Financial Specialist

New Jersey Courts•Paterson, NJ

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The New Jersey Judiciary is seeking a finance professional for the Passaic Vicinage Finance Division. This role involves performing accounting, financial, and administrative functions, requiring strong analytical, customer service, and administrative skills. The successful candidate will possess strong technical, reasoning, self-management, and PC skills, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team. They must adhere to deadlines, pay close attention to detail, prioritize work, work with regulatory policies, participate in team meetings, and provide cross-training. The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth and is committed to independence, integrity, fairness, and quality service, with work that has purpose and makes a difference in the lives of the public served.

Requirements

Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor’s degree including or supplemented by 21 credit hours in accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses.
Six of these credit hours must be in accounting.
College or university transcript is required. An unofficial transcript is required in order to apply.
Degrees conferred outside of the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service.
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US according to Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.
Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting.
In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70), the "New Jersey First Act," all persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey.
Applicants who indicate "see resume" or enter their initials to acknowledge that they have skipped the Work History and Education sections will not be considered, unless they do not possess any education history or work experience.
Only applicants that follow the application instructions and submit completed applications will be considered.

Nice To Haves

Applicants who do not possess the required education, but do possess the 21 accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses, including six accounting credit hours, may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional experience on a year-for-year basis with one year of such experience being equal to 30 semester hour credits.

Responsibilities

Performing reconciliations
Analyzing data
Preparing financial spreadsheets
Creating management reports using data from legacy computer systems
Processing NJ START invoices and related financial documentation in accordance with established procedures
Preparing and entering accounting entries
Participating in both internal and external audits
Completing accounts payable tasks
Developing budgets
Collecting and/or maintaining case statistics or financial data to generate status reports and MS Excel financial analysis reports
Interacting with all levels of management
Participating in a team environment
Working within established internal controls
Recommending improvements in operating procedures, programs, standards, work processes, or administrative practices
Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management and as operationally required