Fiscal Analyst

The County of Riverside's Agricultural Commissioner's Office is seeking to fill a Fiscal Analyst to support the Administration & Management Division in Riverside.

The Fiscal Analyst will lead efforts to develop, implement, and enhance fiscal operations, services, and programs, with responsibility for invoicing, contract oversight (including agreements with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA)), registration fee management, reconciliation and consolidation of financial reports, budget tracking, and purchasing functions.

This role assists with analyzing and resolving fiscal and budgetary issues, supports the development and monitoring of budget projections, and helps prepare findings and recommendations based on research and financial analysis, and performs other duties as assigned.

Competitive candidates will possess advanced Microsoft Excel skills (e.g., formulas, VLOOKUPs, pivot tables), experience with financial systems such as PeopleSoft Financials for budgeting, reporting, and transaction processing.

Familiarity with document and workflow systems such as Sherpa, Adobe Acrobat, and Laserfiche is preferred.

Experience digitizing and streamlining business processes, along with a proactive approach to evaluating processes and identifying opportunities for improved efficiency, as well as experience in financial analysis, budgeting, and forecasting, is highly desirable.

This position reports to the Assistant Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer.

Meet The Team!

The Riverside County Agricultural Commissioner's Office is entrusted with the mission of promoting and protecting the agricultural industry of the County and its environment, ensuring the health and safety of the County's citizens, and fostering confidence and equity in the marketplace through education and the fair and uniform enforcement of laws, regulations, and ordinances enacted by the people of the State of California and the County of Riverside.• Research and resolve a variety of difficult problems independently; exercise initiative in anticipating or identifying problems or errors and follow through to resolution; forecast impact of potential actions/decisions.

• Interpret a wide variety of complex policies, procedures, regulations, contracts, and agreements to determine their applicable provisions and clauses for assistance with difficult problems and circumstances.

• Plan, coordinate and conduct studies of fiscal operations, cost allocations and/or allocation basis, budget preparation and control, equipment usage, staffing patterns, workflow, and space utilization.

• Develop reports and recommendations for appropriate action based on the analysis of gathered data.

• Prepare or assist in the preparation and/or review of budgets; analyze need for budget items requested to determine whether items are justifiable, based on program objectives and priorities.

• Examine and provide recommendations for the transfer of funds; review financial data on a...