate information or:
  • your score may be lower than deserved.
  • you may be disqualified.
• You may only apply/test once for this posting.
• Your results will be provided via email.