Financial Specialist - Senior

Introduction

Bring your financial skills and experience to the Division of Transportation Investment Management, Bureau of Aeronautics as a Financial Specialist - Senior
! This position offers a hybridized work schedule. The position will be headquartered at and required to work from the Hill Farms State Office Building in Madison, WI at least 2 days per week. All employees working a hybrid work schedule are generally expected to telework from within the State of Wisconsin. This topic will be discussed more at the time of the interview.

WisDOT is a great place to work! In addition to meaningful and rewarding work, we offer a competitive benefits package featuring:

• Substantial leave time including at least 3.5 weeks of paid leave time to start, 9 paid holidays, and 130 hours of sick time that roll over each year.
• Excellent and affordable health, vision, and dental benefits (health plan options start at just $49/month for single plans and $122/month for family plans after two months of employment)
• A casual office atmosphere, flexible work schedules, and telework options depending on the position’s requirements
• An exceptional pension plan with employer match and lifetime retirement payment, plus an optional tax advantaged 457 retirement savings plan
• Well Wisconsin Wellness Program
• A free and confidential employee assistance program that offers employees and their immediate family dependents a variety of tools, resources, and professional consultation services to support their health, goals, and overall well-being
• Use this Total Rewards Calculator to see the total value of our competitive benefits package!

In addition to our generous employee benefits, we strive for inclusivity and celebrate different religious holidays and cultural observances and provide flexibility for utilizing paid time off for such celebrations. For more information on WisDOT you can visit our website by clicking here.

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is an organization dedicated to creating transportation solutions through innovation and exceptional service. We are committed to fostering an environment rooted in Integrity, Diversity, Excellence, and Accountability.  to learn more about how we apply these values in our work.

In this position, you will assist in project funding requests for federal, state, and sponsor funds including reporting of grant expenditure reports and timely project financial closeouts. You will support the administration of federal grants by developing and maintaining reports for non-primary entitlement monitoring and reconciliation. Other duties include:

• Setting up new airport development projects in the department's financial operating system.
• Developing and maintaining financial statements for airport development projects.
• Assist the Airport Accountant and Financial Specialist - Advanced to reconcile and process State Aid project closeouts.
• Perform additional accounting, bookkeeping, and auditing duties.

This position is in schedule-range (02-13). Starting pay is $26.08/hr, plus excellent benefits
. A twelve month probationary period is required. Pay for current state employees will be set in accordance with the Wisconsin State Compensation Plan.

This state agency does not sponsor work visas. This state agency is not enrolled in USCIS E-Verify and is not eligible to employ international F-1 students seeking STEM-OPT extension. Any appointment made will be contingent on the applicant being able to prove valid status to work in the United States.

Prior to any appointments for position(s) filled from this announcement, candidates may be subject to a comprehensive criminal background check which may include FBI fingerprinting.

Qualified applicants will have all the following:

• Experience following and referencing financial principles and/or procedures.
• Experience preparing and maintaining project financial reports
• Experience utilizing Microsoft Excel software or similar.

In addition to having all the above, well qualified applicants will have one or more of the following:

• Experience performing account reconciliations.
• Experience managing federal…