FINANCIAL SPECIALIST III

Financial Specialist III

The Los Angeles County Probation Department is recruiting highly motivated and career-minded individuals to fill the position of Financial Specialist III.

Essential Job Functions

Conducts financial and administrative evaluations of departmental contract providers and Community Based Organizations to ensure compliance with contract, County, State, and Federal requirements and guidelines, including Living Wage Ordinance.

Prepares all documents used during the audit/evaluation process including financial schedules, statistical summaries, interviews and memorandums, identifies areas of weakness or potential improvement through tests and analysis of financial and operational data, and summarizes evaluation findings.

Develops recommendations based on findings and prevailing conditions/circumstances (e.g., budgetary, contractual, managerial, etc.); completes written reports of evaluation findings and recommendations.

Provides technical assistance to contract agencies to ensure contract compliance.

Conducts oral presentations of evaluation findings and recommendations to agency and departmental management.

Requirements

Requirements to qualify:

Option 1: Two years of experience performing financial systems analysis in a County department, one year of which must have been at the level of Financial Specialist II.

Option 2: Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college with all of the following:

• 12 semester or 18 quarter units of accounting
• 9 additional semester units or 13.5 additional quarter units in either accounting or finance
• 6 semester or 9 quarter units in computer science, including a course in systems analysis and design

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Three years of experience in resolving accounting budgetary, and other financial problems, including accounting systems design and implementation, at the level of Accounting Systems Technician.

A California Class C Driver License is required at the time of appointment to carry out essential functions.

Successful applicants for positions that require driving must obtain and present a copy of their driving record from the California State Department of Motor Vehicles before final appointment. Applicants should not present a copy of their driving history until asked to do so by the hiring department. The County will make an individualized assessment of whether an applicant's driving history has a direct or adverse relationship with the specific duties of the job. License must not be currently suspended, restricted, or revoked.

Physical Class 2 – Light: This class includes administrative and clerical positions requiring light physical effort that may include occasional light lifting to a 10-pound limit and some bending, stooping, or squatting. Considerable ambulation may be involved.

Special requirement information:

In the service of Los Angeles County, Financial Specialist II analyzes, and makes recommendations for the solution of departmental accounting, budgetary, and other financial problems including problems of accounting systems design and implementation.

To receive credit for your education, include a legible copy of all relevant official documents, including your transcript from an accredited institution or email it to Exam Analyst Email to within 7 calendar days from the last day of filing your application. The document should show the date the degree was conferred, number of units and the type of unit system used (e.g., semester, quarter) and be in English. If not in English, then translation is required. International degrees must be evaluated for equivalency to US standards and indicate the number of units and unit system. Documents marked as unofficial will not be accepted. For more information on our standards for educational documents, please visit: (Download PDF reader)

In the service of Los Angeles County, an Accounting Systems Technician is defined as performing professional accounting systems analysis work in connection with the internal audit, development, evaluation, and review of large-scale and complex fiscal control systems for State and Federally financed welfare and other programs.

You may still qualify even if your job title isn't exactly the same as the ones listed. What matters is that your experience is at a similar level — meaning your job involves similar responsibilities, requires comparable skills and knowledge, and takes place within a similar organizational structure. Please provide a clear explanation of your experience to demonstrate that it is at the appropriate level.

No withhold or out-of-class experience will be accepted. Required experience/education must be met by the last day of filing.

Desirable qualifications: Additional points will be given for experience beyond what is required in the Requirement to Qualify and who possess the following desirable qualifications:

• Experience in planning, coordinating, evaluating, and conducting audits to ensure records comply with established contractual, fiscal, and operational requirements.
• Experience identifying financial irregularities, analyze discrepancies, and recommend corrective actions to maintain compliance and fiscal integrity.
• Experience analyzing financial data and prepare clear, accurate, and audit findings and recommendations for management in a finance or contract monitoring environment.
• Experience collaborating with internal teams and external partners including vendors, contractors, and service providers to ensure compliance with all contractual terms and performance standards.