Fiscal Accounts Technician II

State of Maryland • Baltimore City, MD

9d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Maryland State Department of Education is hiring a Fiscal Accounts Technician II to process payments and reimbursements to vendors and employees for expenses and charges incurred in support of public education, library services, rehabilitation services, and Early Childhood Development. The position is based at the Nancy S. Grasmick Education Building in Baltimore, Maryland, with a hybrid schedule allowing up to three telework days per week.

The technician reviews employee expense forms and supporting entries, prepares journal-entry upload files, assists staff in correcting errors, confirms that system interfaces have posted, and processes direct vouchers for payment. The role also responds to employee inquiries about expense account and working fund payments and uploads expense reports to Google Drive.

Requirements

• Graduation from an accredited high school or possession of a high school equivalency certificate.
• One year of experience reconciling agency accounting systems to fiscal control systems, developing automated spreadsheets, ledgers, and reports using accounting software packages, or identifying budget trends and recommending budget realignments.
• Candidates may substitute experience calculating and recording financial, statistical, or other numerical data for the required education on a year-for-year basis.
• Candidates may substitute qualifying U.S. Armed Forces military service experience in Financial Clerical/Finance Technicians classifications or financial-field specialty codes for the required experience at a rate of one year of military experience for one year of required experience.
• Candidates must consent to a State Police Investigation (fingerprinting) as a routine procedure for Agency employees.
• The position is limited to current State of Maryland employees who work in the Division of Finance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Inventory Management.
• Experience with Payroll.

Responsibilities

• Review employee expense forms that have been reviewed by the Advance Accountant.
• Review entries to ensure they have all necessary backup and approvals.
• Create the TSO upload file from journal entries.
• Work with programs and staff to correct errors in their entries.
• Review RStars to ensure the interface is posted.
• Process direct vouchers in ADPICS, which interfaces to FMIS to pay credential invoices.
• Answer employee inquiries regarding payment of expense account and working fund transactions.
• Upload expense reports to Google Drive in a timely manner.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED