Financial Analyst (Confidential) - Fiscal Services
El Camino College
Financial Analyst (Confidential) - Fiscal Services
Req: C2526-038
Division: Fiscal Services
Close Date: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2026 at 3:00 P.M.
Complete job description and application available online at: https://elcamino.igreentree.com/css_classified
CONFIDENTIAL STATUS:
This is a confidential position as defined in Government Code, Section 3540.1. "Confidential employee" means any employee who, in the regular course of their duties, has access to, or possesses information relating to, their employer's employer-employee relations.
BASIC FUNCTION
Under the general direction of an assigned administrator, the Financial Analyst performs work involving financial and budgetary analysis, year-end reporting, and long-range cash flow projections. This position conducts in-depth budgetary and financial reviews, monitors expenditures, and provides recommendations to enhance the District's financial operations and collective bargaining strategies. The position plays a vital role in financial planning, forecasting, budgeting, reporting, and supporting labor negotiations with the goal of long-term fiscal sustainability, cost-recovery strategies, and informed decision-making.
REPRESENTATIVE DUTIES
Conducts complex budget and financial studies by collecting, compiling, analyzing, and interpreting financial data, including but not limited to data requests for funding formula calculations and bargaining purposes.
Prepares detailed financial reports with conclusions and forecasts based on research conducted (e.g., budget summaries, special reports, other financial documents.) Generates a variety of adhoc reports for collective bargaining purposes. Writes financial reports that contain descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS
Education and Experience:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university; and
Three (3) years of professional level, full-time, paid experience in a position handling accounting, finance, administrative analysis, auditing, or budgeting; and Two (2) years of experience in financial analysis or budget analysis/development.
DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
Bachelor's degree with a major in accounting, finance, economics, business administration, or public administration.
Advanced Excel skills including pivot tables, power pivot, what-if formulas, if/then, Xlookup, Xmatch, filter, and multi-criteria lookups.
OTHER QUALIFICATIONS:
Knowledge/Areas of Expertise:
• Principles, practices, methods, and systems of budgetary and financial management.
• Principles, practices, and theories of accounting
• Fiscal modules in large-scale Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) platforms.
• Research methods and techniques.
Abilities/Skills:
• Able to be sensitive to and understanding of the diverse academic, socioeconomic, cultural, and ethnic backgrounds of college students and of individuals with disabilities.
• Able to fully utilize the capabilities and functions of office software applications and financial management tools (e.g., data management software, fiscal modules in large-scale ERP platforms, spreadsheets, presentation software, word processing programs) in completing assigned projects.
WORKING CONDITIONS
Office environment.
Extensive computer work.
Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a keyboard and mouse.
CLOSING DATE: MONDAY, MARCH 30, 2026 at 3:00 P.M.
SALARY: Starting salary is $8,618 per month. Generally, new employees start at the first step on the salary schedule. Advanced salary placement may be considered on a case-by-case basis. Salary increases are granted on the first day of the month following each year of service, until Step F is reached ($11,066 per month).
Employees contribute 8% of their earnings toward the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS).
CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT
This is a full-time, twelve-month (confidential) position subject to a 6-month probationary period. The standard work week is 40 hours of scheduled duty per week of not more than five consecutive work days. During the winter recess, all confidential positions are required to charge three (3) days of accrued vacation between the Christmas and New Year holidays. Excellent fringe benefits include eight 32-hour workweeks during the summer.
Offer and acceptance of employment is subject to verification of all information provided on the employment application, credential(s), and transcripts. Candidates selected for employment must agree to be fingerprinted, submit Certificate of Completion of the Tuberculosis Risk Assessment and/or Examination, provide proof of eligibility for employment in the United States, and present a valid Social Security card upon hire.
ADA ACCOMMODATIONS
Applicants with disabilities requiring special accommodations must contact the ADA Compliance Officer at least five (5) working days prior to the final filing date: ADA Job Applicant Accommodation Request (maxient.com)
TO APPLY
An applicant must submit the following by the closing date:
Online application: http://www.elcamino.edu/jobs
Cover letter describing how applicant meets the qualifications.
Resume including educational background, professional experience, and related personal development and accomplishments.
Pertinent transcripts as stated in the required qualifications. (Unofficial computer-generated academic records/transcripts must include the name of the institution and degrees awarded to be acceptable.) Multiple page transcripts must be loaded as ONE PDF document.
Foreign Transcripts: Transcripts issued outside the United States of America require a course-by-course analysis with an equivalency statement from a certified transcript evaluation service verifying the degree equivalency to that of an accredited institution within the USA. For information on transcript evaluation services, please visit: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl635.pdf.
IMPORTANT NOTE: Documents submitted or uploaded for a previous position cannot be reused for other positions. You must submit the required documents for each position you apply for by the closing date. Failure to do so will result in an incomplete application. Applications with an incomplete status will not receive consideration. You may check the status of your application online.
FOR FURTHER INQUIRIES OR APPLICATION MATERIAL SUBMISSION QUESTIONS, CONTACT:
El Camino College
HR Service Partner, Pamela Jones
310-660-3593, Ext. 3478
16007 Crenshaw Boulevard, Torrance, CA 90506
JEANNE CLERY ACT COMPLIANT
In accordance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, El Camino College has published an Annual Security Report, and all required statistical data. These publications include Clery crime statistics for the previous disability three years relevant to El Camino College classes and activities, in addition to institutional policies concerning campus safety and security. The information is also available in printed form in the lobby of the Police Department and in select locations on campus. Upon request, the Campus Police Department can provide or mail out copies of this publication. Contact them at 310-660-3100.
EL CAMINO COLLEGE IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
The El Camino Community College District is committed to providing an educational and employment environment in which no person is subjected to discrimination on the basis of actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, creed, age (over 40), (mental or physical), sex, gender (including pregnancy and childbirth), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, military and veteran status, or retaliation; or on any other basis as required by state and federal law.
