Financial Specialist - Cumberland County Prison

Job Description

Department: Prison

Sub-Department: Operations

Pay Grade: 107

FLSA Status: Non-Exempt

Employment Status: Full Time

Reports to: Deputy Warden of Operations

Supervises: N/A

Job Summary:

Responsible for the accountability and reconciliation of all Inmate and Institutional monies.

Essential Job Functions:

• Maintains and analyzes all inmate money accounts.
• Verifies expense reports or other documents and reports as required within department.
• Coordinates inmate commissary services to include delivery and issuing of refunds, as well as tracking all commissions.
• Responsible for managing in-house data base to ensure accurate collection, documentation and reporting for all financial aspects of the Work Release Program.
• Processes and redistributes work release and trusty inmate payroll to include room and board, cash allotments, court costs, fines, restitution and voluntary support.
• Maintains monthly data for all in-house revenue, provides analysis and projections for annual targets; submits reports monthly and annually.
• Attends meetings and/or training sessions as required.
• Assists Prison Leadership with special projects, reports or assignments as requested.
• Assumes chain of custody for all cash and commissions collections and re-distributes monies to the appropriate departments, such as Treasurer’s Office and Clerk of Courts.
• Responsible for oversight of Inmate Indigent Program.
• Trains new hire staff with Operations department duties and assists with those duties in absence of administrative staff members, or as needed.
• Submit monthly reports, maintains records according to current law and standards and assists with annual audits.
• Performs other job-related duties as required.

Minimum Requirements to Perform the Work:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree with at least 15 credits in accounting with some education in the field of Criminal Justice or another Social Service.
• Employee must successfully complete the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ Basic Training Academy.

Work Experience:

• 2 years working experience in office environment, county government or court system with an emphasis in accounting or any acceptable combination of equivalent training and/or experience.

Company Description

Mission Statement: To provide impactful and essential county services in the most effective, courteous, and financially responsible manner possible.

We are always looking for talented, self-motivated individuals to join our team. If you think you are ready to be a part of an exciting team, then we encourage you to continue with this job application!

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Benefits

Medical Benefits:

• Capital Blue Cross Medical Insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Wellness program with wellness incentives
• Capital Blue Cross Vision Insurance
• United Concordia Dental Insurance

Retirement Benefits:

• County Retirement Pension
  • 5% minimum pre-tax contribution required, with the option of increasing your contribution over 5% up to 15% post-tax
  • Fully vested after 5 years of credited service
  • Normal Retirement Options:
    • Age 55 with 20 years of credited service
    • Age 60 with any amount of credited service
• Voluntary 457b Deferred Compensation Plan
• Military Time Buy Back Options

Paid Time Off:

• Vacation
  • 10 days per year, accrued per pay period (Non-Exempt)
  • 15 days per year, accrued per pay period (Exempt)
  • Increase for both Non-Exempt and Exempt of 5 days per year after 2 years of service
• Personal
  • 3 Personal days per year, pro-rated based on starting date
• Sick
  • 5 Sick days per year, pro-rated based on starting date
• 12 Paid County Holidays
  • No waiting period to receive paid holidays

Additional Benefits:

• Educational Assistance
  • 80% of cost of tuition and books up to the annual IRS limit per calendar year (after 6 months of Full-Time Employment)
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) – certain eligibility requirements must be met
• Employee Assistance Program
  • Resources for: Childcare, Eldercare, Legal, Financial, and Coaching
• Flexible Spending Account
• Dependent Care Account
• Short Term Disability
• Long Term Disability
• Life Insurance