FINANCIAL SPECIALIST IV / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS

Financial Specialist IVThe 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.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. What will I do as a Financial Specialist IV?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 to qualify: 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.