Financial Specialist

Job Title

The Passaic Vicinage Finance Division is seeking a finance professional with strong analytical, customer service, and administrative skills to perform accounting, financial, and administrative functions.

Job Description

When you come to work for New Jersey Judiciary you will join an 8500-member strong TEAM that operates with the highest standards of independence, integrity, fairness and quality service. You will be engaged with work that has purpose, meaning and makes a difference in lives of the public we serve. We work hard every day to build the public's trust and confidence in our court system, which includes issues such as bail reform, marijuana decriminalization and recovery court. Whether it be in a courtroom, an administrative office, a courthouse training room, an IT office or in the field, our Judiciary workforce is improving the lives of countless individuals and families every day. We honor the dignity and individualism of each member of our organization while fostering professionalism and continuous improvement in our work.

The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth.

The successful candidate should possess strong technical, reasoning, self-management, and PC skills; demonstrate the ability to work independently and as part of a team; adhere to deadlines; pay close attention to detail; prioritize work assignments; work with regulatory policies and directives; participate in team or work unit meetings; and provide cross-training to coworkers as needed.

Under the general direction of the Court Executive 2B (Finance Division Manager) and Court Executive 1B (Assistant Finance Division Manager), or other supervisory personnel in the division, the responsibilities of this position will include, but are not limited to:

• Performing reconciliations
• Analyzing data
• Preparing financial spreadsheets
• Creating management reports using data from legacy computer systems
• Processing NJ START invoices and related financial documentation in accordance with established procedures
• Preparing and entering accounting entries
• Participating in both internal and external audits
• Completing accounts payable tasks
• Developing budgets
• Collecting and/or maintaining case statistics or financial data to generate status reports and MS Excel financial analysis reports
• Interacting with all levels of management
• Participating in a team environment
• Working within established internal controls
• Recommending improvements in operating procedures, programs, standards, work processes, or administrative practices
• Performing other duties and responsibilities as assigned by management and as operationally required

REMOTE WORK: The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.

Qualifications

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. Substitution: 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. Education Note: College or university transcript is required.

Benefits

New Jersey Courts offers an exciting and rewarding public service career with incredible employee benefits for full-time employees only and their eligible dependents such as:

• State Health Benefits Program including options for medical, dental and prescription coverage
• Public Employee's Retirement System pension program
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness for employees with 10 years or more of service
• Generous leave program which includes vacation, personal and sick leave and 13 annual paid holidays
• Voluntary investment programs separate from and in addition to the pension plan through the Deferred Compensation Plan and the Supplemental Annuity Trust of New Jersey (SACT)
• Comprehensive training offerings including LinkedIn Learning.
• Tax Savings Programs including the Premium Option Plan, Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account and Commuter TaxSave
• NJBest 529 College Savings Plan
• Member Term Life Coverage including basic and optional plans