Job Description
Posting number: CS-2026-56982-L0317
Department: Local Government
Division: AN Westmoreland Co Aaa
Job classification: County Fiscal Officer 3 (Local Government)
Posting type: SCSC E&T Vacancy
Categories: Accounting and Finance, Social Services
County Fiscal Officer 3 manages the overall financial operations of Westmoreland County Department of Human Services' Area Agency on Aging. Your work will have a direct impact on the programs and services our teams provide to residents in need. This role gives you the opportunity to lead a dedicated fiscal staff and shape the financial operations that support community wellbeing.
Westmoreland County offers a pension plan and the chance to join a mission-driven agency where your leadership, collaboration, and fiscal skills matter. Apply now for a meaningful chance to grow your career, and plan your future, while making a positive difference in the lives of older residents.
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Examples of duties
This position supervises and directs fiscal and administrative staff responsible for accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial data entry, reconciliations, consumer and provider payments, and other accounting functions. It guides daily tasks and keeps overall operations on track. As County Fiscal Officer 3, you will perform the following duties:
- Staff Supervision: Organize workloads, evaluate performance, participate in hiring, train new employees, and provide ongoing guidance to ensure compliance with agency procedures and policies
- Budget Processes: Develop and manage the agency’s County and State budgets, analyze budgeted versus actual revenues and expenditures, prepare budget revisions, and provide financial analysis to agency supervisors.
- Fiscal Oversight Developing cost-allocation methods and rates for labor, administration, and overhead; evaluate variance reports; review and approving provider payment vouchers; oversee fixed-asset inventory and depreciation records, and facilitate agency purchasing
- Compliance and Accountability: Coordinate annual audits with independent auditors and the County Auditing Department and ensure fiscal activities comply with applicable policies, procedures, and regulations
- Process Collaboration: Provide fiscal technical assistance to subcontractors and coordinate with County financial offices
Work Schedule and Additional Information:
- Full-time employment
- Work hours are 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 30-minute lunch.
- Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, after the initial training and probationary period. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
- Salary:The starting salary is non-negotiable.
- You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.
Qualifications
QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:
- One year as a County Fiscal Officer 2; or
- Three years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related bachelor’s degree that includes six college credits in accounting; or
- Five years of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related associate’s degree that includes six college credits in accounting; or
- An equivalent combination of experience and training which includes or is supplemented by six college credits in accounting.
Other Requirements:
- You must meet the PA residency requirement For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency Guidelines.
- Hiring preference for this vacancy may be given to candidates who live within Westmoreland County. If no eligible candidates who live within Westmoreland County apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
- You must be able to perform essential job functions.
How to Apply:
- Resumes, cover letters, and similar documents will not be reviewed, and the information contained therein will not be considered for the purposes of determining your eligibility for the position. Information to support your eligibility for the position must be provided on the application (i.e., relevant, detailed experience/education).
- If you are claiming education in your answers to the supplemental application questions, you must attach a copy of your college transcripts for your claim to be accepted toward meeting the minimum requirements. Unofficial transcripts are acceptable.
- Your application must be submitted by the posting closing dateLate applications and other required materials will not be accepted.
- Failure to comply with the above application requirements may eliminate you from consideration for this position.
- All application materials and interview responses must reflect the applicant’s own experience, qualifications, and work. Applicants may use generative AI tools for preparation purposes only. Use of AI to misrepresent or falsify information, or to assist during interviews, is not permitted. Review the Guidance for Generative AI Tools & Job Seekers for additional information.
Veterans:
- Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs. To learn more about employment preferences for veterans, go to www.pa.gov/agencies/employment/how-to-apply.html and click on Veterans.
Telecommunications Relay Service (TRS):
- 711 (hearing and speech disabilities or other individuals).
If you are contacted for an interview and need accommodations due to a disability, please discuss your request for accommodations with the interviewer in advance of your interview date.
The Commonwealth is an equal employment opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse workforce. The Commonwealth values inclusion as we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people to serve the citizens of Pennsylvania. The Commonwealth does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religious creed, ancestry, union membership, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, AIDS or HIV status, disability, or any other categories protected by applicable federal or state law. All diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.
Supplemental information
- Completing the application, including all supplemental questions, serves as your exam for this position. No additional exam is required at a test center (also referred to as a written exam).
- Your score is based on the detailed information you provide on your application and in response to the supplemental questions.
- Your score is valid for this specific posting only.
- You must provide complete and accurate information or:
- your score may be lower than deserved.
- you may be disqualified.
- You may only apply/test once for this posting.
- Your results will be provided via email.
