Senior Accountant

SENIOR ACCOUNTANT page is loaded## SENIOR ACCOUNTANTlocations:
Barry Halltime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todaytime left to apply:
End Date:
January 27, 2026 (9 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR100755#
** Department
* * Department of Behavioral Healthcare, Developmental Disabilities & Hospitals#
** Division
* * Accounting/Finance#
** Salary**$57,873.00 - $66,196.00#
** Job Profile
** JC-- Senior Accountant (Council 94 Local 2883 BHDDH, DHS)#
** Scheduled Work Days & Work Hours
** The Senior Accountant plays a vital role within the Fiscal Compliance Unit, working independently to audit and oversee financial processes across the Department. This position is responsible for reviewing accounting entries, cash management practices, client resources, and federal reporting to ensure accuracy, compliance, and adherence to state and federal regulations. Manage all funds in the Patient Accounts/Trust office. Maintain records and files for all patients at Eleanor Slater Hospital and Rhode Island State Psychiatric Hospital.

Responsible for the preparation of Monthly, Quarterly and Yearly reporting. Supervise and account for funds to ensure cash and control in the three hospital locations are handled accurately. Audit financial processes, documentation, and transactions to ensure compliance with state and federal regulations. Review and monitor accounting entries, cash management activities, client resources, and federal reporting. This position provides backup support to the accountant and requires travel from the Cranston Campus to the Zambarano Campus two days per week.

As a Senior Accountant the selected candidate will represent the Department in monitoring representative payee responsibilities, ensuring that client funds are managed appropriately and documented in accordance with regulatory requirements. The selected candidate will collaborate closely with the Team Leader of the Fiscal Compliance Unit and the Administrator of Financial Management to continuously audit participant records and strengthen fiscal integrity across all programs.

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** Opening Date
** January 17, 2026#
** Closing Date
** January 26, 2026#
** Job

Requisition Number
** JR100755 SENIOR ACCOUNTANT (Open)#
** Pay Grade
** C00323 A#
** Classification
* * Senior Accountant#
** Class Definition
**** GENERAL STATEMENT OF DUTIES:
** To perform supervisory and advanced professional accounting work; to assist in the maintenance of the state governmental accounting system; and to do related work as required.
** SUPERVISION RECEIVED:
** Works under the general supervision of a superior from whom general directions are received; work is reviewed through occasional checks of accounts and records.
** SUPERVISION EXERCISED:
** Plans, assigns, supervises and reviews the work of a staff of professional and clerical subordinates.
** ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLES OF WORK PERFORMED:
*** To perform supervisory professional duties in connection with the maintenance of a complete agency accounting system involving:
* maintaining control accounts for the financial transactions of the fund; preparing financial statements and related reports; supervising and reviewing the work of employees engaged in the maintenance of subsidiary and supporting records, and the preparation of forms and simple routine reports necessary to the operation of the fund; and analyzing internal accounting methods and procedures for the purpose of developing necessary improvements.
* To assist in the maintenance of centralized appropriation and other accounting records in the central accounting office of a large state department, such as the Department of Transportation or the Department of Social and Rehabilitative Services; to perform supervisory duties involving assigning and reviewing the work of accounting and clerical employees and to assist in analyzing, revising and coordinating accounting and clerical employees and to assist in analyzing, revising and coordinating accounting and control records, methods and procedures.
* To assist in the maintenance of the State Governmental Accounting System in the Division of Accounts and Control, Department of Administration, by: assisting in the maintenance of the general ledger for all funds of the state; assisting in the preparation of periodic financial statements and associated schedules; pre-auditing receipts; and assisting in developing and installing departmental accounting systems.
* To assist in the preparation of state and federal budget submissions; to plan, install and supervise the maintenance of an appropriation accounting system; to supervise the preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reports; and to be responsible for agency purchasing operations.
* To assist in planning, supervising and reviewing the fund accounting and collection operations in the Department of Labor and Training.
* To supervise the work of a professional staff engaged in the auditing and certifying of relief expenditures made by cities and towns within the state, which are…