FINANCIAL SPECIALIST IV / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Financial Specialist IV vacancies related to the homelessness crisis. Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment. During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%. Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Financial Specialist IV.

About the Role

Provides technical direction to subordinate staff and analyzes and makes recommendations for the solution of the more complex departmental accounting, budgetary, and other financial problems including problems of accounting systems design and implementation.

Responsibilities

• Conducts studies of the more complex departmental accounting and budgetary operations, fiscal controls and accounting standards in both computerized and manual systems, and leads others in conducting such work.
• Assembles and verifies financial data, schedules and statistical summaries and directs their compilation into formal reports of study findings.
• Analyzes and evaluates study findings and advises the identification of those aspects of the financial system operations which are functioning optimally and those which need to be changed or replaced.
• Analyzes and leads others in analyzing specific measures needed to correct identified deficiencies in current departmental financial systems and designs control mechanisms to be incorporated into revised systems.
• Leads and assists in the preparation of detailed policy and procedures manuals and crafts forms relative to the establishment and implementation of new or revised departmental financial systems.
• Leads and participates in the orientation and training of department personnel before and during conversion to new or modified accounting, budgetary, or other financial systems.
• Adapts manual accounting, budgetary, and other record keeping functions to computerized processing and establishes preventive, detective, and corrective internal controls, and leads others in the performance of such work.
• Participates with departmental data processing personnel or outside consultants in the technical design, development, testing and modification, and installation of computerized financial systems, as required.

Requirements

You MUST meet the following requirement(s) in order to be appointed to fill any vacancies related to this recruitment.

OPTION I: Three (3) years' experience performing financial systems analysis* in a County of Los Angeles department, at least one (1) year of which must have been at the level** of Financial Specialist III.

OPTION II: A Bachelor's degree*** from an accredited college or university with:

• twelve (12) semester units*** -or- 18 quarter units of accounting
• nine (9) additional semester units -or- 13.5 quarter units in either accounting or finance
• six (6) semester units -or- 9 quarter units in computer science including a course in systems analysis and design****

AND

• Four (4) years' experience in resolving accounting, budgetary, and other financial problems including accounting systems design and implementation.

Financial systems analysis experience is the study and investigation of issues and problems of financial systems development, implementation, administration, or evaluation and the formation of applicable solutions and recommendations. In the service of Los Angeles County, financial systems analysis is at the level of Financial Specialist II and Financial Specialist III.

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.

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 hrexams@ph.lacounty.gov within seven calendar (7) days of filing your application. The document should show the 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.

Courses comparable/equivalent to systems analysis and design include but are not limited to the following classes: Accounting Information Systems, Introduction to Business Information Systems, Introduction to Information Systems, Management Information Systems, or Business Computer Systems.

Physical Requirements

Physical Class II – 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.

Additional Information

During your initial work period, the appointing department will evaluate your performance. Those who achieve a passing score on this evaluation will be considered for permanent appointment.

Exam Number: PH0750F-EA