Accounting Technician ; PCN

The Department of Corrections, Division of Institutions, is recruiting for an Accounting Technician 3 position located in Anchorage, Alaska.

Under general direction from the Inmate Banking Supervisor, this position conducts comprehensive internal audit activities, including analysis, decision-making, and recommendations, as well as reviewing fiscal and accounting transactions pertaining to all inmate financial accounts. The role is also responsible for delivering training and providing oversight of inmate banking operations. In addition, it encompasses the review and audit of inmate funds and welfare funds managed by the Department.

Inmate Banking works within the Division of Institutional Director’s Office and provides essential financial support to the operations of the Department in support of its mission to provide secure confinement, reformative programs, and a process of supervised community integration to enhance the safety of our communities.

By joining the Inmate Banking team you will be an integral member of this fun dynamic unit, building strong antilitical skills while embracing the values of integrity, accountability, continuious improvements, and taking pride in doing our part to support the Department's mission.

The work environment is collaborative and customer service oriented. Our Inmate Banking Team works as a tight knit group that values each other's contributions.

• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Auditing:
  Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.
• Internal Controls:
  Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques for establishing internal control activities (for example, authorizations, verifications, reconciliations), monitoring their use, and evaluating their performance (for example, identification of material weaknesses or significant deficiencies).
• Problem Solving:
  Identifies and analyzes problems; weighs relevance and accuracy of information; generates and evaluates alternative solutions; makes recommendations.
• Compliance:
  Knowledge of procedures for assessing, evaluating, and monitoring programs or projects for compliance with Federal laws, regulations, and guidance.

Two years of technical level accounting or bookkeeping experience, of which at least one year was at the full-proficiency level.

Substitutions:

• Certification as an Accounting Technician from an accredited college will substitute for one year of the required experience at the non-full-proficiency level.
• Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for up to one year of the required experience at the non-full-proficiency level (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month) if it includes at least 6 semester/8 quarter hours in Accounting.
• Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required two years of experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month) if it includes at least 9 semester/12 quarter hours at or above the 200 level in Accounting.
• An associate’s degree in Accounting or Business Administration from an accredited college will substitute for the required two years of experience if it includes at least 6 semester/8 quarter hours at or above the 200 level in Accounting.

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