Financial Analyst II

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED:

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in business or public administration, accounting, economics, finance or closely related field.
• Four years increasingly responsible professional experience in accounting, auditing or budgeting experience. 
• Experience in a public agency setting, programmatic or project lead experience and implementation of computer software packages preferred.

Licenses and Certifications: 

• Must possess a valid state driver's license and maintain satisfactory motor vehicle record with the ability to obtain appropriate Nevada state driver’s license within required time frame.

• Advanced technical knowledge of fund accounting and governmental budgetary procedures. 
• Advanced principles of mathematics as they relate to budgeting, accounting, auditing. 
• Rules, regulations, policies, and procedures applicable to the area of work. 
• Principles, practices, and procedures for modern financial record keeping and reporting. 
• Financial research and report preparation methods and techniques. 
• Applicable, federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. 
• Working knowledge of current payroll laws and regulations. 
• Standard office practices and procedures, including filing and the operation of standard office equipment.
  
• Correct business English, including spelling, grammar and punctuation. 
• The use of specified computer applications including Oracle, Excel, word processing; the design and management of databases and spreadsheet files; and the development of special report formats. 
• Advanced professional budgetary practices and terminology. 
• Advanced professional practices of reviewing financial documents for completeness and accuracy. 

• Analytical abilities necessary to make sound, logical interpretations of codes and regulations that must be made quickly. 
• Exercise sound judgment required to act in best interest of jurisdiction. 
• Organizing and prioritizing tasks. 
• Skills necessary to perform numerical calculations to obtain totals, balances and verify information from complex forms and transfer to computers or manual reports. 
• Performing technical, specialized, complex or difficult financial office work. 
• Reading and explaining rules, policies and procedures; analyzing and resolving varied financial office administrative problems. 
• Organizing, researching and maintaining financial files. 
• Imputing budget information into a standard budget document format. 
• Reviewing financial documents for completeness and accuracy. 
• Reviewing, posting, balancing and reconciling financial records. 
• Maintaining accurate financial records and preparing accurate and timely reports. 
• Using independent judgment on issues which are complex, interpretive and evaluative in nature. 
• Organizing own work, setting priorities and meeting critical deadlines. 
• Using advance features of financial computer software, Excel spreadsheets, and Oracle payroll and accounting systems. 
• Interpersonal skills necessary to effectively interact with internal staff, citizens, contractors, and/or government agencies in such areas as supervising project work, responding to citizens' questions, and consulting with others.