Fiscal Office Specialist (Open and Promotional)

NOTE: This recruitment was amended on May 29, 2026 to put the recruitment on hold. Applications are not being accepted at this time. 

Under general supervision, Fiscal Office Specialists provide difficult, technical, complex or specialized fiscal, financial, statistical and accounting office support to various County offices. They are responsible for the review and reconciliation of reports, journals, budget, payroll or related fiscal and statistical data; the auditing and verification of various information, including source data as well as manual and computer produced reports; and perform related duties, as assigned. The duties of the position require the use of independent judgment and initiative. 

The ideal candidate for this position will have excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing; experience with office automation hardware and software; experience handling high volume of cash, and experience and knowledge working with Excel and Access.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This is the technical specialist level in the fiscal office support series. Positions in this class require a definable body of knowledge and skills which exceed those required by lower level fiscal office support workers. Responsibilities include the performance of complex, technical or specialized fiscal office support work requiring the regular use of independent judgment and initiative. Lead direction of others is not a regular part of the job, although project or relief leadership may be required. This class is distinguished from Fiscal Office Services Supervisor in that the latter is the first full supervisory level over a large group of fiscal office support staff. This class is further distinguished from Lead Fiscal Office Assistant in that the latter assigns, directs and reviews the work of other fiscal office support staff in addition to performing advanced journey level fiscal support work.

NOTE: The eligible list generated from this recruitment may be used to fill future extra-help, term, unclassified, and regular classified vacancies throughout the County of San Mateo.