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BUSINESS OFFICER: Toledo Municipal Court, Toledo , Ohio .  Duties: Handles daily business matters of court such as payroll, payables, receivables, personnel records, grant financial reports, account reconciliation, inventory, supplies, prepares bids, annual budget, statistical reports, legislation, analysis of accounts, and assists with training.  Knowledge of governmental accounting, Windows, Lotus, D-base.  Qualifications: Requires bachelor's degree in business administration, accounting, public administration plus two years of experience in accounting, business operations, or budget management.  Annual salary:  $31,389. (1998) 

SENIOR FISCAL SPECIALIST: King County Superior Court, Seattle , Washington .  Duties: Responsible for performing highly technical and specialized financial, accounting and fiscal services.  Supervises staff who are responsible for purchasing, payroll, accounts payable/receivable and mail delivery functions.  Conducts statistical and financial analysis (cost comparisons, life cycle/cost benefit analysis and expenditure forecasting).  Establishes, organizes and maintains Court data sources including contracts, budgets and related financial records.  Qualifications:  BA degree in finance, accounting, business or public administration or related field plus five years of related work experience, including three years in a supervisory capacity.  Annual salary range:  $36,932 - $46,952. (1998)

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JUDICIARY BUDGET ANALYST II : Superior Court of New Jersey, Court Administration, Union Vicinage, Elizabeth , NJ .  Duties: Under the general direction of the Trial Court Administrator, the Vicinage Finance Manager, or other supervising officer, reviews action forms from the point of view of funds and the necessity and advisability of the requests, collects information for and prepares statistical and other data for the use of the supervisor and for inclusion in the annual budget; on the basis of information at hand, organizes data and information with a view toward the development, formulation and recommendation of standards to be applied; critically reviews budget requests submitted by division managers and prepares recommendations thereon; confers with and advises managers concerning their operating requirements, fiscal procedures, and budget requests; examines accounting methods and procedures and recommends changes to bring about increased accuracy, economy of operation and improved reporting; interprets technical accounting and financial data; maintains records and files; acts as a liaison between the budget officer, the human resources manager and the division managers; and performs other related duties.  Qualifications:  Bachelor’s degree with two years of experience in the maintenance or review of budgetary and fiscal records.  Applicants who do not possess the required education may substitute experience as indicated above on a year-for-year basis.  A master’s degree in business or public administration, accounting or finance may be substituted for one year of the indicated experience. Annual salary range:  $35,000 - $50,000. (1997) 

DEPUTY COURT CONTROLLER: Third Judicial Circuit of Michigan (Wayne County, Detroit, Michigan .  Duties:  assists the Court Controller plan and directs court financial management activities; supervises the performance of assigned auditing, budgeting, accounting, and related financial activities; individually performs difficult and responsible special assignments relating to budget analysis, accounting, and financial problems.  Qualifications:  bachelor’s degree with a major in accounting and preferably college-level course work or professional seminars in finance and budgeting; five years of increasingly responsible, successful accounting experience in public accounting or for a medium to large organization including a minimum of two years in a supervisory capacity, preferably for the same employer; knowledge of contemporary accounting and budgeting theories and practices as applied to governmental and administrative decisions affecting court financial management; familiarity with data processing applications for accounting and financial management systems including data processing auditing practices and procedures; knowledge of effective management techniques for a large, unionized court setting; demonstrable skills in organizing work, research, auditing, oral and written report preparation and delivery, identifying and resolving problems, as well as demonstrable abilities to develop financial and other operational systems to accurately control financial management activities; ability to work well with judges, court executives, government officials, auditors, members of the public, and subordinate employees.  Salary range:  $38,025-$52,767.  (1995) 

BUDGET ANALYST (COURT MANAGEMENT ANALYST II): The Judicial Council of California , San Francisco.  Duties: The incumbent will assist with the development and preparation of trial court budgets and support general budgeting and strategic planning activities of the Judicial Council.  Specifically, the budget analyst will conduct special studies, data collection, statistical research, and fiscal (revenue and expenditure) analysis; prepare management reports concerning trial court funding; review, analyze, and summarize court budget requests; monitor budgetary appropriations; perform fiscal and policy analysis of legislation affecting the judicial system; and provide justifications for budget requests submitted to the legislature.  Qualifications:  graduation from a four-year college or university, preferably with a major in business, economics, public administration, political science, or closely related field; three years of increasingly complex analytical experience with nonprofit government budgeting, fiscal and policy analysis, or program evaluation, preferably including at least one year of court-related experience.  (Additional relevant experience may be substituted for the required education on a year-for-year basis.)  One year of analyst experience in the California judicial branch at a level equivalent to a Court Management Analyst I may substitute for other education and experience requirements.  Desirable qualifications:  a graduate degree in any of the above fields and proficiency with PC spreadsheets, databases, and word-processing programs.  Salary, $4,029-4,897 monthly.  (1994) 

COURT COLLECTIONS OFFICER: Mohave County Superior Court, Kingman, Arizona. Duties: under direction of the court administrator, performs administrative work in developing, analyzing, and coordinating the fines collection program and activities for the county court system, which includes performing field and administrative work to locate individuals and collect outstanding fines and payments. Qualifications: three or more years of progressive experience in skip tracing and use of government records; bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or public administration is desirable. Salary range: dependent upon qualifications. (1994)

COURT COLLECTIONS OFFICER: Lake Havasu City, Arizona. Summary: The incumbent performs work in the administration and supervision of the court collections program. Qualifications: include an associate's degree in criminal justice, administration, psychology, sociology, or a related field and 3-5 years of progressively responsible experience collecting and processing payments, preferably in a public/governmental agency. Salary is $24,960-35,651 annually. (1992)

DEPUTY FISCAL OFFICER: Superior Court of the District of Columbia .  Summary: The incumbent is responsible for budget preparation, automated financial system applications, and accounting functions throughout the court.  Qualifications: include a bachelor's degree in accounting or related field, including 24 semester hours in accounting; six years of accounting or financial experience; and three years of supervisory experience.  Salary is $63,606-81,967 annually.  (1992)

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