New Jersey Courts · 1 day ago
Financial Specialist 1 (Finance)
Paterson, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
$68K/yr - $109K/yr
3+ years expNew Jersey Courts is a judiciary organization committed to high standards of independence, integrity, and quality service. They are seeking a finance professional responsible for managing financial operations, conducting audits, and ensuring compliance with financial policies and procedures.
GovernmentLegalNon Profit
Responsibilities
Assist with the development of operating manuals, and the implementation of financial policies and procedures
Assess internal controls to safeguard public assets and ensure that segregation of duties are in place
Review the annual internal control assessment and make recommendation in operating procedures to tighten controls
Conduct child support financial audits
Reconcile electronic payments within the various court systems, ensuring payments are identified and posted accurately
Maintain the jointly and severally log to track payments and apply verified credits to avoid overpayments
Prepare cash receipts and daily deposits
Verify cash balances
Ensure funds are posted to the correct account; review daily receipts and monthly reports and reconcile bank accounts
Maintain a log to track non-sufficient fund (NSF) checks, preparing adjusting entries and following up on recoupment efforts
Prepare financial reports, reconciliations, and analyses
Work with Financial Specialist team regarding Guardianship review partnership with Passaic County Surrogates Office
Review system reports and resolving discrepancies
Oversee, prepare, and reconcile escheat data to report unclaimed property items in accordance with MS Bulletin 209
Assist internal and external auditors
Prepare, process, and submit inter-agency funds transfers to BCM unit to correct errors and creating supplemental off-line subsidiary ledgers utilizing Excel, QuickBooks, and/or manual spreadsheets
Assist team members with work in progress and cross training
Perform other work duties or responsibilities as assigned by the Court Executive 2B (Finance Division Manager) and/or Court Executive 1B (Assistant Finance Division Manager) as operationally required
Qualification
Required
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
Three years of professional accounting, auditing, budgeting, cash management and/or financial analysis
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
A master's degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, economics, accounting, statistics, mathematics, data analytics or finance may be substituted for one year of general experience
A CPA designation may be substituted for one year of general experience as indicated above
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
Driver's License: 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
Authorization to Work: US citizenship is not required. 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
Company
New Jersey Courts
New Jersey Courts is a government institution that offers legal proceedings, criminal trials, assistance and case resolution.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Antoinette Rinaldi
DIRECTOR HUDSON COUNTY IDRC
Gilberto Velasquez
Assistant Chief Probation Officer
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