BOCES - FINANCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATOR (HELPS PROGRAM)

Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES - Vacancy Salary range: $60,000-$70,000/yr. Under the

NY HELPS

Program, the Civil Service Exam for this title has been waived. For additional information regarding the

NY HELPS

Program, please visit: https://www.cs.ny.gov/help/faq.cfm

FINANCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM COORDINATOR MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

Either:

1.Possession of a Bachelor's Degree, or higher, in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field AND three (3) years full-time paid work experience, or its part-time equivalent, in accounting, payroll, budgeting or working with other financial computer software; OR 2.Possession of an Associate's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business Administration, or a closely related field AND five (5) years of full-time paid work experience, or its part-time equivalent, in accounting, payroll, budgeting or working with other financial computer software; OR 3.Graduation from high school or possession of a high school equivalency diploma, AND seven (7) years full-time paid work experience, or its part-time equivalent, in accounting, payroll, budgeting or working with other financial computer software.

SPECIAL NOTE

EDUCATION:

Your degree must have been awarded by a college or university accredited by a regional, national, or specialized agency recognized as an accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education/U.S. Secretary of Education. If your degree was awarded by an educational institution outside the United States and its territories, you must provide independent verification of equivalency. A list of acceptable companies who provide this service can be found on the Internet at http://www.cs.ny.gov/jobseeker/degrees.cfm. You must pay the required evaluation fee.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES OF THE CLASS

The work involves responsibility for training and instructing component school district personnel using financial software applications supported by Wayne-Finger Lakes BOCES (BOCES) Educational Technology Services. Incumbents in this class also provide technical assistance to component school district personnel to resolve financial software problems. The Financial Services Program Coordinator series differs from other Program Coordinator series by virtue of the fact that incumbents in the Financial Services Program Coordinator series are required to possess knowledge pertaining to financial record maintenance and do not perform general support services or maintain software applications. The work is performed under the direct supervision of a higher-level administrator. Supervision of others is not a function of this position. Does related work as required.

TYPICAL WORK ACTIVITIES

(Illustrative only) Trains and assists component school district staff on financial software applications used to perform accounting, payroll, budgeting and other financial activities; Administers and maintains a computerized financial system for a component school district; Writes documentation regarding financial software use; Acts as liaison between component school districts and software vendors; Acts as liaison between component school administrators and clerical staff to formulate training and strategies for financial software use in a component school district; Documents and distributes financial software upgrades; Prepares financial documentation forms or reports such as W2 and 1099 Forms or Federal and State retirement reporting for a component school district; Tests and installs financial software applications/updates and analyzes and resolves computer hardware and software problems either onsite or by phone; Performs basic computer hardware and financial software installation, maintenance and network administration such as installing stand alone or Local Area Network (LAN) computer hardware and software; configuring software, adding and removing end-users, and resolving printer problems; Meets with component school district technology personnel and administrators to discuss requests for program changes, advise on hardware and financial software purchases and coordinate technology projects; Continued on Page 2