Fiscal Analyst 4
Recruitment #2024-1-A349
Full-time. Permanent, Represented position
Location: Natural Resources Building- Olympia, WA
Flexible Work Hours and Partial Telework flexibility may be available and considered
Relocation Compensation may be available and considered
Salary: $4,723.00 - $6,349.00 Monthly
Responsibilities (To include, but not limited to):
- Serves as the specialist in handling complex benefit eligibility worksheets, payroll transactions, and records.
- Manages, coordinates, and reconciles all aspects of health benefits, dental benefits, life insurance, and long-term disability for all agency employees.
- Prepares PEBB worksheets for all division employees’ benefits eligibility. Assists staff in interpreting, and applying payroll and benefit laws, rules, regulations, bargaining unit contracts, policies, and procedures.
- Enters and analyzes employee master data entered by HR or Payroll staff and how it affects entries to the general ledgers.
- Interprets, evaluates, and resolves problems pertaining to all aspects of employee health benefits, dental benefits, life insurance, long-term disability, sign-up, changes, inquiries, terminations, and the annual open enrollment process in accordance with all state laws, CBAs, WACs, HCA regulations in the area of benefits administration and agency policies & procedures.
- Reconciles detailed employee and employer data against reports provided by HCA; researching discrepancies and making necessary reconciling adjustments.
- Notifies employees of options for insurance, processes changes with insurance companies, and verifies coverage and billings.
- Audits and reviews peer and staff-level transactions for accuracy.
- Generates and distributes the payroll EOS & and related reports.
- Prepares payment and journal vouchers as needed.
- Advises Supervisor, Payroll Manager, or Financial Manager of training or performance needs of team members or region payroll staff.
- Analyze data and reports such as TARs, fire time records, labor system reports, leave and insurance reports, and forms.
- Verifies and reconciles the semi-monthly payroll information for approximately 50 permanent and part-time employees.
- Conducts financial review and reconciliation of division payroll registers and leave reports.
- Processes employees’ insurance including medical, dental, life insurance, long-term disability enrollments, corrections, and notifications for employees and families.
Required Qualifications:
- A bachelor’s degree AND 3 years experience in business, human resources, accounting, auditing, records management, or a relevant field.
- OR, A combination of education and/or relevant experience.
- 18 quarter or 12 semester hours of college-level accounting or completion of these courses within 12 months of hire.
- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office Excel & Word.
- Experience and proficiency in using computer systems.
- Demonstrated commitment to fostering and supporting an environment that honors diversity, equity, inclusion, and environmental justice practices.
- Perform assigned duties in a manner consistent with applicable laws, regulations and public records retention requests are followed.
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