Fiscal/Administrative Officer

Introduction

The State of Connecticut, Department of Correction (DOC), is recruiting for a Fiscal/Administrative Officer in our Fiscal Inmate Accounts Unit.
What we can offer you

State of Connecticut employees participate in a competitive benefits plan that includes: 

• NEW: A Platinum Healthcare Plan, the nation’s best for state employees and dependents, according to a report by Georgetown’s Center on Health Insurance Reform and article by Ellen Andrews, Ph.D., along with comprehensive benefit offerings.
• Sick, vacation, and personal leave.
• Student Loan Forgiveness - the State of Connecticut is an eligible Public Service Loan Forgiveness employer, meaning you may be eligible to have qualifying student loans forgiven after 10 years of service. Click here for more information.
  
• We encourage a healthy work/life balance to all employees.

Discover the opportunity to: 

• To work for a Forbes top company: ‘Forbes’ State of Connecticut Ranked One of the Best Employers of 2023 - State of CT Receives National Recognition for Offering Job Growth, Competitive Benefits, and Flexible Schedule.
• Engage in a rewarding career.
• Assist our employees so they can achieve success.
• Make a difference in the public sector.
• Work together in a collaborative team environment. 

Position highlights

This position involves overseeing and ensuring accuracy in processing and reviewing financial transactions, while also supervising staff to maintain compliance with policies and financial regulations. This position allows you to work in state fiscal services and sustain critical functions that support the efficient and secure operation of correctional facilities.

This is a first shift, full time (40 hours per week) position located at 24 Wolcott Hill Road in Wethersfield, CT. This role is eligible for telework and may require travel throughout the State.

About Us 

The Department of Correction shall strive to be a leader in progressive correctional practices and partnered re-entry initiatives to support responsive evidence-based practices geared toward supporting reintegration and reducing recidivism under the Department's supervision. Safety and security shall be a priority component of this responsibility, coinciding with an unwavering respect for the human dignity of staff, victims, citizens and offenders.

Selection Plan

In order to be considered for this job opening, you must be a current State of CT employee, who has worked for the state for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language, and meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening.  You must specify your qualifications on your application.

Before you apply:

• In order to be considered for this job opening, you must meet the Minimum Qualifications as listed on the job opening. You must specify your qualifications on your application.
• The minimum experience and training requirements must be met by the close date on the job opening, unless otherwise specified.
• Ensure that your application is complete and detailed before submitting it. In order to comply with Public Act 21-69, the State of Connecticut is no longer asking for resumes during the initial application process. You will not be able to make revisions once your application is submitted into the JobAps system.
• All application materials must be received by the recruiting agency by the time specified on the job opening for the position for which you are applying. Late applications may not be submitted and will not be considered. Exceptions are rare and limited to documented events that incapacitate a candidate during the entire duration of the job posting time period. It is the candidate’s obligation and responsibility to request an exception and provide a legally recognized justification to accommodate such exception. Requests should be made to DAS.SHRM@ct.gov.

Important information for after you apply:

• This posting may require completion of additional referral questions (RQs). You can access these RQs via an email that will be sent to you after the posting's closing date or by visiting your JobAps Personal Status Board (Certification Questionnaires section). Your responses to these RQs must be submitted by the questionnaire's expiration date. Please regularly check your email and JobAps Personal Status Board for notifications. Please check your SPAM and/or Junk folders on a daily basis in the event an email provider places auto-notification emails in a user's spam.
• Although applicants will receive correspondence via email, as a backup they are also encouraged to sign on to their Personal Status Board on a daily basis to monitor their status, view all emailed notices and complete tasks required in the recruitment process.
• Note: At any point during the recruitment process, applicants may be required to submit additional documentation which support their qualification(s) for this position. These documents may include: a cover letter, resume, performance reviews, attendance records, supervisory references, licensure, etc., at the discretion of the hiring agency.
• The immediate vacancy is listed above, however, applications to this recruitment may be used for future vacancies in this job class.

Questions about this position should be directed to Mackenzie Robinson at mackenzie.robinson@ct.gov.

PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)

In a state agency, facility or institution this class is accountable for independently performing a full range of tasks in professional level fiscal and administrative functions.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

• Performs a variety of professional fiscal and administrative functions;
• Assists head of fiscal/administrative operations, division head or agency head in budget preparation by compiling and consolidating data and projecting expenditures;
• Maintains budget control by reviewing and authorizing expenditures and monitoring expenditures against appropriations and allotments;
• Prepares budget reports;
• Prepares various financial statements and statistical or narrative fiscal/administrative reports;
• Assists in planning and implementation of financial aspects of EDP systems;
• Utilizes EDP systems for financial records, reports and analyses;
• Prepares or reviews grant budgets and other fiscal portions of grant applications;
• Provides technical assistance to grantees regarding accounting procedures;
• Reviews various contracts, financial documents and financial reports to ensure compliance with grant requirements;
• Exercises functional supervision over a variety of clerical fiscal/administrative activities such as maintenance of accounting records, payroll preparation, preparation and processing of purchase requisitions, grant and contract record keeping;
• Performs technical purchasing tasks such as soliciting bids and recommending contract awards;
• Assists in formulation of policies and procedures relating to area(s) of responsibility and implementation of such policies and procedures;
• Acts as liaison with agency central fiscal and administrative office(s) and/or central state agencies;
• May supervise support services such as stores, inventory, mailroom, security or maintenance;
• Performs related duties as required.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY

• Knowledge of
  • principles and practices of public administration with special reference to governmental budget management and governmental accounting;
  • grants and contracts preparation and administration;
  • purchasing principles and procedures;
  • payroll practices and procedures;
• Skills
  • interpersonal skills;
  • oral and written communication skills;
• Ability to
  • prepare and analyze financial documents and reports;
  • interpret and apply statutes, regulations and administrative policies;
  • utilize EDP systems for financial management.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - GENERAL EXPERIENCE

Six (6) years ofexperience in a combination of fiscal/administrative functions (e.g.,accounting, accounts examining, budget management, grant administration,payroll, purchasing) at least one of which must be an accounting or budgetingfunction.*

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SPECIAL EXPERIENCE

Two (2) years of the General Experience must have been at or above the paraprofessional level, requiring the exercise of some independent judgment in the application of basic principles and procedures in accounting, budgeting, purchasing or related fiscal administration functions.
NOTE: Connecticut Careers Trainee experience (target Fiscal/Administrative Officer or closely related class) is at the professional training level and above the paraprofessional level.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS - SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED

• College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (l/2) year of experience to a maximum of four (4) years for a Bachelor's degree.
• A Master's degree in public administration, business administration or accounting may be substituted for one (1) year of the Special Experience.
• For state employees two (2) years as a Fiscal/Administrative Assistant may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.
• For state employees two (2) years as a Purchasing Assistant may be substituted for the General and Special Experience.
• Successful completion of a Connecticut Careers Trainee program approved by the Department of Administrative Services may be substituted for the General Experience and Special Experience.  

*Descriptions of these fiscal/administrativefunctions are attached

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience with servicing and supervising client accounts and/or banking;
• Experience using Microsoft Office, Excel, Word and Teams;
• Experience using and monitoring the functionality of financial software, such as PeopleSoft or QuickBooks;
• Experience creating, updating and maintaining spreadsheets cash journals and ledgers;
• Experience balancing and reconciling client accounts;
• Experience handling money or checks.

Conclusion

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

As defined by Sec. 5-196of the Connecticut General Statutes, a job class is a position or group ofpositions that share general characteristics and are categorized under a singletitle for administrative purposes.  Assuch, a job class is not meant to be all-inclusive of every task and/orresponsibility.