Financial Office Specialist

Position: FINANCIAL OFFICE SPECIALIST
ABOUT THE POSITION

The Clark County Human Resources Department is seeking qualified candidates to apply for the Financial Office Specialist position. As a member of our team, you will provide difficult, technical, complex or specialized financial, business and accounting office supportto various County and related local government offices.

THIS RECRUITMENT IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 250 APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AND WILL CLOSE WITHOUT NOTICE ONCE THAT NUMBER IS REACHED.

This examination will establish an Open Competitive Eligibility list to fill current and/or future vacancies that may occur within the next six (6) months or may be extended as needed by Human Resources.

Human Resources reserves the right to call only the most qualified applicants to the selection process.

Some positions may be used to fill term Limited-Permanent positions. The selected candidates will be hired for a special project or duties of a limited duration and be required to sign a term of employment letter specifying condition and exact dates of employment.

The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits during the duration of employment.

Some positions may be Grant Funded. Grant Funded positions are subject to continuation based on availability of grant funds and the employee will be terminated without right of appeal when such funds are no longer available.

Some positions may be Bond Funded. Bond Funded positions are subject to continuation based on availability of bond funds and the employee will be terminated without right of appeal when such funds are no longer available.

Some positions may be used to fill permanent-intermittent positions. The selected candidates will work a regular schedule of more than 20 hours and less than 40 hours in a workweek. They will be paid at the approved hourly rate for actual hours worked. The successful selected candidates will be eligible for benefits on a prorated basis based on hours worked in a pay period.

Some positions may be used to fill job share positions. Job Share positions are for two (2) employees performing in permanent positions of the same classification who share one specific job. Time worked will be 21 hours per week. Job Share employees will be paid at their hourly rate for actual hours worked. Sick and vacation leave benefits will accrue on a prorated basis based on hours worked in a pay period.

Some positions may beconfidential positions andare excluded from membership in the union.

Some positions may be non-union positions and are excluded from membership in the union.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

Education and Experience:

Equivalent to graduation from high school AND three (3) years of full-time general clerical experience, two (2) years of which include accounting or financial experience. Professional level experience and/or education that has provided the skills and knowledge necessary to perform all job functions at this level may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.

All qualifying education and each experience must be clearly documented in the "Education" and "Work Experience" sections of the application. Donotsubstitute a resume for your application or write "see attached resume" on your application. All details must be written inyour own wordsandcannot be copied from job descriptions or other external sources.

Working Conditions:

Specified positions may require working evening, night, weekend and holiday shifts.

Background Investigation:
Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a background investigation. Periodically after employment background investigations may be conducted.

Citizenship:
Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Please note, Clark County does not provide H1B visa sponsor ships or transfers for any employment positions.

Pre-Employment Drug Testing:
Employment is contingent upon the results of a pre-employment drug examination.

EXAMPLES OF DUTIES

* Performs a variety of general office support work such as organizing and maintaining various files, typing correspondence, reports, forms, and specialized documents, and proofreading and checking materials for accuracy, completeness and compliance with departmental policies and regulations.

* Performs difficult or complex accounting or financial office support work and assists with special projects as assigned.

* Reviews and reconciles varied reports and journals and budget, payroll or related financial or business data.

* Enters and retrieves data from a computer system and produces reports.

* Audits and verifies various information, including source data as well as manual and computer-produced reports.

* Coordinates with department liaisons, and Human Resources personnel in the performance and completion of daily workload.

* References multiple applicable laws and contracts.

* Maintains varied subsidiary ledgers, auditing and reconciling reports and information and posting data as required; may generate general ledger entries.

* Researches and assembles information from a variety of…