Fiscal Analyst 2

State of Washington•King County - Shoreline, WA

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Washington State Department of Transportation (WSDOT) is seeking a skilled and detail-oriented Fiscal Analyst 2 to join their team in Shoreline, WA. This role is crucial for ensuring the accuracy, accountability, and compliance of financial activities supporting the region with state and federal requirements. The Fiscal Analyst 2 will apply financial expertise to review and analyze complex transactions, identify issues and trends, and contribute to the responsible and effective management of resources. This position offers an opportunity to make a meaningful impact by working with a variety of financial activities and transactions while collaborating with colleagues across the region to promote accuracy, accountability, and adherence to agency policies and procedures.

Requirements

Ability to provide excellent customer service and build collaborative relationships with internal staff, vendors, and stakeholders while supporting operational or administrative functions.
Strong communication skills both in written and verbal form to effectively communicate information to internal and external customers.
Proficient with MS Office Suite products, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Strong organizational and administrative skills, including the ability to track multiple requests, maintain accurate records, and manage several tasks or processes simultaneously.
Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities while coordinating activities with multiple offices, vendors, and partners.
Ability to review, analyze, and interpret financial information and reports, as well as analyzing and correcting discrepancies.
Actively demonstrates a commitment to learning and growth.
Takes action to meet the needs of others.
Ability to maneuver and transport various materials and/or equipment weighing up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated knowledge and experience applying accounting, auditing, and budgeting principles to analyze financial activities, transactions, and data.
Ability to apply Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and applicable state and federal requirements to support accurate and accountable financial management.
Demonstrated ability to review, analyze, reconcile, and interpret complex financial data and transactions; identify discrepancies or trends; research and resolve issues; and ensure financial activities comply with applicable state and federal regulations, agency policies, and established accounting practices.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to interpret and apply state and federal budget and financial requirements, including the State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM), Office of Financial Management (OFM) requirements, agency policies, procedures, directives, and applicable accounting and purchasing standards.
Demonstrated knowledge and ability to process, review, reconcile, and resolve financial transactions involving accounts payable, cash receipts, travel, and related fiscal activities while ensuring accuracy, proper documentation, and compliance with applicable requirements.
Demonstrated ability to navigate, query, enter, retrieve, extract, reconcile, update, and correct financial data using accounting, financial reporting, and data retrieval systems.
Ability to work with multiple integrated financial systems and databases to research transactions, identify discrepancies, and produce accurate financial information.
Demonstrated ability to use financial and data systems to support accounting and fiscal operations, including systems such as TRAINS, PCMS, CICS, Cognos, FIRS, and ECM, or comparable financial, accounting, and enterprise data systems.
Demonstrated ability to interpret financial information and data produced by accounting, financial reporting, and integrated enterprise systems; evaluate the accuracy and completeness of information; and use financial data to support reporting, reconciliation, analysis, and decision-making.
Demonstrated ability to identify discrepancies, research complex financial issues, determine appropriate corrective actions, and resolve problems while maintaining accurate records and documentation.

Responsibilities

Ensure compliance of financial transactions and/or related transactions.
Ensure compliance of documentation supporting a transaction with various payment and/or procurement requirements and ensure expenditure coding components and requirements are applied correctly.
Verify and validate payment transactions for completeness, accuracy, and compliance with policy and procedures.
Examine payment documents to ensure correct amounts are disbursed, appropriate coding components are applied, and payments comply with relevant federal, state and agency procurement and payment requirements.
Analyze payment documents and financial transactions.
Analyze expenditure data to determine if project charges or coding corrections are needed.
Analyze, interpret, and reconcile expenditure and payment activity.
Trace or track financial transactions.
Prepare and produce documentation.
Prepares fiscal year end closing adjustments and accrual journal vouchers using WSDOT financial systems, information retrieval systems, and various software applications.