Work Location: Warwick Rhode Island 02886
Contract Duration: 2 months
Hours/Week : 20hr/week (spread across 5 days between the hours of 8A-4P)
Schedule: Monday – Friday, 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM (Onsite)
Position Summary
The Fiscal Clerk provides temporary administrative and financial support to the Director of Budget and Financial Planning. This role supports Budget Office operations in a fast-paced environment by assisting with data collection, financial analysis, reporting, and budget preparation. The position requires strong analytical skills, advanced Excel proficiency, and the ability to manage large data sets while maintaining accuracy and organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Extract, download, and manage large financial data sets from FAST and Banner systems across multiple divisions.
- Clean, organize, and structure financial data in Excel to support operating and personnel budget development.
- Create, maintain, and distribute standardized Excel budget templates for annual budget submissions.
- Analyze personnel budgets, including full-time and part-time positions and benefits calculations.
- Compile, consolidate, and format divisional operating and personnel budget submissions for internal review and state reporting.
- Upload, organize, and maintain budget files, templates, and supporting documentation in SharePoint.
- Process and pay invoices accurately and within established timelines.
- Identify data discrepancies or inconsistencies and collaborate with divisions to resolve issues.
- Perform ad-hoc financial analysis, reporting, and other budget-related tasks as assigned.
- Minimum of two years of experience in an office environment with a focus on financial or budget-related tasks.
- Basic accounting knowledge and understanding of operating and personnel budgets.
- Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including pivot tables, VLOOKUP, SUMIFS, nested formulas, Power Query/Power Pivot, and conditional formatting.
- Strong ability to work with large data sets while maintaining data integrity and accuracy.
- Experience using ERP financial systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- High attention to detail with the ability to meet deadlines and prioritize tasks.
- Comfortable using SharePoint or similar file-sharing and collaboration platforms.
- Experience supporting budget development or financial planning functions.
- Familiarity with FAST and Banner financial systems.
- Experience consolidating financial data for reporting purposes.
- Ability to present financial information clearly to internal stakeholders.
- High School Diploma required.
