Payroll & Financial Analyst II

State of Delaware; Delaware; On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

The State of Delaware's Central Business Office seeks a Fiscal Advisor II to oversee payroll operations for a major law enforcement agency, including bi-weekly processing, W-4 handling, data entry, inquiries, and reporting. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and customer service across diverse stakeholders.

Essential duties involve reconciling ledgers, maintaining controls, preparing financial statements, and supporting auditors.

Qualifications

• One year of experience in compiling, analyzing and reporting on financial data to ensure effective and efficient accounting of funds or to make projections for financial planning.
• One year of experience in ensuring compliance of financial transactions with budgets, applicable agreements, grants or contacts, and state or federal laws, rules, and regulations.
• Six months' experience in researching and analyzing accounting transactions and records to reconcile discrepancies or errors and maintain an audit trail.
• Coursework, training and/or work experience in staff supervision which may include performing as a lead worker overseeing the work of others.

Responsibilities

• Reviews and analyzes financial transactions and records to determine accuracy and monitors adherence to agency budget, applicable agreements, grants, or contracts, as well as state or federal laws, rules, and regulations.
• Analyzes, reconciles, and consolidates data to the general ledger from journals, records, and documents; takes trial balances and makes corrections, updates, and adjustments to bring funds into balance and maintains an audit trail.
• Reviews financial transactions, classification and codes to ensure accuracy and recommends changes.
• Maintains internal controls and applies accounting principles, practices, and standards.
• Provides advice and technical guidance on matters in assigned fiscal function(s).
• Compiles, analyzes and prepares a variety of statements and reports of financial health utilized in financial, budget, and personnel planning.
• Researches and provides data, reports and other documentation to state, federal and independent auditors and for other requests for financial information.
• Uses commercial and proprietary automated information systems and computer software to research, review, evaluate, and report on financial data.
• Delivers excellent customer service to internal and external customers and the public in person, electronically, or by written communication.
• Communicates and interacts effectively with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, ages, and races.
• May be responsible for purchasing, disbursement, and inventory of equipment and supplies.

Skills

Payroll processing

Financial data analysis

Data entry

Customer service

Audit trail

Tools

Payroll system

Job description

The State of Delaware's Central Business Office seeks a Fiscal Advisor II to oversee payroll operations for a major law enforcement agency, including bi-weekly processing, W-4 handling, data entry, inquiries, and reporting. The role emphasizes accuracy, compliance, and customer service across diverse stakeholders.

Essential duties involve reconciling ledgers, maintaining controls, preparing financial statements, and supporting auditors.