Accountant III

Posting 21886
-Posted
09/28/2026

- Dept of Family & Protectve Svc

- Accounting

- Business and Financial Operations

- Eligible for Telework
-b. $3000 - $4999 per month

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.

What You Get Beyond Your Paycheck

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

Functional

Title:

Accountant III

Job Title:

Accountant III
Agency:

Dept of Family & Protectve Svc
Department:

Accounting
Posting Number:21886
Closing Date:11/27/2026
Posting Audience:

Internal and External
Occupational Category:

Business and Financial Operations
Salary Range:$3,793.42-$4,857.33
Pay Frequency:
Monthly
Salary Group:

TEXAS-B-18

Shift: Day
Additional

Shift: None
Telework:

Eligible for Telework
Travel:

Up to 5%
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:

None
MOS Codes: X,651X,751X,,A,70C,90A,36B,89A,65FX,65WX,6F0X1,F&S,FIN
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Brief

Job Description:

This position performs moderately complex (journey-level) accounting work, including maintaining, posting, and reconciling records of revenue and expenditure transactions. Responsibilities include submitting invoices for payment, monitoring financial statements and accounts to ensure compliance with federal and agency policies, and completing required reconciliations in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Occasional cross‑training of other accounting staff on critical job functions. Works under moderate supervision and must have the ability to complete assignments with strict deadlines.

Essential Job Functions (EJFs):

Maintains adequate records of expenditures, funds, as well as revenue collected and deposited.

• Maintains, reviews, and analyzes financial records and ensures that financial transactions are properly recorded for various financial schedules, ledgers, trust funds and accounts.
• Ensures transactions are processed in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), agency policy, applicable Federal and State laws and regulations, and sound business practices.
• Ensures that financial transactions are accurately coded and posted, and tracks processing of financial and accounting documents and records.
• Maintains accounting records of all transactions and adheres to the established record retention schedule with disposal of old records.

Maintains systems and controls necessary to provide accurate accounts of expenditures and budget balances for agency programs.

• Ensure that all payments are made within strict timelines.
• Evaluates financial transactions and balances…