Fiscal Management Specialist 1

Step into an exciting career opportunity where you can highlight your financial expertise, sharpen your fiscal insight, and leverage your budgeting and money management skills to make a meaningful impact. Join the Department of Human Services as a Fiscal Management Specialist 1 and help guide important funding that supports key programs across the state. This role gives you the chance to grow your financial skills while working closely with leaders and partner offices. Your work helps ensure that employment and training programs run smoothly and stay on track. Apply today to take center stage where your accuracy and teamwork make a real difference.

This position supports the fiscal management needs of key employment and training programs within the Office of Income Maintenance. It plays an important role in tracking funding, reviewing program spending, and preparing financial reports. As a Fiscal Management Specialist 1, you will perform the following duties:

• Program Fiscal Support: Serve as the fiscal contact for assigned employment and training programs and prepare budgets and projections
• Financial Analysis: Review spending data, analyze trends, and provide recommendations for funding issues
• Budget Preparation: Develop requests, updates, and supporting materials for major budget submissions and reviews
• Report Development: Prepare monthly budget and expenditure reports using spreadsheets, charts, and graphs
• Collaboration Meetings: Coordinate discussions with policy staff to ensure program spending aligns with plans and requirements
• Liaison Duties: Work with internal and external partners to support financial reporting and problem resolution

Interested in learning more? Additional details regarding this position can be found in the position description.

Work Schedule and Additional Information:

• Full-time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday - Friday, with a 60-minute lunch; however, these hours are negotiable
• Telework: You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) part-time, up to 3 days per week, as well as any additional times specified by management. Additional in-office days may be required during training. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high-speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg. The ability to telework is subject to change at any time. Additional details may be provided during the interview.
• Salary: In some cases, the starting salary may be non-negotiable.
• You will receive further communication regarding this position via email. Check your email, including spam/junk folders, for these notices.

QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum Experience and Training Requirements:

• One year as a Financial Programs Trainee (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• One year of experience in paraprofessional fiscal administration work, and a bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, finance, economics, or a related field; or
• An equivalent combination of experience and training.
  

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.
• 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 date. Late 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.