FINANCIAL SPECIALIST III / EMERGENCY APPOINTMENT HOMELESSNESS
County of Los AngelesAbout the role
Posting number: PH0749C-EA
Department: PUBLIC HEALTH
Job classification: FINANCIAL SPECIALIST III
Posting type: Open
Categories: Public Health
Summary
OPEN COMPETITIVE - EMERGENCY
FIRST DAY OF FILING:
The application filing period will begin on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, at 8:30 a.m.,(PT) - Continuous.
We will keep accepting applications until the position is filled. The application window may close unexpectedly once we have enough qualified candidates.
This examination will remain open until the needs of the service are met and is subject to closure without prior notice.
The LA County Board of Supervisors recently declared a local state of emergency for homelessness, and the County is working to revise and expand our response to help all who are affected. We are looking for qualified and passionate individuals to help us in the mission of addressing issues like housing, mental health, and substance use. If you are looking for a new career that will directly benefit the population of LA County, this may be the opportunity for you.
The County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health is seeking qualified candidates to fill emergency Financial Specialist III vacancies related to the homelessness crisis.
Under the emergency order, applicants who meet the requirements may be hired for an initial period of up to 90 days, with an opportunity for permanent County employment.
During your initial work period, you will be assessed on your work performance. This assessment will be weighted 100%.
Those who successfully pass the assessment will be considered for permanent appointment to Financial Specialist III.
DEFINITION:
Analyzes and makes recommendations for the solution of complex departmental accounting, budgetary, and other financial problems including problems of accounting systems design and implementation.
For more information, please view the classification specification: Financial Specialist III
Examples of duties
- Conducts studies of complex departmental accounting and budgetary operations, fiscal controls and accounting standards in both computerized and manual systems.
- Assembles and verifies financial data, schedules and statistical summaries and compiles them into clear and concise written reports of study findings.
- Analyzes and evaluates study findings to identify those aspects of the financial system operations which are functioning effectively and those which need to be changed or replaced.
- Determines specific measures necessary to correct identified deficiencies in current departmental financial systems and designs control mechanisms to be incorporated into revised systems.
- Prepares detailed policy and procedures manuals and designs forms relative to the establishment and implementation of new or revised departmental financial systems.
- Orients and trains department personnel before and during conversion to new or modified accounting, budgetary, or other financial systems.
- Adapts manual accounting, budgetary, and other record keeping functions to computerized processing and establishes preventive, detective, and corrective internal controls.
- Participates with departmental data processing personnel or outside consultants in the technical design, development, testing and modification, and installation of computerized financial systems, as required.
Qualifications
REQUIREMENTS TO QUALIFY:OPTION I: Two (2) years' experience performing financial systems analysis* in a County department, one (1) year of which must have been at the level** of Financial Specialist II.
OPTION II: Graduation from an accredited college*** with twelve (12) semester units (or 18 quarter units) of accounting, nine (9) additional semester units (or 13.5 quarter units) in either account
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