To verify the education requirement, transcripts or diplomas must be
presented at the time applications are screened.
Candidates who have completed college or university course work at an
institution in a country other than the United States, must obtain a
complete evaluation of foreign transcripts and degrees. Please be sure
to request a DETAILED report. For a list of approved evaluation
organizations visit: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.pdf
Desirable Qualifications The ideal candidate will possess knowledge of governmental accounting
practices and procedures, and budgetary practices and procedures in
order to interpret and understand current financial trends and proposed
legislation that may impact the financial operations of the District. The
candidate will be an experienced budget savvy individual with
exceptional analytical and self management skills, who possesses the
ability to analyze and extract budget and financial data to ensure
accuracy and compliance to District rules and policies. This candidate
will be able to effectively and independently perform duties related to
funding, expenditure, revenue and expenditure forecasting; reconciling
accounts; contribute to the development of comprehensive financial
reports and prepare cash flow projections. The ideal candidate will have
the ability to evaluate and revise long-range financial projections, taking
into account the organizations core competencies, customer needs, and
the District’s available resources. This candidate will demonstrate a high
level of care and thoroughness in handling the details of the job and will
maintain focus and quality under distracting working conditions and high
workloads. Furthermore, the ideal candidate will have experience with
the use of computer applications, such as Microsoft Excel in order to
analyze financial data. The candidate will be skilled in the advanced
functions of Microsoft Excel and will have experience using financial
management systems in order to quickly adapt to the functions of SAP.
Finally, the ideal candidate must have strong communications skills (both
written and oral), in order to convey financial data and information in a
professional and appropriate manner. The candidate will exhibit excellent
customer services skills required to properly advise District supervisors
and other LAUSD stakeholders of financial status reports and analysis of
data.
Employment Selection Process We anticipate receiving a number of well qualified applicants for this
position; therefore, there will be a competitive process. The hiring
departments have requested that we proceed with the selection process
in an expeditious and timely manner. To honor this request, we will be
adhering to a pre-planned employment assessment schedule.
The tentative assessment plan may consist of one, or more, of the
following: Training and Experience Evaluation (T&E), Written Test,