FISCAL OFFICER (FISCAL SERVICES OFFICER I)

Maryland; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

State of Maryland Benefits

Job summary

The Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS) seeks a Fiscal Services Officer for the Howard County Department of Social Services. The role oversees the agency's fiscal functions, ensuring compliance with laws, rules, and policies and coordinating accounting activities for grants, expenditures, and banking.

The position involves supervising staff, preparing expenditure and budget reports, monitoring state and county grants, and maintaining secure financial processes through reconciliation and

Qualifications

• Education requirements as stated: a Bachelor's degree in Accounting or related with 30 credit hours in accounting (including auditing).
• Three years of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying GAAP.

Responsibilities

• Provides professional accounting management of all fiscal operations of the local DSS Finance unit and Child support fiscal unit.
• Monitors operations within the fiscal unit by reviewing work to ensure procedures and policies are followed.
• Prepare or supervise the preparation of all expenditure and budgetary reports; monitor expenditures to ensure correct recording within the accounting code.
• Monitor all State & County grants and reimbursement programs.
• Established procedures must guarantee secure internal control.
• Monitor receipts, disbursements, grants, bank accounts, and other financial transactions.

Skills

Budget management

Supervision experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Accounting with 30 credits in accounting

Tools

FMIS

Job description

Introduction

When you join the Maryland Department of Human Services (DHS), you join a team of more than 5,000 employees across the state dedicated to positively changing the lives of more than 1 million Marylanders each year. We do this by providing economic support, preventive services, and caring for children and adults. We aim to deliver services so that we more quickly meet the needs of the people we serve. At DHS, we grapple with hard questions to find new ways to foster a culture of bold innovation. We do this to ensure that in Maryland, we leave no one behind.

This is an Internal Recruitment.

GRADE

STD0017

LOCATION OF POSITION

HOWARD COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES
Administration (LGA)
9780 Patuxent Woods Drive
Columbia, MD 21046

MAIN PURPOSE OF JOB

The Fiscal Services Officer at Howard County Department of Social Services is responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient functioning of the agency's fiscal functions in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies and procedures through the implementation, review, maintenance, evaluation and reconciliation of agency fiscal policies and procedures.�

POSITION DUTIES

• Provides professional accounting management of all fiscal operations of the local DSS Finance unit and Child support fiscal unit.
• Monitors operations within the fiscal unit by completing frequent reviews of work completed by staff to ensure activities/transactions follow documented procedures and policies.
• Prepare or supervise the preparation of all expenditure and budgetary reports; monitor expenditures to ensure they are recorded correctly within the established accounting code.
• Monitor all State & County grants and reimbursement programs.
• Established procedures must guarantee secure internal control.
• Monitor receipts, disbursements, grants, bank accounts, and other financial transactions.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Education: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university or a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with 30 credit hours in accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by 3 credit hours in auditing.
• Experience: Three years of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles.

Notes:

1. Applicants who had met the requirements for admission to the CPA examination prior to July 1, 1974 will be considered to have met the educational requirement referenced above.

2. Possession of a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Master's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for one year of the required experience.

3. Applicants may substitute one year of professional budgeting experience or one year of professional auditing experience for one year of the required experience.

4. Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in Administration classifications or Financial Management specialty codes in the Financial field on a year-for-year basis for the required experience.

DESIRED OR PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• One year of experience developing, monitoring and managing budgets.
• One year of experience using FMIS.
• One year of experience supervising.

LIMITATIONS ON SELECTION

Limited to current State of Maryland Employees, only.

LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS

NOT APPLICABLE.

EXAMINATION PROCESS

The examination will consist of a rating of your education, training, and experience as presented on your application and as they relate to the requirements of the position. You may be asked to complete a supplemental questionnaire. The supplemental questionnaire may be used as part of the rating process. Therefore, it is important that you provide complete and accurate information on your application.

For education obtained outside the U.S., a copy of the equivalent American education as determined by a foreign credential evaluation service is required prior to hire.

BENEFITS

STATE OF MARYLAND BENEFITS

As an equal opportunity employer Maryland is committed to recruiting, retaining and promoting employees who are reflective of the State's diversity. People with disabilities and bilingual applicants are encouraged to apply.

We thank our Veterans for their service to our country and encourage them to apply.