Accountant, Financial Analyst, Financial Reporting

Job Posting Title

Accountant

Agency

805 DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SERVICES

Supervisory Organization

Dept Rehabilitation Services-MSD - Budget & Finance

Job Posting End Date

Refer to the date listed at the top of this posting, if available. Continuous if date is blank.

Note:

Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above.

Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank)

Full/Part-Time

Full time

Job Type

Regular

Compensation

Monthly/Annual Salary:
Monthly Annual

Level III (Pay Band K) $5,285.53 $ 63,426.41

Job Description

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving professional level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation and management of financial accounting data. This includes the preparation and posting of various journals, ledgers and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, and preparation of financial statements and expenditure reports, review and approval of various vouchers and invoices for payment, analyzing budget requirements, preparing payroll data, allocation of funds to various accounts or functions, and other similar activities.

Typical Functions

* Reviews, analyzes and presents financial data, including revenue projections and expenditure reports, to determine funding requirements.

* Prepares financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, statistical data, and other information concerning financial requirements; assists in gathering and reviewing data for preparation of budget work programs.

* Maintains various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records; allocates revenues to appropriate functions; classifies expenditures and posts to various accounts as required.

* Reviews and processes expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment; reconciles various financial reports and other data concerning fiscal operations.

* Determines payroll requirements; maintains payroll data; prepares and processes monthly payrolls.

Level Descriptor

This is the specialist level of this job family where employees are routinely assigned responsibilities for advanced level professional accounting work involving the management of highly diversified accounts with a high degree of activity, management of investment portfolios, or similar activities requiring the application of a broad range of knowledge of both accounting principles and financial operations. The work is generally performed with a high degree of technical and administrative freedom to plan, develop and organize all phases of the work necessary for completion within broad program guidelines.

Education and Experience

Education and Experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree in accounting or a bachelor's degree in business, finance or a closely related field plus three years of experience in performing professional accounting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of bookkeeping for each year of the required degree.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

required at this level include knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories; of financial statements and reports; of accounting ledgers and journals; of computer technology related to accounting systems; of payroll systems; of budget preparation; and of governmental accounting standards. Ability is required to prepare basic financial statements and reports; to review and analyze financial information; to maintain routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals;

to review revenue and cost data for the preparation of budget work programs; to perform highly independent work; to make independent decisions; and to resolve complex accounting and financial problems.

Special Requirements

Federal Grant Management experience and audit and compliance experience.

Additional

Job Description

Position is located in the Financial Services Division (FSD) at DRS State Office.

Essential Functions:

This position performs advanced level accounting functions for the management and oversight of federally funded programs. Duties…