Fiscal/Administrative Assistant (Hybrid)
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Are you looking to grow your career with the State of Connecticut? If so, take a look at this great opportunity below!
The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is recruiting for a Fiscal/Administrative Assistant to work within the Payroll Department located in Hartford, CT.
WHAT WE CAN OFFER YOU
- The chance to work for a Forbes top company: 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
- Generous paid time off (vacation, sick and personal) plus 13 paid holidays
- 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
- 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.
- Providing limitless opportunities
- Hiring for diversity and fresh perspectives
- Performing meaningful work and
- Encouraging a healthy work/life balance!
- This position is full-time, following a first shift schedule, 40 hours per week, scheduled Monday – Friday.
- In this position the incumbent will be performing paraprofessional level work in fiscal and administrative activities
- This position will be located at DEEP headquarters at 79 Em Street, Hartford CT.
- This position has the opportunity of teleworking.
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Selection Plan
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.
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- 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.
- For current state employees, salary calculations are not necessarily comparable from branch to branch but it does not impact your state service credit.
PURPOSE OF JOB CLASS (NATURE OF WORK)
In a state agency, facility, or institution this class is accountable for performing a combination of basic paraprofessional work, and highly complex clerical work in fiscal and administrative functions.EXAMPLES OF DUTIES
- Reviews employee timesheets for accuracy and completeness
- Responds to employee inquiries regarding paychecks and payroll practices and procedures
- Maintains various records and files for payroll data and forms
- Compiles and analyzes payroll data and prepares payroll reports
- Performs paraprofessional level work in fiscal and administrative activities
- Independently performs bookkeeping and basic accounting activities such as maintaining, balancing, and reconciling an interrelated group of accounts
- Calculates rates involving complex arithmetic formulas
- Gathers and consolidates payroll and expenditure data for budget preparation
- Utilizes EDP systems for financial records and reports
- Ensures that routine payments are in compliance with contract provisions and
- Performs related duties as required.
KNOWLEDGE, SKILL AND ABILITY
Knowledge of bookkeeping, financial record keeping and basic governmental accounting principles and practices knowledge of basic procedures of budget preparation and control some knowledge of payroll procedures, purchasing procedures and contract preparation basic interpersonal skills oral and written communication skills considerable ability in arithmetic computations ability to audit financial documents ability to understand and apply statutes and regulations ability to utilize EDP systems for financial management.MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS – GENERAL EXPERIENCE
Four (4) years of experience in complex clerical work in one or more fiscal/administrative functions such as accounting, accounts examining, budget management, grant administration, payroll, or purchasing.
Note: Complex clerical work is defined as generally routine fiscal/ administrative work, such as financial record keeping or examining, bookkeeping, requisitioning or payroll preparation at or above the level of Financial Clerk. Descriptions of these fiscal/administrative functions are attached
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS – SUBSTITUTIONS ALLOWED
1. College training may be substituted for the General Experience on the basis of fifteen (15) semester hours equalling one-half (1/2) year of experience to a maximum of two (2) years.
2. One (1) year as a Pre-Professional Trainee in fiscal/administrative work may be substituted for the General Experience.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience using PeopleSoft systems for the following: Time and Attendance, Overtime Earnings, and processing payroll in-house
- Experience using Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook in a professional work setting
- Experience communicating with vendors, co-workers, management and third parties in writing, over the phone, and in person
- Experience managing projects with competing deadlines
- Experience compiling and analyzing payroll data and preparing payroll reports and
- Experience entering and auditing timesheet records.
