FISCAL TECHNICIAN 3

DESCRIPTION

This recruitment will remain open until September 29, 2024.The agency reserves the right to make a hiring decision at any time after the initial screening date on September 12, 2024. It is in the applicant's best interest to submit materials as soon as possible.

OIC CAREER OPPORTUNITY

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner's (OIC) Fiscal Unit is seeking a motivated and qualified individual to fill a Fiscal Technician 3 position . This position is assigned to the Operations Division, located in our Tumwater office.

This position might be for YOU if you:

• Enjoy helping others and providing exceptional customer service with a calm, confident demeanor
• Proactively address questions and concerns, predicting the future trouble-spots and delivering challenging information in a positive way
• Have 15 quarter or 10 semester hours of college-level accounting, auditing, finance, or budgeting AND have two years of full-time experience performing clerical or fiscal supporting duties
• Can shift priorities with ease, whether it's stopping to answer customer calls and questions or jumping in to help team members when needed
• Enjoy being curious, asking questions, independently researching questions and presenting information
• Are organized and enjoy future-planning, utilizing calendars and tasks to track deadlines and follow-up items
• Have amazing attention to detail, sleuthing out errors and asking clarifying questions to ensure understanding
• Have experience processing employee travel reimbursements or customer refunds
• Enjoy data entry, and possess quick and accurate typing skills

If you're interested in a dynamic career that protects consumers' interests and promotes a healthy business environment in this state, please apply and become part of our dynamic team.

This recruitment may be used to establish a qualified pool of candidates for Fiscal Technician 3 vacancies in the next sixty days.

This is a Washington General Service position. The monthly salary range for this position is $3,167 - $4,194.

AGENCY PROFILE AND VALUES

The Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC) operates under the direction of the state's Insurance Commissioner, a statewide elected official. Our mission is to provide consumer protection and regulation of the state's insurance industry.

With a workforce of approximately 265 employees, we are one of the smaller state agencies in Washington state government and are fortunate to have a stable funding source that does not rely on the state's general fund.

Because we are a small agency, you will truly get a chance to understand the 'big picture' of what we do and why we do it. You will also have a chance to get to know your co-workers.

We value diversity in the workplace. We challenge our employees to continuously improve the way we do business and to meet and exceed the needs of our customers.

To learn more about this agency, we invite you to visit our website at and listen to our employees talk about why they love working here.

BENEFITS OF WORKING FOR OIC

Washington State offers one of the most competitive benefits packages in the nation. We offer a great selection of health and retirement plans , paid leave, and compensation benefits for you and your family.

Additional Benefits:

• Wellness programs .
• Dependent care assistance .
• Washington State Employee Assistance Program .
• Federal Social Security and Medicare systems.
• Additional Leave; Leave Sharing , Parental Leave , Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) , Leave Without Pay .
• Deferred Compensation (supplemental retirement plan).
• Training and development opportunities, including tuition reimbursement.
• Program for Public Service Loan Forgiveness ( if applicable )
• Free parking at our main office in Tumwater.
• A stable funding source that does not rely on the state's general fund.
• The fulfillment of public service.
• Excellent work-life balance.
• Flexible work schedules and telework opportunities.
• Commitment to diversity in the workplace and support one another with respect and trust.
• Free Thurston County Transit public transportation.

DUTIES
The duties of the position include, but are not limited to:

• Interpretation of rules and regulations adopted by Office of Financial Management (OFM) relating to travel
• Review of required documents, coding and invoices for completeness and accuracy
• Processing revenue refunds, travel reimbursements, and travel advance payments.
• Data entry of fiscal documents into the Agency Financial Reporting System (AFRS)
• Maintain billing requests
• Primary back-up for all functions of the receipts desk and Accounts Payable
• Process incoming mail for Operations and mail out warrants

QUALIFICATIONS
Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED certificate.
• 15 quarter or 10 semester hours of college-level accounting, auditing, finance, or budgeting.
• Two years of full-time experience (40 hours per week or equivalent) performing clerical or fiscal supporting duties. An associate degree or higher will substitute year for year for experience.
  • Clerical duties may include: providing customer service in an office or call center environment, communicating with external and internal customers through email, phone and in-person interactions, responding to questions, providing resolution to issues, filing, keeping records, data entry, processing mail, inventorying supplies, in an office setting.
• Basic Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook skills: able to create, save, preview and print a basic document, and worksheet; and compose, send and respond to email messages.

If a degree or other credentials are listed, proof will be required prior to employment. University degrees must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or foreign equivalent. If a degree was awarded outside the United States, candidates must provide a credential evaluation report.

Preferred/Desired

• Associate or bachelor's degree
• Experience working in AFRS.
• Experience working in TEMS.

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION
How to Apply : Applications for this recruitment will be accepted electronically. Please select the large green "apply" button at the top of this announcement. If you have not done so previously, you will need to set up an account profile.

Please provide three (3) professional references on your application. A professional reference is defined as an individual who has been paid to supervise your work and can attest to your work performance, technical skills, and job competencies. If you do not have any or sufficient professional references, please include non-related professionals, such as educators or other professional associates.

The initial screening will be based on the content and completeness of your application and the materials submitted. All information may be verified, and documentation may be required. Your letter of interest should describe how your experience, training and education make you a viable and competitive candidate for this position. Applications with comments such as "see attachments" or "see resume" in the supplemental question responses will be considered incomplete.

General suggestions for creating a good application:

• Read the job posting very carefully. Find out as much as you can about the position.
• Make sure you are very diligent in following all the application instructions. Include all requested documentation.
• Make sure your application and supplemental question responses address how you meet each of the required and desired qualifications.
• Carefully read each of the supplemental questions and respond completely to each one. Pay attention to each component of the question, providing examples, and thoroughly describing when and where you achieved the experience. Detail the types of work you performed, the work products, etc., to demonstrate 'how'.
• Specifically include all your work experiences doing the same or similar work, especially if you reference work in these jobs in describing when/where you gained experience or skills.
• Make sure your application reflects your best writing.

Wage/salary depends on qualifications or state rules of compensation (if currently a state employee).

Contact us : For inquiries about this position, please contact Amber Jenson at .

Other Information:

• This position is represented by the Washington Federation of State Employees (WFSE).
• State law (RCW 48.02.090 5 ) prohibits employees of the OIC from having any interest, directly or indirectly, in an insurance company other than as a policyholder. This prohibition includes the receipt of renewal commissions. If employment is accepted with this agency, you agree to abide by this state law.
• If a degree or other credentials are listed by the candidate, proof will be required at the finalist stage. Candidates are encouraged to pre-plan for this. University degrees must be recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA) or foreign equivalent.
• If a degree was awarded outside the United States . click apply for full job details