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Fairfax County Government · 5 days ago

Finance Assistant (Administrative Assistant III)

Fairfax, VA

Full-time

Onsite

Entry Level

$45K/yr - $75K/yr

2+ years exp

Fairfax County Government is the largest public health department in Virginia, dedicated to improving the health and quality of life for its community. They are seeking a Finance Assistant to manage financial processes, prepare disbursement forms, and ensure compliance with fiscal rules and procedures.

GovernmentService Industry

Responsibilities

Responsible for financial processes through the use of financial enterprise systems or spreadsheets to organize information

Prepares a variety of complex disbursement forms (e.g., check requests, travel forms, cash sheets, and journal entries) for routing and approval

Explains fiscal rules and procedures to employees to ensure uniform application; prepares transfer vouchers and interfund billings

Prepares a wide variety of accounting forms/ reconciles accounts payable

Identifies discrepancies and makes corrections; prepares expense vouchers and/or invoices; orders goods or services and follows up/resolves discrepancies and ensures delivery

Ensures appropriate routing and approval of purchase requests

Qualification

Financial Enterprise SystemsPurchasing/Logistics ERPSAP (FOCUS)Microsoft Office SuiteBasic Math SkillsFile ManagementCommunicationInterpersonal Abilities

Required

Any combination of education, experience and training equivalent to high school graduation and two years of experience providing administrative support in the assigned functional area(s)

Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation - CPR certification (Required within 60 days)

AED certification (Required within 60 days)

The appointee to this position will be required to complete a criminal background check, a Child Protective Services Registry check, and a sanction screening to the satisfaction of the employer

This position is emergency/essential services personnel. (Required to report for duty during inclement weather and/or other emergencies.)

Knowledge of standard rules and interpretations within own functional area and a working knowledge of established methods and procedures used in related areas

Significant nonstandard skill/knowledge is required involving production of an end product such as a report

Basic skills in the use of Microsoft Word

Basic math skills

Basic skills in the use of applicable Microsoft Office Suite software

Ability to write simple documents

Ability to process and integrate complex data

Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with both external and internal contacts

Ability to perform data entry into Purchasing/Logistics Enterprise Resource Planning systems and/or Financial Enterprise Resource Planning systems in at least three functions (e.g., create shells, accounts payable processing)