DOC Accounts Payable Manager

Job Requisition :53568
Closing Date: 03/03/2026 11:59PM
Agency:Department of Corrections
Class

Title:

PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATOR - 37015
Skill Option:Fiscal Management/Accounting/Budget/ Internal Audit/Insurance/Financial
Bilingual Option:None
Salary: Anticipated Starting Salary is $8,500;
Anticipated Starting Salary Range: $8,500 - $10,500/a month
Job Type: Salaried
Category:Full Time
County: Sangamon
Number of Vacancies: 1
Bargaining Unit Code:None
Merit Comp Code:Gubernatorial (Management Bill) Exclusion from RC062 Collective Bargaining Coverage

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Join our team as an Accounts Payable Supervisor / Fiscal Liaison!

Lead and manage Accounts Payable operations for the IDOC, DJJ, and PRB while ensuring compliance with multiple agency fiscal policies. In this role, you’ll supervise a dedicated team, streamline processes, approve vouchers in SAP, and serve as a trusted fiscal advisor for internal staff, auditors, and contractors. If you excel at balancing leadership, policy interpretation, and financial oversight, this is your opportunity to make a meaningful impact across state agencies.

If interested in this unique position, we invite all qualified and interested candidates to apply.

• Plans, evaluates, initiates, organizes and directs the Accounts Payable activities for the Department of Corrections (IDOC), Department of Juvenile Justice (DJJ) and Prisoner Review Board (PRB).
• Serves as fiscal liaison for internal fiscal personnel, auditors, contractors and outside agencies providing explanation and interpretation of policies.
• Serves as full-line supervisor.
• Manages, directs, implements and monitors the accounts payable and petty cash processes.
• Monitors priority vouchers and petty cash issues that are processed for IDOC, DJJ and PRB.
• Represents the Manager in fiscal interpretation of the Center's policies in their absence.
• Performs other duties as required or assigned which are reasonably within the scope of the duties enumerated above.

• Requires knowledge, skill, and mental development equivalent to completion of four (4) years of college with a major in Business Administration, Business Management, Finance, Economics, Accounting, or related field.
• Requires three (3) years of progressively responsible administrative experience in accounting, external accounting, budget planning and control or public accounting, as well as public or business organization.

• Prefers at least five (5) years of professional experience in a Fiscal Operations capacity.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience overseeing the vouchering process.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience managing auditors and contractors.
• Prefers at least four (4) years of professional experience interpreting and explaining policies and procedures to subordinate staff and outside entities.
• Prefers at least two (2) years of professional experience reconciling, analyzing and preparing complex financial and fiscal-related reports.
• Prefers at least four (4) years of professional experience supervising staff.
• Prefers at least three (3) years of professional experience utilizing automated…