Public Health Fiscal Assistant* (County Promotional)

Job Description:

Public Health Fiscal Assistant* (County Promotional)

Description

The Job

This recruitment is only open to current San Bernardino County, San Bernardino County Fire Protection District or Special Districts employees who hold a regular, contract, extra-help, recurrent, Public Service Employee, Work Experience Program (WEX) or intern position.

Your County employment must be clearly listed in the work experience section of your application.

The Department of Public Health (DPH) is currently accepting applications for Fiscal Assistants who perform fiscal duties in support of existing accounting processes. Work may involve verifying, auditing, classifying, processing, tracking, posting and reconciling payroll, accounts payable, travel claims, tax matters, billings and payments, reimbursements, accounts receivable, public assistance grants and trust accounts.

*Official job title: Fiscal Assistant
For a more detailed description of job duties, refer to the Fiscal Assistant job description.

Excellent Benefits Package!

Health Benefits

• Medical and Dental: family coverage
• Vision: employee coverage
• Premium subsidies to offset health costs
• Flexible spending account (FSA) pre-tax account for qualified healthcare expenses

Paid Time Off

• Up to 4 weeks accruable vacation with cash-out option
• 11 days accruable sick leave
• 15 paid holidays
• Perfect attendance leave
• Flexible work schedules (in some departments)

Retirement

• Generous Pension
• Retirement reciprocity may be available
• 457(b) deferred compensation plan
• Retirement Medical Trust Fund

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Benefits By Occupational Unit: Clerical

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Summary of Traditional Benefits
Memorandum of Understanding: Teamsters

CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT

Pre-Employment Process: Applicants must pass a background investigation, which includes fingerprinting, credit check, and/or medical exam, prior to appointment. For the Probation and Sheriff's Departments, positions require extensive background investigations, including polygraph testing. If you are interested in these departments, indicate your availability on the Supplemental Questionnaire.

Visa Sponsorship: Please note San Bernardino County is not able to consider candidates who will require visa sponsorship at the time of application or in the future.

Travel: Travel throughout the County may be required and employees will be required to make provisions for such transportation.

Minimum Requirements

OPTION 1

Experience: Twelve (12) months of full-time work experience performing fiscal activities where the primary duty involved performance of arithmetic calculations.

Education Substitution: Six (6) semester (9 quarter) units of c ompleted college level accounting coursework, obtained from an accredited college/university, may be substituted for up to six (6) months of the required experience. Completed courses and their corresponding credit values must be individually noted in the Supplemental Questionnaire.

NOTE: Internship/student experience is not considered qualifying work experience.

OPTION 2

Education: A completed Associate degree in mathematics, accounting/finance, or other relevant field of study obtained from an accredited college/university . This information should be clearly indicated in the Education section of the application.

A copy of your degree/proof of graduation must be attached.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate will have excellent math/fiscal skills as well as the ability to operate a computer, applicable software, and a variety of office machines to enter and retrieve data and produce and/or process a variety of documents and reports. The ideal candidate will also excel working in team settings while supporting existing accounting staff .

Selection Process

There will be an online assessment of knowledge and skills in the following areas:

• Math Skills
  
• Attention to Detail and Problem Solving
  
• Integrity and Interpersonal Skills
  
  

Details of the online assessment process will be emailed once the recruitment has closed.

IMPORTANT: The ability to take pre-employment tests online is a privilege. Please do not take advantage of this benefit. Also, be aware that applicants may be required to take parallel versions of these tests in a proctored setting in order to confirm their identities as the original test takers.

Application Procedure : To be considered for this excellent opportunity, please complete and submit the online employment application and supplemental questionnaire by 5:00 pm on Wednesday, April 9, 2025.

Resumes will not be accepted in lieu of the application and/or supplemental questionnaire. All experience must be clearly listed in the work experience and supplemental questionnaire.

To ensure timely and successful submission of your online application, please allow ample time to complete and submit your application before the filing deadline. Applicants will be automatically logged-out if they have not submitted the application and all required materials prior to the posted deadline. Once your application has been successfully submitted you will receive an onscreen confirmation and an email. We recommend that you save and/or print these for your records. Please note: if you do not receive an onscreen confirmation and an email acknowledging our receipt of your application, we have not received your application.

If you need technical assistance, follow this link to review the Government Jobs online application guide or contact their Toll-Free Applicant Support line at (855) 524-5627. Please note that Human Resources is not responsible for any issues or delays caused by your internet connection, computer, or browser when submitting an application.

Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) / Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA):
San Bernardino County is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Americans with DisabilitiesAct (ADA) compliant employer, dedicated to ensuring equal employment opportunities for allemployees and applicants.

ADA Accommodation:
If you have a disability and need accommodations during the testing process, please submit the Special Testing Accommodations Request Form (Download PDF) within one week of the recruitmentfiling deadline.

Veterans' Preference:
Eligible veterans, their spouses, or widows/widowers who are not current County employees mayreceive additional Veterans' Preference points. For details and instructions on how to request thesepoints, please refer to the Veterans' Preference Information (Download PDF) .

For more important details, review the Applicant Information and County Employment Process .

Clerical Unit

The County of San Bernardino offers a range of benefit programs for employees and their eligible dependents. These include health, dental, vision, and life insurance, as well as a variety of voluntary benefits. Programs and benefit amounts vary and are based on bargaining unit, family size, hire date, plan selection, and number of hours worked.

For a summary of benefits,* please click here .

Refer to the appropriate MOU, contact the County's Employee Benefits and Services Division at (909) 387-5787 or visit the Benefits website for more detailed information at hr.sbcounty.gov/employee-benefits/ .

*Retirement benefits subject to change.

Closing Date/Time: 4/9/2025 5:00 PM Pacific

Salary:

$38,979.20 - $53,539.20 Annually