General Accounting Lead - Fiscal Analyst

Working Title
- General Accounting Lead

Classification
- Fiscal Analyst 4

Job Status
- Full-Time/Permanent

WDFW Program
- Fiscal Services Program (FSP) – Fiscal Office

Duty Station
- Olympia, Washington – Thurston County

* While this position may offer a telework option, the successful candidate must be available to report to the duty station as needed.

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Are you experienced in performing a number of complex stand‑alone, time‑sensitive financial duties that affect other programs and staff?

With your experience,you will assist in monitoring and troubleshooting of agency accounting and budgeting exception reports and fiscal status reports to assure accuracy of expenditure, revenue, and general ledger accounting.

We are seeking a candidate
to coordinate, troubleshoot, and assist other Fiscal Office staff to ensure appropriate training and development is received to conduct and complete assigned fiscal duties.

Among the varied range of responsibilities held within this role, this position:

• This position is a lead worker that provides leadership and training to General Accounting and Fiscal Office staff.
• Lead financial worker of Fiscal Office, including coordination, oversight, and performance of a variety of complex manual and automated fiscal tasks including reconciliations of agency subsidiary accounts such as capital assets, IT costs, expenditure correction, chart of accounts, daily in‑process, payroll reconciliation, and multiple general ledger accounts that maintain the financial integrity of agency‑wide core internal accounting system and processes.
• This position prepares and/or has an oversight of other related financial reports, business analysis and investigation of various business transactions that may be questioned by auditors or assigned by their supervisor for review.
• Independently reviews the work of others, makes recommendations of assigned work, tracks progress and uses metrics to formulate goals.
• This position is lead and serves as a liaison between DFW, OFM, OST for functions such as the One Washington project, belated claims, and the state Lease Purchase program. Most of the job duties assigned to this position fall in the General Accounting Unit. However, this position works as a liaison coordinating cross‑unit projects.

• Coordinate and prepare fiscal year‑end entries for compensated absence, consumable inventory, petty cash, capital assets and lease purchase.
• Daily monitoring of exception reports, research discrepancies, working with appropriate Fiscal Office staff to provide resolution and make necessary adjustments.
• Provides oversight to the FA2 regarding year‑end “Due to” balances to report to OFM.

• Coordinates preparation and submission of financial reports required by state and federal government agencies.
• Lead coordinator of PDR requests.
• Receives and responds to inquiries from agency staff regarding fiscal data and reports.
• Responsible for overseeing the preparation of monthly status reports and performance measures.

• Serves as a liaison between DFW Fiscal and OST for the statewide lease purchase program. Responsible for working with DFW FSP Managers and individual program Managers to determine lease options, seek approval and coordinate lease agreements.
• Serves as the liaison between DFW Fiscal and OFM statewide accounting for belated claims approvals.
• Implement One Washington chart of accounts at WDFW which includes establishing internal guidelines, providing training and instruction on sub object coding. Working with Fiscal Office Management on whether or not established codes meet business and reporting needs.
• Coordinates Apptio updates with WATech and agency staff regarding agency IT spend as it relates to XY.

Work setting: Position has a requirement of 60% in‑person with a possibility of an allowance of 40% telework as determined…