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About the role

The County of Santa Barbara Human Resources Department is seeking an experienced Financial Office Professional II to join the Alcohol, Drug & Mental Health Services team. This position is responsible for applying an understanding of standardized information, regulations, procedures, and operations associated with moderately difficult fiscal record keeping and clerical work.

Responsibilities

• Apply an understanding of standardized information, regulations, procedures, and operations associated with moderately difficult fiscal record keeping and clerical work
• Prepare financial summaries and reports, including those that capture data at a moment in time and those reflecting activity over a period of time
• Analyze the flow of difficult transactions through time
• Conceptualize and/or account for transactions from the perspective of a variety of parties involved
• Use judgment and initiative to select and apply the most appropriate guidelines and to make minor deviations in guidelines and processes to adapt to specific cases
• Consider factors such as the processing requirements and the impact on the work unit
• Receive general supervision; completed work is usually checked for compliance with office procedures and instructions, technical accuracy, and appearance
• May coach and/or lead co-workers
• May serve as the full first-level supervisor of assigned staff

Requirements

• One year of Financial Office Professional I, financial clerical experience, or the equivalent
• Mastery of the following job-related FOP I and II competencies

Qualifications

• Basic accounting terminology
• Basic characteristics of governmental/fund accounting
• Skills to use Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Outlook, and Microsoft Word
• Skills to use computer operating system, word processing, spreadsheet, and email software
• Skills to add, subtract, multiply, and divide whole numbers, decimals, and percentages
• Skills to make change, receive payments, and reconcile amounts to documents and controls
• Skills to meet and interact with the public and co-workers courteously and professionally
• Skills to file information alphabetically, numerically, and chronologically
• Skills to write and print legibly, clearly, and uniformly to record information

Skills

• Accounting/Financial Record Keeping
• Desktop Computing
• Oral Communication
• Written Communication
• Customer Focus and Business Orientation
• Problem Solving
• Decision Making
• Teamwork
• Supervision and Leadership

Benefits

Not specified

Pay

Not specified

Schedule

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