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Fiscal/Administrative Assistant

Date Posted: Jun 15, 2026
Yearly: $ 67629 - $ 86052

Job Detail

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    Location Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
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    Job Type: Full Time/Permanent
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    Shift: First Shift (Day)
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    Career Level: Entry Level
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    Experience: 2 years
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    Gender: No Preference
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    Degree: Bachelors
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    Apply Before: Dec 30, 2026

Job Description

  • Performs paraprofessional level work in fiscal and administrative activities; 
  • Independently performs bookkeeping and basic accounting activities such as maintaining, balancing, and reconciling an interrelated group of accounts; 
  • Independently accountable for an accounts receivable or accounts payable process including varied and complex procedures and activities; 
  • Prepares simple financial statements and assists in preparation of complex financial statements; 
  • Calculates rates involving complex arithmetical formulas; 
  • Gathers and consolidates payroll and expenditure data for budget preparation; 
  • Ensures that expenditures plus encumbrances are within appropriation limits; 
  • Reviews routine expenditures for compliance with itemized budgets; 
  • Utilizes EDP systems for financial records and reports; 
  • Independently performs purchasing functions including preparing and processing purchase orders and requisitions, authorizing routine purchase orders, and preparing requests for proposals; 
  • Independently prepares renewal or new contracts based on awards; 
  • Ensures that routine payments are in compliance with contract provisions; 
  • Performs related duties as required.

  • Knowledge of
    • bookkeeping, financial record keeping and basic governmental accounting principles and practices; 
    • basic procedures of budget preparation and control; 
    • payroll procedures, purchasing procedures and contract preparation; 
  • Skills
    • interpersonal skills; 
    • oral and written communication skills; 
  • Considerable ability in arithmetic computations; 
  • Ability to
    • audit financial documents; 
    • understand and apply statutes and regulations; 
    • utilize EDP systems for financial management.

Four (4) years of experience in complex clerical work in one or more fiscal/administrative functions such as accounting, accounts examining, budget management, grant administration, payroll, or purchasing.

NOTE: Complex clerical work is defined as generally routine fiscal/ administrative work, such as financial record keeping or examining, bookkeeping, requisitioning or payroll preparation at or above the level of Financial Clerk. Descriptions of these fiscal/administrative functions are attached

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Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America

The Department of Administrative Services (DAS) is the operational backbone of state government. From human resources and information technology to procurement, building and construction services, fleet operations, grant administration, and more, DAS... Read More

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