Financial Specialist (Finance)
The Financial Specialist at Confidential Client is responsible for performing detailed financial and administrative functions including analyzing transactions, conducting audits, preparing reports, and maintaining financial data. This role requires strong accounting knowledge, analytical skills, and proficiency in Excel to support the Finance Division's operations within a hybrid work environment.
About Careertakes
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What You’ll Do
Confidential Client is hiring a Financial Specialist to join a busy finance division serving public-sector programs. This role focuses on accounting, transaction processing, reconciliation, reporting and internal controls. You’ll support finance operations, act as a liaison across teams, and help improve processes.
- Act as a liaison with internal teams, vicinages, central office and external stakeholders to support financial workflows
- Analyze requisitions, vouchers, bank statements and other financial transactions
- Monitor, screen and process financial transactions, modifications and accounting entries
- Process receipts, reconcile balances and accounts, and verify entered data against source documents
- Prepare accounting entries and calculate payroll/salary-related data
- Collect and maintain case statistics and financial data for status reports (including grants and federal programs)
- Perform financial and internal-control audits and review activities for adherence to policies and laws
- Extract and reconcile data from legacy and proprietary systems
- Provide high-quality customer service to court users and internal customers
- Participate in team meetings and special projects; recommend process improvements
Qualifications
Minimum required:
- Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent substitution) including or supplemented by 21 semester credit hours in accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics, or related financial courses — with at least 6 credit hours in accounting
- Strong Excel skills (data manipulation, formulas, pivot tables)
- Demonstrated understanding of accounting fundamentals and financial reporting
- Strong attention to detail, analytical and problem-solving skills
- Good organizational, time-management and interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with multiple systems and extract data from legacy platforms
- Ability to communicate clearly in written and verbal forms
Substitution rule: applicants without the required degree but with the required coursework may substitute relevant paraprofessional/professional experience on a year-for-year basis (1 year experience = 30 semester hour credits).
Preferred (not required): prior experience in public-sector accounting, grants reporting, or financial audits.
Compensation & Work Schedule
- Salary range (provided by source): $61,749.69 to $100,154.67 per year (Schedule A) and $61,749.69 to $95,146.95 per year (Schedule B).
- For newly hired individuals, starting salary is normally at the minimum of the posted range.
- Employment type: Full-time.
- The role offers opportunity for growth and advancement within finance operations.
Location & Remote Work
- Work location: Hackensack, NJ (Confidential Client office).
- Hybrid schedule: this position may qualify for up to 2 days per week of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. Participation requires installation of a multifactor authentication app and access to high-speed home internet.
- Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this role.
Other Requirements & Important Notices
- Driver’s license: Required only if operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties.
- Authorization to work: US citizenship is not required. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US per DHS/USCIS rules.
- Background check: Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check (may include fingerprinting). Results are handled in confidence.
- Residency: New Jersey residency or related rules may apply for new hires; applicants should review applicable state and local requirements.
- Recruitment pool: Applicants to this posting may be considered for additional vacancies that arise within a defined period (as noted by the client).
What We Value
- Strong organizational skills and accuracy
- Proactive approach to identifying process improvements
- Commitment to respectful, professional interactions with colleagues and the public
- Willingness to learn and adapt to new systems and reporting requirements
About the Industry
This role is in the Accounting & Finance sector supporting public-sector finance operations, grants and program reporting, internal controls, and transactional accounting.
Equal Opportunity & Hiring Transparency
Careertakes and our client are Equal Opportunity Employers committed to building a diverse and inclusive workforce. We prohibit discrimination or harassment of any kind. To support a fair and efficient hiring process, AI tools may be used to assist with application review or resume screening. These tools do not replace human decision-making. Final hiring decisions are made by people.
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