Associate Accountant - AR

Introduction

Are you a current State of CT employee looking for the next step in your career? If so, ready below and apply today! The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). Financial Management & Support Division (FMS), is currently recruiting for an Associate Accountant in Newington. Continuous opportunities for professional growth and development, a healthy work/life balance for all employees, and an award‑winning agency!

CTDOT has recently been awarded the Employer of the Year award by the Connecticut Society of Civil Engineers (CSCE) and named the Women’s Transportation Seminar (WTS) CT Employer of the Year for 2024!

• Monday – Friday, full‑time (40 hours per week)
• First shift
• Location:
  
  Newington, CT
• Eligible for telework after a successful completion of the working test period, in accordance with the Telework Policy

The Associate Accountant will report to the Supervising Accountant, FMS Division, Office of Public Transportation (Bus) unit. Duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provide budget oversight of DOT’s $360 million Bus/ADA appropriation. Tasks include forecasting expenditures, updating monthly budget reports, and creating CORE budget journal entries.
• Perform annual financial reviews of transit district operators. Compare single state audit reports against CORE expenditures each fiscal year, create a report indicating the review outcome of funds owed/due, and respond to external audit requests providing documentation to CTDOT auditors.
• Monitor, coordinate, and assist in the payment of public transportation operators and consultants. Create POs and requisitions, ensure compliance with various agreements, maintain project spreadsheet drawdowns, run CORE queries to review prior payments, code contracts, and provide financial support to CTDOT public transportation personnel.
• Coordinate large capital purchases.
• Assist with annual and biennial budget creation and project closeouts.
• Establish and maintain bus unit policies and procedures.
• Provide staff training and input for staff annual service ratings; may lead lower job class employees.
• Assist the Supervising Accountant with year‑end close‑out activities.
• Other job duties as assigned by the Supervising Accountant.

As one of Connecticut’s largest state agencies, DOT employs approximately 3,300 individuals statewide in five bureaus. The DOT’s mission is to improve quality of life through transportation. We maintain a significant transportation infrastructure system essential to maintaining mobility for Connecticut residents and businesses, supporting economic and community development while preserving environmental and cultural resources. The Department of Transportation is committed to cultivating a diverse staff that represents the communities we serve.

Applications from individuals having diverse backgrounds and life experiences are strongly encouraged.

In a state agency, this class is accountable for performing the most complex accounting tasks within a variety of accounting programs and systems. This class may also be accountable for lead or consultative responsibility.

• Establishes and implements accounting sub‑systems such as procedures for paying and collecting activities, issuance of grants, loans or subsidies, and establishment of rates or schedules of fees.
• Maintains fiscal controls by authorizing non‑routine expenditures based on management priorities and policies, examining data and making recommendations regarding timing and amounts of expenditures.
• Manages various phases of budget preparation and control: preparing estimates of costs of existing or new programs, offices or divisions; preparing budget requests, appropriation schedules, monthly budget reports and year‑end budget reports.
• Administers fiscal aspects of grant programs by reviewing funding applications for approval, researching and preparing estimates of costs of proposed grant programs, interpreting grant contracts for approval of grant expenditures, and analyzing grantees financial records and reports for compliance with grant expenditure requirements.
• Monitors fiscal…