Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounts Receivable​/ Collections

Accountant 2

Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) is a social and human services agency whose mission is to successfully partner with families, caregivers, and the community to strengthen families, ensure safety, and achieve permanency for all Arizona’s children through prevention, services, and support.

Job Summary
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Under the direction of the Deputy Administrator of Accounting and Accounts Receivable Supervisor, this Staff Accountant position performs general cost accounting and related duties for the department. Key responsibilities include maintaining accurate records in Quick Books, analyzing financial data, preparing reports, managing receivables and cash receipts, collecting outstanding payments, and ensuring compliance with accounting standards. The role may offer remote work within Arizona, based on business needs and performance measures.

Location: 3003 N Central Ave, Phoenix, AZ 85339 (Finance)

Salary: $26.44 hourly / $55,000.19 annually

Grade: 20 |
Closing Date: January 18, 2026

• Maintains accurate financial records and performs daily and monthly transactions using Quick Books for clients receiving Social Security Benefits.
• Manages and collects outstanding payments from clients: resolves overdue bills, negotiates payment plans, and maintains accurate financial records.
• Gathers and compiles complex data and writes reports summarizing financial transactions and account status for a given period; reviews and analyzes fiscal transactions as billings and invoices, payments, and other financial documents.
• Prepares, examines, or analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance to reporting and procedural standards.
• Works on various entries and revisions to agency accounts, ledgers, and financial records.
• Identifies relevant insights and compiles analytical reports.
• Other duties as assigned related to the position.

• Accounts receivable, state debt collection laws, and strong communication and negotiation skills.
• Quick Books
• Information systems/databases
• Reference materials such as federal regulations, Arizona Revised Statutes (ARS), State Administrative and Accounting Manual (SAAM), Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and applicable agency manuals.
• Fiscal principles and practices
• Analysis and reporting of financial data
• Principles, concepts, practices, methods, and techniques of government accounting
• Internal control structures and fiscal management
• Methods and techniques of automated financial systems

• Analysis, interpretation, and communication of financial data.
• Maintaining accurate accounting records in Quick Books and the Arizona Financial System (AZ360).
• Monitoring accounts for overdue payments, negotiating payment plans, and resolving billing issues.
• Generating and sending invoices and following up on past‑due balances.
• Submitting accounts with delinquent balances to a third‑party collections agency if necessary.
• Recording financial transactions.
• Reconciling bank statements and monitoring bank transactions.
• Compiling and presenting financial reports, such as balance sheets.
• Ensuring financial statements and records comply with all applicable laws, regulations, and accounting standards.
• Examining financial documents and transactions for compliance and rectifying discrepancies.
• Assisting management with decision‑making by providing financial data and analysis.
• Problem solving.
• Developing correspondence, reports, and procedures.
• Effective verbal and written skills.

• Coordinate and resolve inter‑departmental problems/issues.
• Perform independent research.
• Maintain a strong work ethic and attention to detail.
• Work independently with little to no supervision.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external customers.
• Organize and maintain files, accurate records, and business processes for optimized workload and productivity.
• Work concurrently on multiple tasks and change task/work priorities based on workload and situations.
• Recognize potential issues and pro‑actively address and solve.

Bachelor's in Accounting,…