Fiscal Technician (Hourly/Wage): Dillwyn Correctional Center #W0026

Commonwealth of VA Careers; Virginia; On-site; USD 26,000 - 36,000; Part time

Job summary

Dillwyn Correctional Center in Virginia is seeking a Fiscal Technician (Hourly/Wage) to provide essential fiscal support to the Business Office. The role involves processing, reviewing, and analyzing data to ensure accuracy and compliance with established procedures, and preparing and maintaining fiscal records and reports.

The position is wage/hourly, limited to 1,500 hours per agency per year, with a maximum of 20 hours per week and no state benefits.

Qualifications

• Detail-oriented with numerical data; perform calculations accurately.
• Knowledge of bookkeeping/accounting principles and practices.
• Ability to prepare routine financial reports and statements.
• Knowledge of office practices, procedures, and equipment.
• Proficient in Microsoft Word and Excel.
• Ability to input data into databases other than Microsoft Office.
• Ability to communicate effectively with employees and staff.
• Ability to interpret and follow operating instructions and policies.
• Wage position limited to 1,500 hours per agency May 1–April 30.
• Wage employees limited to 20 hours per week.
• No state benefits accompanying wage position.

Responsibilities

• Provides fiscal support to the Business Office.
• Processes, reviews, and analyzes data to ensure accuracy and compliance with procedures.
• Prepares and maintains fiscal records and reports.
• Ensures all accounting transactions align with DOC and DOA policies.
• Maintain awareness that hourly employees are limited to 20 hours per week.

Skills

Numerical data accuracy

Bookkeeping principles

Financial reporting

Office procedures

Microsoft Excel

Data entry

Communication

Policy adherence

Tools

CARDINAL

FAACS

Inmate Trust

Inmate Pay

Job description

Title

Fiscal Technician (Hourly/Wage): Dillwyn Correctional Center #W0026

State Role Title

Admin and Office Spec III

Hiring Range

$18.66 - $26.26 Hourly

Pay Band

3

Agency

Dept of Corr - Central Admin

Location

Dillwyn Correctional Center

Agency Website

www.vadoc.virginia.gov

Recruitment Type

General Public - G

Job Duties

Provides fiscal support to the Business Office. Processes, reviews, and analyzes a range of data to ensure accuracy and compliance with established procedures. Performs technical fiscal and accounting duties by preparing and maintaining fiscal records and reports. Ensures all accounting transactions are completed in accordance with Department of Corrections (DOC) and Department of Accounts (DOA)policies and procedures.

All hourly employees are limited to working no more than 20 hours per week on average over the 12-month period.

Minimum Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to perform detailed work with numerical data and to make all mathematical calculations rapidly and accurately.
• Working knowledge of sound bookkeeping/accounting principles and practices.
• Demonstrated ability to prepare routine financial reports and statements.
• Considerable knowledge of office practices, procedures, and office equipment.
• Demonstrated skill in the use of Microsoft Office to include Word and Excel to accomplish office support requirements.
• Demonstrated skill in inputting data into an automated database other than Microsoft Office.
• Demonstrated ability to provide information and communicate effectively with employees and staff.
• Demonstrated ability to interpret and follow prescribed operating instructions and related policies, procedures, and guidelines.
• This is a wage (hourly) position limited to working no more than 1,500 hours per agency during the 12-month period of May 1 – April 30, regardless of the hire date. The wage employment period resets on May 1 of the following year.
• All wage employees are limited to working no more than 20 hours per week on average over the 12-month period.
• This wage position offers no state benefits.

Additional Considerations

• Advance Knowledge in accounting/bookkeeping or equivalent training.
• Working knowledge of State Financial Programs including CARDINAL, FAACS, Inmate Trust, and Inmate Pay.
• Knowledge of State travel policies.

Special Instructions

VADOC is an EEO employer and is committed to supporting workforce diversity, equitable opportunities and inclusivity. Reasonable accommodations are available upon request. VADOC values our Veterans and encourages all to apply and receive preference in the hiring process. AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other nation service alumni are also encouraged to apply. Virginia Values Veterans (V3) Program - Virginia Department of Veterans Services.

If selected as a finalist with the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC), candidates can expect the following:

• Background Investigation Requirements: All applicants are subject to a background investigation. Investigations may include fingerprint checks (State Police, FBI); local agency checks; employment verification; verification of education (relevant to employment); credit checks; and other checks based on the position.
• Drug Testing Requirements: Applicants applying to a designated safety sensitive position are subject to a pre-employment drug screen. Marijuana use is prohibited for positions that require possession of a firearm or a Commercial Driver’s License in the performance of official duties such as Corrections Officers, Probation Officers, Tractor Trailer Drivers and others.
• Layout Preferences: Applicants who possess an Interagency Placement Screening Form (Yellow Form) or a Preferential Hiring Form (Blue Form) as issued under the Department of Human Resources Management (DHRM) Policy 1.30 Layoff (Commonwealth of VA employees only) MUST attach these forms when submitting their state application and/or résumé.

Contact Information

• Name: Human Resources
• Phone: [phone]
• Email: Emailed applications are not accepted.

In support of the Commonwealth’s commitment to inclusion, we are encouraging individuals with disabilities to apply through the Commonwealth Alternative Hiring Process. To be considered for this opportunity, applicants will need to provide their AHP Letter (formerly COD) provided by the Department for Aging & Rehabilitative Services (DARS), or the Department for the Blind & Vision Impaired (DBVI). Service-Connected Veterans are encouraged to answer Veteran status questions and submit their disability documentation, if applicable, to DARS/DBVI to get their AHP Letter. Requesting an AHP Letter can be found at AHP Letter or by calling DARS at 800-552-5019.

Note: Applicants who received a Certificate of Disability from DARS or DBVI dated between April 1, 2022- February 29, 2024, can still use that COD as applicable documentation for the Alternative Hiring Process.