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FISCAL SUPPORT SPECIALIST

State of Arkansas · North Little Rock, AR · 1 mo ago
OTHR$43k–$64k/yrFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with sections: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections with real specific content. Remove boilerplate, EEO, etc. Keep substantive info. We have: - Position Number, County, Anticipated Starting Salary: $43,088.03 - Mission description: "The mission of the Department of Military is to provide a professional staff of Arkansas State Employees who help maintain and improve the readiness of Arkansas National Guard units through effective fiscal management of State Resources, Human Resource Management, and quality administration of Arkansas National Guard Programs." This could be "About the role" or maybe "About the role" includes mission. - Additional job duties and/or day-in-the-life details: long paragraph describing duties. - Preferred qualifications, specific skills and/or professional background details: bullet list. - Position Information: Job Series, Classification, Class Code, Pay Grade, Salary Range. - Job Summary: description. - Primary Responsibilities: list. - Knowledge And Skills: list. - Minimum Qualifications: list. - Licensure/Certifications: N/A (skip) - OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED... (maybe part of qualifications) - EEO boilerplate: remove. We need to produce sections: About the role (mission), Responsibilities (duties), Requirements (maybe minimum qualifications?), Qualifications (preferred qualifications?), Skills (knowledge and skills), Benefits (none given), Pay (salary range and anticipated starting salary), Schedule (none given). We should only include sections with real content. Thus we will have:

About the role

with mission paragraph.

Responsibilities

with
  • list of duties (maybe combine from additional duties and primary responsibilities). Ensure we preserve all substantive info, not duplicate. We have duties described in "Additional job duties and/or day-in-the-life details:" paragraph with many sentences. Also "Primary Responsibilities" list. We need to combine them without duplication but preserve all info. Let's extract distinct duties: From Additional job duties paragraph: - Works directly for a program Fiscal Support Coordinator and performs a full complement of fiscal functions and assists with duties associated with all phases of the budget process (e.g., formulation, justification, presentation, and execution). - Performs work assignments consisting of a matrix of program and budgetary functions and organizational components, and advises managers and other officials on requirements for the preparation, documentation, and submission of budget requests. - Compiles program budget data onto worksheets including the costs of salaries, supplies, staff training and projects. - Assist in processing invoices, payments, and financial records. - Perform data entry and maintain accurate financial records. - Assist in the preparation of budget documentation and reports. - Review financial documents including Delivery Orders for accuracy and completeness. - Respond to basic fiscal inquiries and provide general support to fiscal staff. - Assists in managing personnel functions including time management, human resource requirements, on-boarding, retirement, and personnel training documentation. - Other duties as assigned by supervisor. Primary Responsibilities list: - Assist in processing invoices, payments, and financial records. - Perform data entry and maintain accurate financial records. - Assist in the preparation of budget documentation and reports. - Review financial documents for accuracy and completeness. - Respond to basic fiscal inquiries and provide general support to fiscal staff. These are largely duplicates of some items. We'll combine unique items. Thus responsibilities list: - Works directly for a program Fiscal Support Coordinator and performs a full complement of fiscal functions and assists with duties associated with all phases of the budget process (formulation, justification, presentation, and execution). - Performs work assignments consisting of a matrix of program and budgetary functions and organizational components, and advises managers and other officials on requirements for the preparation, documentation, and submission of budget requests. - Compiles program budget data onto worksheets including the costs of salaries, supplies, staff training and projects. - Assist in processing invoices, payments, and financial records. - Perform data entry and maintain accurate financial records. - Assist in the preparation of budget documentation and reports. - Review financial documents including Delivery Orders for accuracy and completeness. - Respond to basic fiscal inquiries and provide general support to fiscal staff. - Assists in managing personnel functions including time management, human resource requirements, on-boarding, retirement, and personnel training documentation. - Other duties as assigned by supervisor. Now Requirements: maybe minimum qualifications? The posting includes "Minimum Qualifications: A high school diploma or equivalent required; an associate’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field preferred. Satisfaction of the minimum qualifications, including years of experience and service, does not entitle employees to automatic progression within the job series. Promotion to the next classification level is at the discretion of the department and the Office of Personnel Management, taking into consideration the employee’s demonstrated skills, competencies, performance, workload responsibilities, and organizational needs." Also "Preferred qualifications, specific skills and/or professional background details:" includes: formal education equivalent of a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business related field plus 4 years experience. Knowledge of accounting principles and financial management practices. Strong attention to detail and accuracy. Ability to learn and apply fiscal processes and systems. Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment. Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications. Must qualify and receive a Common Access Card, which includes a National Agency background investigation. Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to meet the eligibility requirements covered by the state insurance policy. Thus we can split: Requirements = minimum qualifications (hard requirements). Qualifications = preferred qualifications (including education, experience, etc). Skills = knowledge and skills (maybe overlapping with qualifications). But we need to follow instruction: Use sections for Requirements, Qualifications, Skills. We'll allocate: - Requirements: Minimum qualifications (high school diploma or equivalent required; associate’s degree preferred). Also maybe mention that satisfaction of minimum qualifications does not guarantee promotion etc. But that's more about progression; maybe still part of requirements. We'll keep concise. - Qualifications: Preferred qualifications (bachelor's degree + 4 years experience, knowledge of accounting principles, strong attention to detail, ability to learn fiscal processes, good communication, teamwork, MS Office proficiency, CAC clearance, valid driver's license, state insurance eligibility). Also maybe mention "OTHER JOB RELATED EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE MAY BE SUBSTITUTED..." as part of qualifications. - Skills: Knowledge And Skills list (knowledge of accounting principles, strong attention to detail, ability to learn and apply fiscal processes, good communication, teamwork, MS Office proficiency). This overlaps with qualifications but we can still include as separate section; but we must avoid duplication? The instruction says preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. Duplication is okay if it's in original? But we should not repeat same content verbatim? It's okay to have overlapping but we should try to not duplicate exactly same sentences. However we can keep them as they appear in original sections: "Knowledge And Skills" is a separate heading in original; we should keep it as Skills section. Thus we will have Skills section with that list. Benefits: none given, so omit. Pay: we have Anticipated Starting Salary: $43,088.03 and Salary Range: $43,088 - $63,770. Also Pay Grade: SGS04. We'll include Pay section with that info. Schedule: none given, omit. About the role: mission statement. Now produce HTML fragment:

    About the role

    The mission of the Department of Military is to provide a professional staff of Arkansas State Employees who help maintain and improve the readiness of Arkansas National Guard units through effective fiscal management of State Resources, Human Resource Management, and quality administration of Arkansas National Guard Programs.

    Responsibilities

    • Works directly for a program Fiscal Support Coordinator and performs a full complement of fiscal functions and assists with duties associated with all phases of the budget process (formulation, justification, presentation, and execution).
    • Performs work assignments consisting of a matrix of program and budgetary functions and organizational components, and advises managers and other officials on requirements for the preparation, documentation, and submission of budget requests.
    • Compiles program budget data onto worksheets including the costs of salaries, supplies, staff training and projects.
    • Assist in processing invoices, payments, and financial records.
    • Perform data entry and maintain accurate financial records.
    • Assist in the preparation of budget documentation and reports.
    • Review financial documents including Delivery Orders for accuracy and completeness.
    • Respond to basic fiscal inquiries and provide general support to fiscal staff.
    • Assists in managing personnel functions including time management, human resource requirements, on-boarding, retirement, and personnel training documentation.
    • Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

    Requirements

    A high school diploma or equivalent is required; an associate’s degree in accounting, finance, or a related field is preferred. Satisfaction of the minimum qualifications, including years of experience and service, does not entitle employees to automatic progression within the job series; promotion to the next classification level is at the discretion of the department and the Office of Personnel Management based on demonstrated skills, competencies, performance, workload responsibilities, and organizational needs.

    Qualifications

    • Formal education equivalent of a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance or business related field plus 4 years experience.
    • Knowledge of accounting principles and financial management practices.
    • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
    • Ability to learn and apply fiscal processes and systems.
    • Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.
    • Must qualify and receive a Common Access Card, which includes a National Agency background investigation.
    • Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license and be able to meet the eligibility requirements covered by the state insurance policy.
    • Other job-related education and/or experience may be substituted for all or part of these basic requirements, except for certification or licensure requirements, upon approval of the Qualifications Review Committee.

    Skills

    • Knowledge of accounting principles and financial management practices.
    • Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
    • Ability to learn and apply fiscal processes and systems.
    • Good communication skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
    • Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications.

    Pay

    Anticipated starting salary: $43,088.03. Salary range: $43,088 – $63,770 (Pay Grade: SGS04).

    We must ensure no extra sections like Benefits or Schedule. Check for any boilerplate: we removed EEO, etc. Check for any duplicated lines: we have some overlapping content between Qualifications and Skills but that's okay as they are distinct sections; but we might consider removing duplication to avoid redundancy? The instruction: "Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail." It doesn't forbid duplication; but we should avoid unnecessary duplication if it's just repeating same sentences. However the Skills section is explicitly present in original as "Knowledge And Skills". So we must keep it. The Qualifications section includes similar items but also includes education/experience etc. It's okay. Now ensure we didn't miss any substantive info: we included mission, duties, requirements, qualifications, skills, pay. We omitted Job Summary? The Job Summary is similar to responsibilities but we already covered duties. The Job Summary: "The Fiscal Support Specialist provides entry-level fiscal support within a department or agency. This role focuses on performing routine accounting and fiscal tasks such as data entry, processing invoices, and assisting with the preparation of financial reports and budgets." This is substantive and not covered elsewhere. Should we include it? It could go under About the role or Responsibilities

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