Finance Professional

Job title: Finance Professional

About the Role The Bergen Vicinage Finance Division is seeking a meticulous finance professional to support accounting, auditing, budgeting, and financial analysis. You will extract data from legacy and web-based systems, analyze it in Excel, prepare financial reports, and help ensure compliance with internal controls and applicable laws. The role requires regular on-site presence in Hackensack with up to two remote workdays.

What You'll Do

• Navigate legacy and proprietary technology systems to extract needed data.
• Prepare technical, statistical, financial, review or evaluation reports.
• Interpret accounting, financial, or statistical data.
• Perform financial and internal control audits.
• Conduct financial audits for accuracy, compliance or legitimacy.
• Analyze cases in accordance with existing laws, regulations, or professional practices.
• Ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Review activities for adherence to applicable procedures, administrative directives, and laws/regulations.
• Compiling statistical data on workload volume, unit expenditures, personnel actions, fixed assets, equipment or attendance.
• Coordinating the collection, maintenance and tabulation of accounting, financial or statistical data.
• Performing variance analysis and determining the course of action to correct mis-posts, financial errors, and discrepancies.
• Preparing spending projections
• Developing operating budgets
• Processing vendor payments and employee reimbursements
• Recommending improvements in operating procedures, programs, standards, work processes, or administrative practices.
• Participating fully in team or work unit meetings and special projects.
• Providing quality customer service to court users and internal customers.
• Functioning as a liaison and establishing positive working relationships with other divisions, vicinages, central office, and external stakeholders.
• Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.

What We're Looking For

• Bachelor's degree with 21 credit hours in accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses; six credit hours must be in accounting; three years of professional accounting, auditing, budgeting, cash management and/or financial analysis. Substitution: candidates who do not have the exact education but possess the applicable courses may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional experience on a year-for-year basis (one year equals 30 semester hours).
• Proven experience in internal controls, data analysis, and Excel proficiency.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively; meet deadlines.
• Commitment to a regular on-site presence and professionalism.

Nice to Have

• Experience with cross-training and a team-focused approach with open idea sharing.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary range: $70,893.73 to $112,619.28 for Schedule A and $70,893.73 to $106,988.28 for Schedule B. Starting salary typically at the minimum of the range.
• The Judiciary offers opportunities for growth and a hybrid work arrangement with up to two remote days, located in Hackensack with free parking and easy transit access.