Are you interested in a career working with the overall fiscal operations, management and monitoring of multiple programs. If you are then this is the position for you.

Blair County Department of Social Services has an immediate opening for a Fiscal Officer.
Our teamwork approach to working with various County and State departments are top notch.
We offer a supportive work environment, an excellent benefit package and opportunities for career advancement. Apply today and start your career off on the right foot.

Primary responsibility is the accounting for all program transactions funded through the Social Services revenue streams. The employee's main objective is ensuring the overall operations and financial management of the programs to ensure meeting all Federal, State and County mandated requirements, ensuring the timely and accurate reimbursement to providers, consultants and county staff for services rendered to County residents and the monitoring of sub-recipients to assure compliance with State and Federal regulations.

• Full-time employment.
• Work hours are 8:00 am to 4:00 pm, Monday - Friday, with 60-minute lunch.
• 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:

• Five years of bookkeeping experience and six college credits in accounting; or
  
• Two years as a Fiscal Technician and six college credits in accounting; or
• One year of accounting and/or budgetary experience and a business-related bachelor's degree that includes six college credits in accounting; or
• Three 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 that includes or is supplemented by six college credits in accounting.

• You must meet the PA residency requirement. For more information on ways to meet PA residency requirements, follow the link and click on Residency.
  
• Hiring preference for this vacancy will be given to candidates who live within Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, and Huntingdon Counties. If no eligible candidates who live in Bedford, Blair, Cambria, Centre, Clearfield, and Huntingdon Counties apply for this position, candidates who reside in other counties may be considered.
• You must be able to perform essential job functions.

• A conditional offer of employment will require submission of criminal history reports. See hiring agency contact information.
• You must pass a background investigation.
• A conditional offer of employment will require a drug screening.

• 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).

• This posting requires submission of a copy of your college transcript(s). Unofficial transcripts are acceptable. You may upload your document as an attachment during the application process. You must still complete the application and answer the supplemental questions. All documents MUST be uploaded prior to the submission of your application.
• 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.

• 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.

Benefit packages are determined by the county and may vary. Please contact the applicable county human resource office directly to inquire about a specific benefit package.