Accountant II-Hybrid Model

The Arapahoe County government serves its communities in ways both obvious and obscure. As the beating heart of local and regional government, we’re here for our neighbors on their best days—and their worst. We share our residents’ goals of preserving our quality of life and strive to be the place we’re proud to call home.

Our Mission: Arapahoe County Department of Human Services (ACDHS) builds strong communities by promoting the safety, independence, and stability of individuals and families.

Our Vision: To end the cycle of poverty and prevent abuse and neglect of children and vulnerable adults (using an integrated Two-Generation approach)

ACDHS uses an integrated Two-Generation (2

Gen) approach to address all of the basic human services needs of the entire family unit. The 2

Gen approach begins with a mindset focused on family-centered program design, continues with the alignment of services and resources within the department as well as across multiple organizations, resulting in coordinated services to children and adults together (family) in order to create long term stability and sustainability.

The2

Genapproach builds well-being for families by focusing equally and intentionally on high-quality services in five areas of focus: early childhood education, adult education and employment pathways, economic security, health and well‑being and social capital. This approach will help us achieve our core mission of breaking the generational cycle of poverty, preventing neglect and abuse and building strong communities.

Performs a variety of professional accounting duties associated with the classifying, recording and reporting of County, State, and Federal funds within the Department of Human Services. Duties assigned cover a broad range of professional- level accounting functions including grant accounting, general accounting, and financial analysis.

• Performs professional accounting services for the Department including review and approve fiscal source documents for completeness, mathematical accuracy, proper authorization, sufficiency of information, proper fund/account combinations, and journal entry classifications.
• Applies knowledge of County and Grant financial policies and procedures to ensure the proper accounting and reporting of the financial activity of numerous Human Services allocations and grants. Responsible for contract negotiations, preparation, quality assurance, and monitoring of terms and relative financial billing activities.
• Prepares specified interim financial reports to assist management with tracking budgets, allocations, expenditures and revenues. Runs reports and extracts data to assist with the compilation of financial reports and research projects for the department as requested.
• Performs limited financial analysis to assist Accountant III or other team members with preparation of financial reports, monthly settlement, interim and year‑end reports.
• Reviews non‑reimbursable expenditures for propriety and follows up on State accounting adjustments to correct non‑reimbursable expenditures, as necessary.
• Works with County and/or State auditors in researching accounting transactions or providing documents for review, as necessary.
• Performs moderately complex reconciliations of authorized County expenditures and receipts to the State accounting systems, ensuring propriety of amount, accounting distribution and funding source.
• Communications extend to personnel within the Human Services agency for the purpose of offering solutions to various system and accounting inquiries, as well as other agencies within the County, other counties, State DHS accounting and external auditors as necessary to perform duties. Uses appropriate discretion when communicating sensitive and confidential information.
• Ability to work both independently and as a team member, in an organized and productive manner and able to assess workload to establish priorities. Takes initiative to propose changes to processes to improve accuracy and efficiency.
• Participates in groups, activities and training to enhance knowledge in program areas, computer systems, and policies.

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