Department Fiscal Officer
The County of Santa Cruz is seeking a Department Fiscal Officer to join the team in the General Services Department! We offer a generous benefits package which includes annual leave, paid holidays, medical, dental, vision and CalPERS retirement benefits!
Salary: $9,871 – 13,190 / Month
**September 2026 – 5.54% increase to base pay
To apply, please visit: www.santacruzcountyjobs.com
THE JOB: The Departmental Fiscal Officer position serves as the lead fiscal and financial management role and is responsible for ensuring the department’s fiscal integrity, regulatory compliance, and effective stewardship of public funds. The ideal candidate will be a strategic, solutions-oriented fiscal leader who possesses strong technical financial expertise combined with exceptional interpersonal and communication skills. Beyond traditional fiscal management, this position requires an individual who can proactively uncover and leverage funding sources, cost savings, alternative allocations, or underutilized fiscal resources to support departmental operations, projects, and strategic initiatives. The department is seeking a candidate who approaches fiscal management not only from a compliance perspective, but also from a strategic and resource-development mindset. The current vacancy is in the General Services Department. The list established from this recruitment will be used to fill the current vacancy and any future vacancies during the life of the list.
Live, work and play in beautiful Santa Cruz County!
The County’s natural beauty spans from its coastal beaches to its redwood forests. The County also has excellent shopping throughout the local communities and features a lively downtown area in the City of Santa Cruz.
THE REQUIREMENTS: Any combination of training and experience that would provide the required knowledge and abilities is qualifying. A typical way to obtain these knowledge and abilities would be:
Three years of increasingly responsible accounting and budget control experience which includes one year as a fiscal supervisor or manager.
Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of accounting practices, principles and procedures; budgeting and financial operations; and cost accounting practices and procedures. Working knowledge of the principles and practices of supervision; the application of data processing to accounting operations; and auditing principles, practices and procedures.
Ability to: Learn governmental budgeting and financial operations; plan, organize and manage varied accounting and fiscal programs; supervise, train and evaluate the work of subordinate staff; prepare clear, concise and complex technical accounting, statistical and budgetary reports; interpret and apply legal and administrative concepts to fiscal functions; develop or revise accounting systems to meet changing needs; establish and maintain effective working relationship with departmental staff and others contacted in the course of work; evaluate fiscal policies and practices, define problems, and develop solutions; plan, coordinate and initiate action necessary to implement recommendations, new procedures and new methods; and learn to operate a computer terminal to input, access and analyze data.