Accountant V Payable

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) works to build on strengths of families and communities to keep children and vulnerable adults safe, so they thrive. We do this through investigations, services, and referrals.

When you join the State of Texas, your monthly paycheck is just one part of your real income. Our benefits provide extra value that many private employers simply don’t match—often adding hundreds of dollars each month to what you take home or save.

Here’s what you get as a full-time employee:

• 100% paid health insurance for you, and 50% paid for eligible family members—saving you hundreds every month in out-of-pocket medical costs
• Retirement plans with lifetime monthly payments after five years of state service, plus options to save even more with 401(k) and 457 plans
• Paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave so you can recharge and take care of life outside work (that’s time off you’re actually paid for)
• Optional dental, vision, and life insurance
  —at rates much lower than most private plans
• Flexible spending accounts for added tax savings on health and dependent care
• Employee discounts on things like gym memberships, electronics, and entertainment

You also might qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness, which could help you pay off federal student loans faster.

You can see all the details here: ERS recruitment brochure

Functional

Title:

Accountant V Payable
Job Title:Accountant V Payable
Agency:Dept of Family & Protectve Svc
Department:Accounting
Posting Number:21834
Closing Date:10/08/2026
Posting Audience:Internal and External
Occupational Category:Business and Financial Operations
Salary Range:$4,801.16-$7,761.50
Pay Frequency: Monthly
Salary Group:TEXAS-B-22
Shift:Day
Additional Shift:
Telework:Eligible for Telework
Travel:Up to 10%
Regular/Temporary:Regular
Full Time/Part Time:Full time
FLSA Exempt/Non-Exempt:Nonexempt
Facility

Location:


Job Location City:AUSTIN
Job Location Address:4900 N LAMAR BLVD
Other Locations:
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Brief

Job Description:

The Accounting V reports to the Accounts Payable Manager. The position performs advance/complex accounting work. Work involves the processing of agency expenditures, including audit/quality assurance of vouchers and workflows. Assist with planning, organizing, and implementing payable workflows; lead the coordination of voucher corrections and adjustments, and the reconciliation between ePay, CAPPS Financials, and the Uniform statewide accounting system (USAS).

Must be able to communicate on a complex level with others (internally and externally) to provide, exchange or verify information, answer inquiries, address issues, and resolve problems or complaints.

Works under minimal direction with considerable latitude for use of initiative and independent judgement.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Responsible for researching and responding to agency and vendor inquires in a timely manner. Responsible for researching, analyzing, and reconciliation of discrepancies to inform improved controls and processes. Develops and/or runs queries for extraction of accounting reconciliations between internal and external accounting systems.

Adheres to voucher processes and timelines, quality controls, including budget checking/voucher approval and the coordination of vouchers corrections/adjustments. Acts as a reviewer/auditor of invoices to ensure accounting controls and oversight of invoices are processed correctly. Performs data analytics to review for accuracy, compliance, quality assurance, and detection of errors. Performs trend analysis on errors to inform process improvements.

Develops and provides training to accountants on trends, errors,…