Financial Analyst

Salary: $60,168.00 - $82,944.00 Annually

Job Type: Classified

Job Number: 2019-01181

Location: Districtwide (Ventura County CA), CA

Department: DAC/B&AS/Fiscal Services

Closing: 4/14/2019 11:59 PM Pacific

This recruitment is being conducted to establish a list of eligible candidates that will be used to fill district-wide, current and upcoming, temporary and regular vacancies for the duration of the list, not to exceed one year. The immediate vacancy is a 12-month, 100% position located at the District Administrative Center in Camarillo, CA, pending board approval.

Under the direction of the Director of Fiscal Services, perform a variety of professional-level budget and accounting work in support of monitoring various district-wide budgets and accounts.

Review, audit, monitor, and approve a variety of accounting and budgeting work from personnel at the colleges, accounts payable, and payroll, including purchasing requisitions, invoices, account reconciliations, restricted budgets, budget adjustments, and various reports; ensure reporting deadlines are met in a timely fashion. E

Verify, reconcile, balance, and adjust a wide variety of complex district-wide accounts, including capital project funds, district accounts receivable, deferred revenue, liability, and other accounts as assigned. E

Prepare complex general journal entries, including all year-end closing entries for restricted funds. E

Prepare and examine a wide variety of reports and statements, including grant expenditure reports, financial statements, budget variances, and reports of historical trends for program directors, management, and granting agencies; submit expenditure reports on behalf of the Director of Fiscal Services to granting agencies. E

Perform a variety of complex financial, budget, and accounting studies including the collection, compilation, analysis, and interpretation of data; make forecasts and recommendations for improvement in practices and procedures. E

Review, interpret, apply, and explain a variety of technical documents, legislation, State budget information, rules, regulations, and procedures pertinent to budget and accounting functions to both staff and management. E

Serve as a technical resource to district-wide personnel regarding a variety of accounting and budget activities; respond to inquiries and provide technical information concerning transactions, budgets, records, forms, and funding source requirements. E

Create, organize, update, and maintain both paper and computer-based tracking systems such as databases and statistical spreadsheets to track, analyze, maintain, monitor, and report data. E

Prepare schedules and other worksheets for the annual external audit of the district; serve as liaison to auditors to ensure an accurate and successful annual audit; conduct research and provide support as assigned. E

Assist college management and program administrators in the development, preparation, maintenance, and evaluation of budgets for a variety of programs; identify budget problems; recommend solutions, and implement corrective adjustments. E

Analyze and review accounting processes and procedures; formulate and recommend changes and revisions as needed to ensure effective and efficient operations. E

Maintain confidentiality of budgetary and personnel information and records. E

Provide guidance, training, and technical direction to management and staff. E

Perform other duties as assigned.

Any combination equivalent to:

Education: A bachelor's degree including or supplemented by at least 12 semester units of accounting coursework.

Experience: Four years of technical or three years of professional-level accounting or budget experience.

This is an examination open to the public and current district employees seeking a promotional opportunity. To ensure consideration, please submit your application materials by April 14, 2019.

The examination process will consist of any of the following components:

A) Written/Performance Test = Qualifying (pass/fail)

B) Technical Interview = 100% weighting on final score

Applicants must meet minimum qualifications stated by the filing deadline in order to move forward in the testing process. Those candidates who meet the minimum qualifications will be invited to the written/performance test. The nine (9) candidates with the highest passing scores on the written/performance test will be invited to the technical interview. The examination process is subject to change as needs dictate. All communication regarding this process will be delivered via email.

Date Range: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 to Tuesday, April 30, 2019

Location: Ventura County Community College District

761 E. Daily Drive, Suite 200

Camarillo, CA 93010

Date Range: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 to Tuesday, May 21, 2019

Location: Ventura County Community College District

761 E. Daily Drive, Suite 200

Camarillo, CA 93010

The above date is subject to change. Candidates will be notified of any scheduling changes via email.

ONCE YOU HAVE SUBMITTED YOUR APPLICATION YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO MAKE REVISIONS TO YOUR APPLICATION MATERIALS.

When completing the application, please make sure you include ALL current and previous employment in the Work Experience section of the application and complete ALL fields, including the name and contact information for your supervisors. Experience that is included in the resume but not in the Work Experience section of the application may not be considered for the purpose of determining whether you meet the minimum qualifications nor for the purpose of determining salary placement if you are hired. When completing the application, outline in detail your education, training (such as classes, seminars, workshops), and experience.

All required documents must be submitted by the applicant. Human Resources Department staff will not upload your documents for you. The VCCCD does not accept letters of recommendation for classified positions. Please do not attempt to attach letters of recommendation to your application.

Upon completion of the examination, the eligibility list will be compiled by combining the final examination score with applicable seniority and veteran's credits, if any. The candidates will be ranked according to their total score on the eligibility list. Certification will be made from the highest three ranks of the eligibility list. This eligibility list will be used to fill current vacancies for up to one year from the date of the technical interview.

All appointments made from eligibility lists for initial appointment or for promotion shall be probationary for a period of six (6) months or one hundred thirty (130) days of paid service, whichever is longer.

Individuals with disabilities requiring reasonable accommodation in the selection process must inform the Ventura County Community College District Human Resources Department in writing no later than the filing date stated on the announcement. Those applicants needing such accommodations should document this request including an explanation as to the type and extent of accommodation needed to participate in the selection process.

If you have a foreign degree and the institution from which your degree was granted is not recognized as accredited by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or the U.S. Department of Education, foreign transcript evaluation is required if the foreign degree/coursework is used to meet minimum qualifications. The foreign transcript evaluation must be included with your application materials. To search institutions that are recognized as accredited by CHEA or the U.S. Department of Education, visit http://www.chea.org/search/search.asp or http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/search.aspx. For a list of recognized organizations providing transcript evaluation services, visit http://www.naces.org/members.htm.

The Ventura County Community College District is committed to the principles of equal employment opportunity. It is the District's policy to ensure that all qualified applicants for employment and employees have full and equal access to employment opportunities and are not subjected to discrimination in any program or activity of the District on the basis of ethnic group identification, race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, physical disability, mental disability, ancestry, sexual orientation, language, accent, citizenship status, transgender status, parental status, marital status, economic status, veteran status, medical condition, or on the basis of these perceived characteristics, or based on association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.

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