Senior Accounting Analyst

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Are you an experienced accounting professional seeking a leadership role where your expertise directly shapes fiscal strategy? Do you thrive on complexity and collaboration?
The Wyoming Department of Family Services (DFS) is seeking a highly skilled Budget & Audit Lead Senior Accounting Analyst to join our Financial Services Division in Cheyenne, WY. This pivotal full‑time position serves as the lead accounting analyst on the Budget & Audit team, providing key assistance and advice on fiscal and budget matters to the Budget & Audit Manager, other Financial Services managers, and agency leadership, including the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Director.

You will play a vital role in managing the agency’s procurement process and developing the biennial and supplemental budgets.

• Lead Fiscal Procurement:
  Serve as the agency‑wide fiscal procurement coordinator, reviewing and approving all contract documents, bid exceptions, managing the creation and maintenance of a contract database, preparing procurement documents, and training DFS staff.
• Assist in Budget Preparation:
  Work closely with the Budget & Audit Manager and CFO to prepare the biennial and supplemental budgets to include informational documents for the legislature.
• Manage Budgetary Functions:
  Lead the team in preparing and assisting with biennial and supplemental budget requests, preparing NAFR and B‑11 documents for submission to the State Budget Department, administering budget balances including budget revisions, monitoring budgets and forecasting balances.
• Legislative Session Tracking:
  Assist the Budget & Audit Manager and CFO in tracking the budget throughout the budget and supplemental sessions; as well as, track any other legislation that contains appropriations.
• Provide Work Leadership and Supervision:
  Delegate, guide, and review the work of staff within the Budget & Audit team.
• Support Auditing Processes:
  Perform supervisory reviews of audits, assist program managers with risk assessments, and establish audit program processes and documentation requirements.
• Advise Agency Leadership:
  Advise the CFO, Director, Administrators, and Program Managers on critical fiscal matters, budget projections, policy and procedure changes, and program efficiencies for an approximate $300 million biennial appropriation.

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Accounting or a related field, and/or CPA certification.
• Experience in auditing and/or budgeting.
• Experience with the WOLFS accounting system and IBARS.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills and the ability to perform well under pressure.

• Skills in oral and written communications
• Perform well under pressure and adjust to changes in work schedule.
• Ability to work with consultants and computer programmers in developing new systems.
• Knowledge of generally accepted principles as they are applied to governmental accounting.
• Knowledge of WOLFS accounting system.
• Knowledge in BI Intelligence (formerly Info Advantage).
• Knowledge in Excel & Access database at an expert level.
• Knowledge of general accounting.
• Knowledge of computers, designing and using complex spreadsheets, and word processing applications.
• Knowledge of 10‑key data entry.
• Knowledge of Wyoming statutes, rules and regulations.
• Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Financial Accounting standards (FAS).
• Knowledge in Cost Accounting and 2 CFR 200.
• Knowledge in Federal Requirements of a Public Assistant Cost Allocation Plan.
• Knowledge of interviewing techniques necessary for hiring purposes.
• Knowledge of state and federal policies, laws and regulations, state and federal legislative and government processes.
• Knowledge of budget and procurement practices and policies.
• Knowledge in State Personnel Rules and associated federal laws.
• Knowledge in internal controls over accounting applications.
• Knowledge of government management including human resources, accounting and general management.
• Knowledge in project management.
• Knowledge of federal grant application, progress reporting and financial reporting.
• Skill in evaluation, policy‑making, decision‑making, and direction of…