FISCAL MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE

GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES: To be responsible for fiscal/financial management functions within a state agency; to control expenditures and perform, or provide budgetary and cost control expertise for the performance of, specialized and technical budgetary and accounting activities; to plan, organize, supervise and direct the work of a staff primarily engaged in field management operations; and to do related work as required.

SUPERVISION RECEIVED: Works under the administrative direction of a superior with wide latitude for the exercise of initiative and independent judgement; work is subject to review for results obtained and conformance to established goals and policy.

SUPERVISION EXERCISED: As required, plans, organizes, supervises and reviews the work of subordinates; reviews work in process and upon completion for accuracy and compliance with prescribed procedures and directives.

ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:

To be responsible for fiscal/financial management functions within a state agency.

To control expenditures and provide budgetary and cost control expertise.

To perform specialized and technical budgetary and accounting functions.

As required, to plan, organize, supervise and direct the work of a staff primarily engaged in fiscal

management operations.

To set overhead rates and formulate indirect cost proposals.

To maintain accurate records of regular and overtime payroll expenditures, mileage allowances and

equipment control records.

To determine and verify balances in various agency accounts.

To be responsible for the supervision of a central fiscal file system including accounts receivable,

payroll records and accounts outstanding.

To be responsible for the compilation, analysis and presentation of statistical and financial reports

reflecting expenditures, unencumbered funds and projections of future requirements.

To exercise administrative direction over programs that are essentially financial in nature.

To prepare, or assist in preparing, a yearly budget and review divisional budget.

To function in a liaison capacity between various state agencies.

As required, to supervise subordinates engaged in departmental personnel functions.

To do related work as required.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS FOR APPOINTMENT:

KNOWLEDGES, SKILLS AND CAPACITIES: A thorough knowledge of fiscal/financial management practices and techniques; a working knowledge of federal guidelines for utilizing federal grant monies; a working knowledge of principles and practices of governmental budget formulation; a working knowledge of the principles, practices and methods involved in maintaining records in a centralized filing system; the ability to plan, organize, supervise and direct the work of a staff engaged in fiscal management operations; the ability to identify pertinent information from a mass of data; the ability to determine overhead rates and formulate indirect cost proposals; the ability to prepare and submit special