Title Description- Fiscal Assistant II is the full performance level in the occupational group for Fiscal Assistants. Employees are responsible for processing various documents for payment involving auditing for completion and accuracy; reconciling statements by researching fiscal systems; performing numerous bookkeeping functions such as posting financial data, maintaining filing systems, verifying payments, and working with ledgers, journals, and computer printouts. Employees may assist in benefit issuance such as EBT card issuance and problem resolution. The Fiscal Assistant II class is distinguished from the Fiscal Assistant III class by the latter’s acting as a paraprofessional and performing fiscal control and agency accounting work associated with the preparation, maintenance, analysis, and processing of accounting records and financial transactions.

General Work Tasks (Illustrative Only)-

Provides customer service and monitors transactions;
Processes program orders, invoices and account payments, prepares bids for procurement, develop and maintain financial records, complete forms and reports;
Processes and pays administrative bills, public assistance payments and state reporting;
Processes warrant registers/makes money payments for assistance and POS;
Processes case actions and administrative bills;
Reports financial and administrative expenditures;
Receipts, posts and disburses monies in Special Welfare accounts;
Collects and accounts for monies;
Provides receipts and performs related record keeping functions;
May prepare payrolls, personnel forms, mails and distributes accounts payable checks, and issues special checks; and
May serve as back up to EBT issuance staff.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities: Knowledge- Working knowledge of: accounting and bookkeeping principles and practices; office practices and procedures; keeping fiscal accounts and records; and data processing and spreadsheet applications.

Skills- Skill in operating a personal computer, associated business and agency software, a calculator, and other office machines.

Abilities- Demonstrated ability to: maintain detailed fiscal records and files; develop and maintain good working relationships with County personnel and the general public; communicate effectively both orally and in writing; and use mathematics to solve problems.

Education and Experience- High school diploma supplemented with bookkeeping coursework, and related fiscal support experience personal computer and associated business and agency software OR any equivalent combination of training and experience which provides the required knowledge, skills and abilities.

VDSS is one of the largest Commonwealth agencies, partnering with 120 local departments of social services, along with faith-based and non-profit organizations, to promote the well-being of children and families statewide. We proudly serve alongside nearly 13,000 state and local human services professionals throughout the Social Services System, who ensure that thousands of Virginia's most vulnerable citizen have access to best services and benefits available to them.

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