Senior Accounting Analyst

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Are you an experienced accounting professional seeking a leadership role where your expertise directly shapes fiscal strategy? Do you thrive on complexity and collaboration? The Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) is seeking a highly skilled Budget & Audit Lead Senior Accounting Analyst to join our Financial Services Division in Cheyenne, WY. This pivotal full-time position serves as the lead accounting analyst on the Budget & Audit team, providing key assistance and advice on fiscal and budget matters to the Budget & Audit Manager, other Financial Services managers, and agency leadership, including the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director.

You will play a vital role in managing the agency's procurement process and developing the biennial and supplemental budgets.

Michelle Johnson / michelle.johnson

• Lead Fiscal Procurement:
  Serve as the agency-wide fiscal procurement coordinator, reviewing and approving all contract documents, bid exceptions, managing the creation and maintenance of a contract database, preparing procurement documents, and training DFS staff.
• Assist in Budget Preparation:
  Work closely with the Budget & Audit Manager and CFO to prepare the biennial and supplemental budgets to include informational documents for the legislature.
• Manage Budgetary Functions:
  Lead the team in preparing and assisting with biennial and supplemental budget requests, preparing NAFR and B-11 documents for submission to the State Budget Department, administering budget balances including budget revisions, monitoring budgets and forecasting balances.
• Legislative Session Tracking:
  Assist the Budget & Audit Manager and CFO in tracking the budget throughout the budget and supplemental sessions; as well as, track any other legislation that contains appropriations.
• Provide Work Leadership and Supervision:
  Delegate, guide, and review the work of staff within the Budget & Audit team.
• Support Auditing Processes:
  Perform supervisory reviews of audits, assist program managers with risk assessments, and establish audit program processes and documentation requirements.
• Advise Agency Leadership:
  Advise the CFO, Director, Administrators, and Program Managers on critical fiscal matters, budget projections, policy and procedure changes, and program efficiencies for an approximate $300+ million biennial appropriation.

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in Accounting or a related field, and/or CPA certification.
• Experience in auditing and/or budgeting.
• Experience with the WOLFS accounting system and IBARS.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to perform well under pressure.

• Skills in oral and written communications
• Perform well under pressure and adjust to changes in work schedule.
• Ability to work with consultants and computer programmers in developing new systems.
• Knowledge of generally accepted principles as they are applied to governmental accounting.
• Knowledge of WOLFS accounting system.
• Knowledge in BI Intelligence (formerly Info Advantage).
• Knowledge in Excel & Access database at an expert level.
• Knowledge of general accounting.
• Knowledge of computers, designing and using complex spreadsheets, and word processing applications.
• Knowledge of 10-key Data entry.
• Knowledge of Wyoming Statutes, rules and regulations.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Financial Accounting standards (FAS).
• Knowledge in Cost Accounting and 2 CFR 200.
• Knowledge in Federal Requirements of a Public Assistant Cost Allocation Plan.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques necessary for hiring purposes.
• Knowledge of state and federal policies, laws, and regulations, state and federal legislative and government processes.
• Knowledge of budget and procurement practices and policies.
• Knowledge in State Personnel Rules and associated federal laws.
• Knowledge in internal controls over accounting applications.
• Knowledge of government management including human resources, accounting and general management.
• Knowledge in project management.
• Knowledge of federal grant application, progress reporting and financial reporting.
• Skill in evaluation, policy-making, decision-making, and direction of work activities.
• Skill in oral and written communication.
• Skill in work management and work leadership.
• Skill in organization, planning and management.
• Skill in gathering data from manuals, statutes, and regulations to make determinations and decisions.

Education:

Bachelor's Degree (typically in Finance)

Experience:

1-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accounting Analyst

OR

Education & Experience Substitution: 4-6 years of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accounting Analyst

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:
None

• This position is in a typical office environment.
• Travel is not a regular…