Accounts Payable Specialist

Position: ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

ACCOUNTS PAYABLE SPECIALIST

(ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICER II)

Job Location:

Address:

Financial Services Division

701 East Jefferson Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85034

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Posting Details:

Salary: $59,400.00 - $65,340.00

Grade: 21

Closing Date: 02/03/2026

Job Summary:

Are you experienced in governmental accounting or budgeting? Do you have experience in the financial industry? Be part of our professional finance team. Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for an administrative professional to fill the Administrative Services Officer position. This position provides assistance and support to staff, complex business offices and agency programs. Ensures the proper and accurate processing of transactions, including Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable and/or the Inmate Trust Accounts. Also prepares, examines, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, or other financial reports to assess accuracy, completeness, and conformance with the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM), Agency policy, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), or other specific accounting requirements.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State's Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Job Duties:

* Reviews and approves transactions in various accounting, procurement, or banking systems

* Reconciles various types of transactions

* Maintains standard work documents

* Prepares and reviews exception reports and performs other tasks and functions appropriate to the classification

* Assists with other accounting and finance functions

* Analyzes and processes fiscal transactions and financial information

* Reconciles, verifies, and compares entries and reports

* Prepare various financial reports

* Resolves accounting-related issues with internal and external stakeholders

* Maintains documentation accuracy in accordance with policies and procedures

* Supports internal and external audit requirements

* Utilizes various accounting systems to retrieve, analyze and identify any inconsistencies

* Researches, identifies and resolves potential problem areas

* Effectively communicates with other departments and management to obtain information and/or to correct transactions

* Reviews substantiation of information presented

* Reports variances to upper management or department heads (Accounts Payable leadership or management)

* Serves as a technical expert on accounting issues and as a liaison with internal and external stakeholders to ensure compliance with internal and external financial, accounting, and administrative policies and procedures

* Assists with implementing and communicating new accounting or financial procedures

* Surveys operations to ascertain accounting needs to develop and provide recommendations

* Continually assesses areas to build operational efficiencies and improve internal processes

* Routinely creates, reviews and updates process documentation and Standards Of Work (SOW) to ensure they are current

* Provides recommendations…