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The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality strives to build and sustain an inclusive and equitable environment that embraces and values diversity. Employees at all levels of the agency work together to foster fairness, equity, inclusion, and belonging. We strive to be a workplace where we share our authentic identities, while advancing our individual professional goals, and while collaborating to protect, preserve, and enhance the environment for current and future generations.

We celebrate and appreciate diversity, champion equity, and treat each other with respect and dignity.

We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, ethnicity, veteran status, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, marital status, age, or physical or mental disability in the administration of our programs and activities. Visit DEQ’s Civil Rights and Environmental Justice page.

Are you passionate about preserving, enhancing, and protecting Oregon’s environment? If so, please consider a career with the State of Oregon at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). At DEQ, employees have the opportunity to work with a dynamic and supportive team of mission-focused individuals tasked with maintaining, restoring, and enhancing the quality of Oregon’s air, land, and water.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality has a full-time opportunity available for an Accountant 3 (Accountant
3) in Portland, Oregon.

Please consider joining an innovative team, and work to advance our agency’s mission to protect and improve Oregon’s environmental quality.

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality is the primary regulatory agency of the government of the U.S. State of Oregon responsible for protecting and enhancing the state's natural resources.

The Central Services Division (CSD) assists the agency in achieving its mission by providing central management services for the agency in accounting, budgeting, procurement, information systems, human resources, health and safety, property control, intergovernmental coordination, and pollution bond fund assistance. The Division serves two headquarters divisions, three regional divisions located throughout Oregon, the vehicle inspection program, and the laboratory. Services are provided to over 850 DEQ positions, various local and regional governments, and directly to community members.

Accounting, Budget, and Procurement fall under the Financial Services section.

Accounting provides agency wide accounting including accounts payable, accounts receivable, financial audit coordination, oversight of contract compliance, grant support, cost recovery invoicing, and financial reporting. Accounting coordinates with Budget to manage cash balances and ensure transactions are posted to the correct funds.

The agency has a complex cost structure to account for multiple funding sources that include General funds, Lottery funds, federal grants, cost recovery reimbursements, and other funds which include fees for permits and applications. Each has a stringent reporting requirement. The cost structure captures the funding source, activity, location, manager, grant, and project. DEQ has approximately 125 funds, 75 activities, 80 active grants, and more than 10,000 projects.

For a visual representation of DEQ’s offices and their locations, view our DEQ Offices and Vehicle Inspection Testing Stations map.

As an Accountant 3, you will provide professional-level expertise for the Accounting Team, utilizing independent judgment and discretion and your extensive knowledge and experience interpreting Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and the Oregon Accounting Manual (OAM). You will support the Accounting team by applying advanced accounting theory to transactions required to ensure materially correct financial statements.

You will ensure accounting transactions are made and recorded in accordance with Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncements, generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), federal grant financial requirements (2 CFR 200), statewide accounting policies and procedures, and the Oregon Accounting Manual (OAM). You will also ensure that financial close is complete and that timely and subsequent financial reporting occurs.

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