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Location : Bergen Vicinage, 10 Main Street, Suite 425, Hackensack, NJ
Job Type: Full Time
Job Number:
Central Office/Vicinage: Bergen Vicinage
Division: Finance
Opening Date: 06/29/2026
Closing Date: 7/21/2026 11:59 PM Eastern

Description
If another position becomes available within five months of this recruitment's closing date, the applicant pool from this posting may be used to fill additional vacancies.

SALARY: The salary range for this position is $70,893.73 to $112,619.28 for Schedule A, and $70,893.73 to $106,988.28 for Schedule B. For newly hired individuals, the starting salary will normally be at the minimum of the salary range. For current Judiciary employees, salary upon promotion or advancement will be an increase of 5% of base salary, not to exceed the maximum of the range, or the minimum salary of the band/level, whichever is greater.Judiciary employees hired prior to June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule A. Newly hired individuals, and Judiciary employees hired on or after June 3, 2014, are considered Schedule B.
The Judiciary offers a strong opportunity for growth.
JOB DESCRIPTION: Are you a true professional interested in serving the public by upholding the Judiciary's core values of Independence, Integrity, Fairness and Quality Service? The Bergen Vicinage is seeking a meticulous, well organized, finance professional with excellent accounting, analytical, organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills to join the Finance Division team. We are located in the heart of the bustling Hackensack redevelopment district, close to transit options, and provide free parking.

We are looking for candidates with excellent verbal and written communication skills, strong knowledge of internal controls, independent critical thinking skills, and the ability to work independently and collaboratively to meet deadlines. The selected candidate will be responsible to perform various system reconciliations, extracting data from various legacy and web-based systems and utilizing excel to analyze that data and prepare financial reports/spreadsheets. We believe in continuous cross-training and a team-focused approach with open idea sharing. Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.
REMOTE WORK: The Judiciary currently offers a hybrid work schedule, and this position may qualify for up to 2 days of remote work outside of Judiciary buildings. To participate in this program, in addition to installing a multifactor authentication app on your phone or tablet, you will be required to have high speed home internet access.
Example of Duties
Under the general direction of the Finance Division Manager (Court Executive 2b) or designee, the selected candidate will perform various professional administrative and financial functions including but not limited to:

• Navigate various legacy and proprietary technology systems to extract needed data.
• Prepare technical, statistical, financial, review or evaluation reports.
• Interpret accounting, financial, or statistical data.
• Perform financial and internal control audits.
• Conduct financial audits for accuracy, compliance or legitimacy following standards to maintain security or confidentiality.
• Analyze cases in accordance with existing laws, regulations, or professional practices.
• Ensure compliance with established policies and procedures.
• Review activities for adherence to applicable procedures, administrative directives, and laws/regulations.
• Compiling statistical data on workload volume, unit expenditures, personnel actions, fixed assets, equipment or attendance.
• Coordinating the collection, maintenance and tabulation of accounting, financial or statistical data.
• Performing variance analysis and determining the course of action to correct mis-posts, financial errors, and discrepancies
• Preparing spending projections
• Developing operating budgets
• Processing vendor payments and employee reimbursements
• Recommend improvements in operating procedures, programs, standards, work processes, or administrative practices.
• Participate fully in team or work unit meetings and special projects.
• Provide quality customer service to court users and/or internal customers.
• Function as a liaison and establish positive working relationships with other divisions, vicinages, central office, and external stakeholders.
• Treat all personnel, clients and the public with dignity and respect.

Regular and predictable physical presence at the worksite is an essential function of this position.
Qualifications
Graduation from an accredited college or university with a bachelor's degree including or supplemented by 21 credit hours in accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses. Six of these credit hours must be in accounting and three years of professional accounting, auditing, budgeting, cash management and/or financial analysis.

Substitution: Applicants who do not possess the required education, but do possess the 21 accounting, business administration, economics, public administration, statistics, mathematics, data analytics and/or financial related courses, including six accounting credit hours, may substitute additional paraprofessional and/or professional experience on a year-for-year basis with one year of such experience being equal to 30 semester hour credits. A master's degree from an accredited college or university in business or public administration, economics, accounting, statistics, mathematics, data analytics or finance may be substituted for one year of general experience -OR- a CPA designation may be substituted for one year of general experience as indicated above.

Education Note: College or university transcript is required. An unofficial transcript is required in order to apply. Degrees conferred outside of the United States must be evaluated by a recognized evaluation service. (See )

Supplemental Information
Driver's License: Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

Authorization to Work: US citizenship is not required. Selected candidate must be authorized to work in the US according to Department of Homeland Security, US Citizenship and Immigration Services regulations.

Special Note: Newly hired employees must agree to a thorough background check that will include fingerprinting. All data received will be kept in strict confidence except to inform the individual of the findings and what action will be taken as a result of this information.

Residency Law: In accordance with N.J.S.A. 52:14-7 (L. 2011, Chapter 70), the "New Jersey First Act," all persons newly hired by the Judiciary within one year must establish, and then maintain, principal residence in the State of New Jersey. Any person may request an exemption from that requirement from the Employee Residency Review Committee in the Department of Labor & Workforce Development on the basis of either hardship or employer critical need.

HOW TO APPLY:
The NJ Judiciary requires all applicants to complete the application process fully and as instructed. All applicants must complete the work experience and education sections and attach any required documents. Applications must describe all relevant work experience in detail, beginning with your current or most recent job, including military service (indicate rank), internships and job-related volunteer work, if applicable. Use a separate section to describe each position. Applicants who indicate "see resume" or enter their initials to acknowledge that they have skipped the Work History and Education sections will not be considered, unless they do not possess any education history or work experience. Only applicants that follow the application instructions and submit completed applications will be considered.

The New Jersey Judiciary consists of: the Supreme Court, the Superior Court including the Appellate Division and the Trial Court of the 15 vicinages in New Jersey, the Tax Court and the Municipal Court System. The Administrative Office of the Courts provides technical assistance, operational support, training, research and development, budget and personnel coordination, and development and operation of information systems for the Courts of New Jersey.

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New Jersey Courts offers an exciting and rewarding public service career with incredible employee benefits for full-time employees only and their eligible dependents such as:

• State Health Benefits Program including options for medical, dental and prescription coverage
• Public Employee's Retirement System pension program
• Federal Student Loan Forgiveness for employees with 10 years or more of service
• Generous leave program which includes vacation, personal and sick leave and 13 annual paid holidays
• Voluntary investment programs separate from and in addition to the pension plan through the Deferred Compensation Plan and the Supplemental Annuity Trust of New Jersey (SACT)
• Comprehensive training offerings including LinkedIn Learning.
• Tax Savings Programs including the Premium Option Plan, Medical Flexible Spending Account and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account and Commuter TaxSave
• NJBest 529 College Savings Plan
• Member Term Life Coverage including basic and optional plans