Accountant Trainee

Introduction

If you are looking for an exciting career with great benefits, pension, generous leave, competitive salary, and the opportunity for advancement and professional growth, apply to join the DPSCS team today! The Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services (DPSCS) is seeking dedicated candidates to fill important roles within our department. We are one of the largest departments in Maryland with nearly 12,000 employees and a budget of more than $1 billion.

In order to fulfill our mission of promoting safety, we have increased security at our institutions while leading the way in innovative restorative justice projects that will help offenders reintegrate into society upon release. As a member of the DPSCS team, you can have a fulfilling career, while also enjoying a wide range of benefits such as medical and dental coverage, paid time off (i.e. vacation, sick leave), becoming vested in the State pension, supplemental retirement options, and even joining the Maryland State Employees Credit Union.

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Baltimore City 6776 Reisterstown Road, Baltimore, MD 21229

The main purpose of this position is to provide professional accounting support to the Office of Financial Services – Accounting Division. Areas of responsibility include: account management and reconciliations; budget management; and fiscal support to management.
1. Maintains, analyzes, and adjusts account balances:
Responsible for the following accounting functions: daily/monthly credit card payments application to invoices & reconciliation; recording cash receipts, logging mailed-in checks and reconciling with deposit slips, investigating and clearing cash receipts and charge backs made by the State Treasurer’s Office; investigating and reconciling clearing accounts with necessary adjustment JEs. Preparation and releasing of daily journal entries as may be assigned.

2. Provides budget management support:
Responsible for updating expenditure tabs on the projection file on a daily/monthly basis for ITCD to support the Fiscal Officer.

Duties include:

extracting necessary reports for budget preparation once available and save them on the shared drive; reviewing and updating budget expenditure tabs daily/monthly and inform supervisor or the fiscal officer for coding errors and necessary adjustments; reviewing daily and/or monthly the expenditure tabs and/or encumbrance reports to detect errors and notify the supervisor or the fiscal officer for any appropriate and necessary adjustments.

Assist the department during year end closing and budget submission activities as may be assigned. Other tasks:
Prepares detailed accounting analysis and investigates any accounting related issues such as invoices, chargebacks, past incorrect JEs that may possibly affect clearing accounts, revenues, and expenditures as requested by her supervisor and/or senior management of accounting unit. May be asked to assist supervisor and/or the fiscal officer to communicate with IT department, A/P, procurement associates and STO’s office for further investigation of accounting related issues.

Participates in the year end closing and budget submission exercise of the Department’s fiscal operations by providing, at the direction of the supervisor, and/or senior staff, preparation and analysis of actual expenditures. May also assist in the formulation and implementation of corrective action plans precipitated by projection exceptions. Prepares the periodic request for expenditure reclassification and adjustment journal entries as may be requested or assigned.

Applicants must meet all minimum qualifications to be considered, and to appear on the list of people eligible for hire. Please read all requirements before applying.

Education:

A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing.

Experience:

None. Notes:
1. Candidates may substitute a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credit hours in Accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by three credit hours auditing, for…