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About the Position

We are searching for a dynamic, results-oriented accounting and finance expert to support public health financial services. This position will provide accounting and budgetary services across multiple funding sources as part of a team of professionals performing coordinated, centralized financial management support.

About Us

Come work for Maricopa County Department of Public Health, the 3rd largest health jurisdiction in the U.S.! Our Public Health staff live by our mission: to make healthy lives possible! We aim to serve Maricopa County residents with a focus towards health equity and a data-driven approach to our work. We value our staff's unique skills and differences, as well as the varied experiences and disciplines we represent. We come together to reach our vision of creating a healthy, safe, and thriving community.

Proud to Offer

• Work with a greater purpose
• Tuition reimbursement
• Exceptional work-life balance; hybrid opportunities
• Opportunities for growth and development within Maricopa County
• Low-cost, high-value healthcare for you and your qualifying dependents
• Paid vacation, sick time, and parental leave
• Extensive wellness program, including healthcare premium discounts
• Employee discounts for goods and services
• Maricopa County participates in the Arizona State Retirement System. This defined retirement benefit requires a 12.29% monthly contribution rate and includes a 100% employer match on Day 1
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We Require

• One year of experience in finance, budget development, accounting, or grant management
• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or a related field
• An equivalent combination of post-secondary education in Accounting, Finance, or a related field and/or job-related experience may substitute for the minimum qualifications on a year for year basis

We Also Value

• Two or more years of experience in accounting and finance
• Experience working in governmental accounting and/or grant budgeting*
• Experience working with Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft Word and Adobe*
• Experience working with Advantage System, InfoAdvantage, and other financial systems

Job Contributions

• Analyzes the program's financial activity and trends to ensure optimal fiscal outcomes and coordinates any necessary modifications or justifications regarding the programs' budget within the realm of support of the Finance and Administration Division
• Prepares the annual budget, supporting documentation, forecasting reports and constantly monitors the budgets and expenditures which includes general fund, grant fund, and fee fund sources by establishing and maintaining various tracking systems for all funding sources
• Generates monthly Contractor Expenditure Reports (CERs) requesting reimbursement from grantors; maintains files on grant documentation
• Coordinates with PH Department procurement officers, grants staff, and other PH work groups to, prepare and monitor grants, create purchase requisition requests, process invoices, create purchase request forms, monitor purchase status and process subsequent payables
• Reviews invoices and ensures proper documentation, balances against requisitions, purchase orders and contracts
• Coordinates with the State, County, and PH Department Finance to prepare documents, gathers information, and participates as requested in regular audits regarding all aspects of financial reporting processes
• Prepares journal vouchers and initiates all necessary financial adjustments with departmental Finance/Budget staff
• Ensures compliance with State and County procedures to include recruitment efforts

Working Conditions

• Within one month of hire, all employees are required to provide evidence of immunity or receive immunizations for vaccine-preventable illnesses for any position within the Maricopa County Department of Public Health; required immunizations include MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Tdap (whooping cough and diphtheria), Varicella (chickenpox), and annual Influenza; some positions require a Hepatitis B vaccine and/or a Tuberculosis test
• Exerting up to 10 lbs. occasionally or negligible weights frequently; sitting most of the time
• Position is typically office or administrative work and is not substantially exposed to adverse environmental conditions

Selection Procedure

• Only the most qualified candidates will be considered

• Consideration will only be given to candidates who submit online applications

• Candidates will be contacted primarily through email and their Workday online application profile

• Must pass a pre-employment background and/or fingerprint investigation as required by statute or policy, including drug and alcohol testing requirements for positions designated as safety-sensitive

Maricopa County is an equal opportunity employer.

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