The Department of Ecology is Hiring!

Fiscal Analyst 2

 

 

The Financial Services Program manages the agency’s financial resources and supports agency planning so that environmental goals and strategic priorities are met.

The program’s Revenue & Receivable Unit in Lacey, WA is looking for a Fiscal Analyst 2. This unit is responsible for: loans receivable accounting, cash receipt accounting, and receivable accounting.

This position may perform any unit duties consistent with the Fiscal Analyst 2 classification, but typically focuses on agency cash receipt accounting and accounting for agency fee revenue/billings.

The successful candidate will support the Fiscal Office’s mission of delivering useful and timely financial information to all levels of agency management by:

  • Maintaining the integrity of data in all agency financial systems.
  • Providing direct services to agency management in all areas of revenue and expenditure accounting and reporting.
  • Maintaining compliance with all federal and state financial reporting laws and rules.

The position involves:

Daily cashiering which includes:

  • Analyzing checks and cash received, code and key and distributing work between other cashiers.
  • Reviewing revenue receipts for general ledger and account codes and preparing and ensuring funds are deposited according to state law.
  • Preparing and entering journal vouchers for cashiering corrections and reviewing and approving interagency and correction journal vouchers from other staff to verify correct general ledger and account coding.
  • Using proper accounting controls/procedures affecting the collection of cash, ensuring that the collection is deposited timely and correctly to over 40 separate agency funds.

System Reporting which includes:

  • Preparing reviews, analyzing, and interpreting automated and manual reports and queries using state and agency systems.
  • Identifying and correcting errors.

Please note: This is a non-permanent position that is expected to go through June 30, 2015.
Qualifications:
All activities and tasks require the ability to understand, interpret, and describe various state and federal laws, rules, regulations, publications, systems, acts, and agreements which may include the State Administrative and Accounting Manual.

Required Qualifications

A bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 18 quarter or 12 semester hours of college-level accounting AND a minimum of two years of relevant experience. Professional accounting experience may substitute for education, but not for the minimum accounting credits.

Accuracy and attention to detail.

Ability to prioritize tasks. Organizational skills to create and maintain files.

Basic proficiency using Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel, and Outlook. Able to create, edit, modify, save and delete documents and spreadsheets; includes locating and accurately modifying existing files and templates for reuse.

Ability to use a 10-key calculator by touch.

Reliability to be on the job and be a productive team member in a busy unit with deadlines and seasonal workload issues.

 

For immediate consideration, please apply online at: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/washington/default.cfm?action=viewJob&jobID=1018985.