FISCAL SPECIALIST III
(Solid Waste)
Pay Range: $20.30hr ($42,224.00/annually)
**Internal candidates should apply via Polk One - Me Section**
Location: 10 Environmental Loop, Winter Haven, FL 33880
Employee Benefits
- Direct Deposit, Bi-Weekly Pay Checks
- Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life Insurance
- FRS Retirement
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Paid Time Off
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Education Incentives
- Deferred Compensation Plan
- Wellness Incentives
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Free Employee Gym
- Free Employee Health Clinic
Must have the physical, developmental and mental ability to perform job tasks, work efforts, responsibilities and duties of the job illustrated below:
ILLUSTRATIVE DUTIES
Will include many if not all of the following:
- Receives, reviews and prepares fiscal invoices, statements, and/or purchase orders, relative correspondence and reports for payment authorization and appropriate signatures.
- Prepares, reviews, verifies and distributes fiscal matters/purchase orders withinappropriate budget allocations.
- Audits program finances to ensure funds are properly expended and recorded inaccordance with established county, state and federal policies, procedures, regulationsand guidelines.
- Prepares, maintains and monitors grant and budgetary controls of allocated funds.
- Ensures that account balances are accurate, updated and sufficient for proposedexpenditures.
- Requests purchase orders, prepayment vouchers, and invoices from other areas in the unitand/or county.
- Uses independent judgment in placement of funds to specific account.
- Prepares annual report of receipts and vouchers for auditing supervisor.
- Assists MIS in development of systems and procedures.
- May assist in training.
- May assume lead worker responsibilities overseeing the work of others.
- Prepares and produces monthly financial report, budget audits/reports and transfers.
- May serve as Division Records Coordinator, responsible for records management.
- Assists with gathering information and performs special investigations related to various projects/programs presenting the information in a reporting, statistical and/or fiscal format for evaluation/analysis purposes.
- Advises Division Director re: fiscal matters.
- Recommends, develops and prepares forms, policies and control systems for fiscal andpurchasing procedures in accordance with county fiscal guidelines.
- Writes and distributes division fiscal related administrative memoranda.
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, ABILITIES AND SKILLS
- Knowledge of bookkeeping principles and purchasing procedures.
- Knowledge of office practices/procedures and record keeping methods.
- Knowledge of English, punctuation, spelling and arithmetic.
- Ability to operate and/or maintain office machines, personal computers and other office equipment utilized by the assigned work unit.
- Ability to maintain an effective and productive working relationship with other employees, peers, officials and the public.
- Ability to research, investigate, detect, verify, recognize and recommend solutions.
- Excellent organizational skills. Attention to detail/accuracy.
- Ability to develop effective work methods and procedures.
- Ability to concentrate on details and sequential work tasks.
- Ability to post/maintain expenditures of monies on personal computer software in format utilized by division.
- Ability to oversee the work of others.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Graduate of an accredited high school or possess an acceptable equivalency diploma and have a minimum of five (5) years of fiscal or budget work experience, including a minimum of one (1) year of accounting, governmental administrative or related business administration experience which includes budget preparation.
- Must be able to utilize all features afforded by word processing software and other required software and personal computers utilized by the assigned work unit.
- Must have a valid driver’s license and be able to secure a valid Florida driver’s license at the time of employment within this classification.
- A comparable amount of training and experience may be substituted for the minimum qualifications.
SPECIAL REQUIREMENT
This position may be required to report for work when a declaration of emergency has been declared in Polk County.
