Fiscal Analyst I/II

Salary: Depends on Qualifications
Location : Kings County Government Center, 1400 W. Lacey Blvd, Hanford, CA
Job Type: Full-time permanent
Job Number: 2026-037
Department: Human Services
Division: Human Services
Opening Date: 10/06/2026
Closing Date: 10/16/2026 5:00 PM Pacific

FISCAL ANALYST I/II

I: $69,388.80 - $84,676.80 Annually

II: $76,648.00 - $93,537.60 Annually
The Human Services Agency and the Department of Finance are seeking motivated and detail-driven Fiscal Analyst I/II professionals to join their teams. Kings County is offering an exciting opportunity to support essential county operations by preparing budgets, analyzing financial data, monitoring expenditures, investments, and ensuring responsible use of public funds. In these roles, you'll collaborate with department leaders, strengthen your analytical skills, and take on increasingly complex financial responsibilities as you grow.

This position is an excellent opportunity for organized, numbers-savvy professionals who want to advance their careers in public service. If you're ready to make an impact and apply your financial expertise to support critical community programs, we encourage you to apply today!
MANAGEMENT LEVEL II BENEFITS

• CalPERS Retirement (see benefits section to determine plan/tier placement).
• Fully paid PPO insurance premiums, including medical, dental, vision and chiropractic insurance coverage for the employee and their eligible dependents.
• Onsite Employee Health Center (Monday - Friday) for employees and eligible dependents on County health insurance, without need to use sick or other leave for personal appointments.
• $40,000 term life/accident insurance.
• Paid vacation and sick leave (see benefits tab for more details).
• An additional 80 hours of management leave each fiscal year (or pro-rated upon hire date), which may be cashed out at the employees option.
• Deferred Compensation Plan, which includes a match up to $3,500 per year for every three dollars contributed by the employee.
• Longevity pay beginning at 10 years of service.
• 11.5 paid holidays annually, along with an additional 3.5 paid days when the County participates in the Holiday Closure.
• Access to the County's Employee Assistance Program.
• Access to Kings County's Assist-to-Own Down Payment Assistance Program.

For complete benefit details, please see Section V of the Salary Resolution

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DUTY SAMPLE
Management reserves the right to add, modify, change, or rescind the work assignments of different positions and to make reasonable accommodations so that qualified employees can perform the essential functions of the job.
Some duties, knowledge, skills, and abilities may be performed in a learning capacity for entry-level (I Level) positions.

• Reviews accounting and financial documents to ensure accuracy of information and calculations and makes correcting entries.
• Maintains and monitors the grant funds and ensures compliance with rules and regulations governing the use and the accounting of each grant; compiles and prepares financial and other data for claims.
• Examines supporting documentation to establish proper authorization and conformance with agreements, contracts, and state and federal regulations.
• Prepares trial balances; coordinates and calculates periodic closings.
• Prepares journal entries and reconciliations of general ledger, journals, subsidiary accounts, and bank statements.
• Compiles and prepares general and subsidiary ledgers and supporting schedules.
• Monitors and review expenditures, revenues, and budget allocations to determine financial status; analyze and reconcile expenditure and revenue accounts; reviews and processes appropriation transfer requests between accounts.
• Prepares a wide variety of financial, statistical, and narrative reports, including year-end, budgetary, monthly financial statements, cash flow, payroll, investments; assists in the preparation of custom reports, graphs, schedules, and other documents as needed.
• Participates in the compilation and preparation of the annual budget, including assisting divisions with budget preparation, preparing, and updating cash flow and cost projections and estimated revenues and expenditures, monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with adopted budget, and assisting in publication of the budget.
• Interprets, explains, and applies general and governmental accounting/auditing principles and procedures, laws, and regulations affecting the financial operations of the department assigned.
• Assists in financial, operational, performance, and compliance audits with Federal subrecipients; conducts interviews; researches and analyzes documentation, reports, processes, policies, procedures, and various data; prepares reports and documents process, findings, and recommendations for improvement.
• Provides training to less experienced staff; may provide supervision to technical and clerical staff in support of assigned department and program(s); participate in the selection of, train, motivate, and evaluate assigned personnel, and work with employees on performance issues.
• Oversees preparation and processing of daily cash reconciliation, invoices, requisitions and purchase orders, reviews for accuracy and completion.
• Confers with departmental representatives and provides information regarding budgeting and accounting processes.
• Analyzes programs and legislation to determine fiscal and budgetary impact, prepares budgetary appropriation transfers and supplemental budgets.
• Reviews and recommends modifications to fiscal policies, procedures, and operations manuals.
• Provides technical support to outside auditors and governmental program auditors.
• Performs related duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS **Minimum requirements must be met by the closing date**
Please note: Work experience for the last 15 years must be included in the work history portion of your application. It is also important that your application show all the relevant education and experience that you possess, even if it extends beyond the required past 15 years. A resume may be attached, but it is not a substitute for completing the application and supplemental questions. Failure to submit a completed application may eliminate you from the recruitment.When completing the work history portion of your application please include each level position title and level as a separate entry when applicable (e.g., If you were a Level I and promoted to Level II, each level should be entered separately to reflect the time held at each level).
Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge, skills, and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain the required qualifications would be:

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE:

Education:

• Fiscal Analyst I/II: Equivalent to bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, business administration or related field.

Experience:

• Fiscal Analyst I: Two (2) years of increasingly responsible accounting experience.

• Fiscal Analyst II: Two (2) years experience performing duties at a level equivalent to the classification of a Fiscal Analyst I with Kings County.

LICENSES AND CERTIFICATION

Licenses:

• Possession of a valid California driver's license issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles at the time of appointment.

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

Qualify for security clearance through a background investigation and fingerprint check, which includes a credit check. Ability to work irregular hours as necessary and travel within and outside the County.
For a complete description of duties and qualifications, please view the detailed job specification below.

Tentative Recruitment Process
Final Date to Apply: October 16, 2026
SME Review: Week of October 19, 2026
Human Resources Oral Board: November 2, 2026
Management Group I = Appointed and elected officials in salary bands.

Management Group II = Middle management (all other management not in Group I or III).

Confidential Management Group III = All Executive Secretary positions, Deputy Clerk to B.O.S. I/II, Human Resources Assistant I/II, Human Resources Technician I/II, Payroll Technician I/II, Risk Technician I/II, Secretary, Secretary to the County Counsel, Secretary to the District Attorney, Secretary to the Sheriff.

VACATION
1. An eligible management employee may accrue vacation at the appropriate rate applicable to the employees length of service (2080 hours of actual service as defined in the County Personnel rules equals one year) as follows:
Service HoursHours (days) Earned (based on hours)Rate (based on hours)0 - 10,40096 (12 days).04615410,401 - 20,800120 (15 days).05769320,801 - 31,200140 (17.5 days).06730831,201 +160 (20 days).076924

2. An eligible management employee may accrue vacation at the appropriate rate applicable to the employee's length of service (as set forth above) until the employee reaches one of the following accrued hours of vacation limits:
Hours (days) Earned (based on hours)Maximum Vacation Accumulation Limits96 (12 days)192 hours120 (15 days)240 hours140 (17.5 days)280 hours160 (20 days)320 hours

Once the appropriate accumulation limit has been reached, the employee shall cease to earn additional vacation until the employee's accumulated vacation balance falls below the limits listed above.

3. Effective July 1, 2014, management employees in Group I & II will be granted 64 hours of additional vacation time as management leave in the first full pay period of each fiscal year (or pro-rated upon hire date). These hours are a separate leave benefit and not counted against the maximum vacation accrual established based on length of service. Employees may, at their option, sell back up to 48 of the 64 hours of management leave each fiscal year at their hourly rate of pay. This leave will be tracked separately from the regular vacation accrual and is not intended to carry over from year to year. If this time is not used by the end of the fiscal year (see note), up to 48 hours of the remaining balance will be automatically cashed out to the employee. Any sale of management vacation hours will be deducted only from the management vacation leave balance. The remaining 16 hours of leave cannot be cashed out and must be taken as time off only. If any hours remain at the end of the fiscal year after 48 hours are cashed out, the remaining hours will carry over to the new fiscal year (see note) However, the hours granted for the new fiscal year shall be reduced by the number of hours equal to those carried over. Effective July 1, 2025, the amount of management vacation time will increase from 64 hours to 80 hours of which will not carry over and may be cashed out in full.

a) All management attorneys in the District Attorney's Office, Child Support, Administration-Minors Advocate, and County Counsel will be granted 80 hours additional management leave in the first full pay period of each fiscal year (or prorated upon hire date). Which will not carry over and may be cashed out in full. Effective July 1, 2025, the amount of management vacation time will increase from 80 to 100 hours each fiscal year (or pro-rated upon hire date).

b) Management employees in Group III will be granted 40 hours of vacation time in the first full pay period of each fiscal year (or pro-rated upon hire date). All other terms described above apply. Effective July 1, 2025, the amount of management vacation time will increase from 40 to 50 hours each fiscal year (or pro-rated upon hire date).

4. All management employees may, at their option, sell back an additional 8 hours of regular vacation each fiscal year, (see note) at their hourly rate of pay, to be contributed directly to the employee's deferred compensation account.

5. Upon the recommendation of the Human Resources Director, the County Administrative Officer may authorize a vacation accrual rate for management positions hired from outside the county at an amount equivalent to what their accrual would be if their service time with other public agencies was earned in Kings County. Additionally, when this advanced accrual rate is authorized at the time of hire, the prior public service time will be used for calculating future adjustments to the accrual rate as if the time was earned with Kings County.

NOTE: (1) For purposes of payroll processing of vacation hour sell backs described above, the end of the fiscal year is defined as the last day of pay period 13 in any year. (2) Management leave is not available for use during pay period 14. (3) Provisions regard