Quality Assurance Analyst

Overview

Open Until Filled

GENERAL DESCRIPTION:

Do you enjoy working with details and making sure everything adds up? Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) is looking for a motivated Quality Assurance Analyst to join our team!

In this role, you’ll help review and approve expenses, reconcile financial records across different systems, and act as the go-to fiscal contact for our quality assurance and support team. You’ll also help keep things running smoothly by supporting payroll processing.

You’ll work alongside accounting staff by offering guidance, sharing what you know, and helping troubleshoot system issues. Along the way, you’ll support leadership with data, special projects, and insights that help inform good decision-making—all while making sure fiscal policies and procedures are followed. We provide on-the-job training and plenty of opportunities to grow. We’ll teach you everything you need to know to be successful!

The State of Wyoming’s total compensation package is excellent and includes:

• Paid annual and sick leave
• Paid holidays
• Retirement with employer contributions
• Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
• Health insurance with an employer contribution towards premiums
• Insurance options for dental, vision, life, ambulance, and short and long-term disability
• Longevity Pay

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Human Resources Contact: kelly.gayer

The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.

• Apply your knowledge of state and federal accounting principles and grant rules to support accurate and compliant financial operations.
• Review and approve expenditures in our accounting systems, ensuring spending is accurate, timely, and allowable.
• Train new and existing fiscal staff and coordinate the payment entry process performed by accountants.
• Serve as the post-audit lead, verifying that transactions meet budget rules and are backed by proper documentation.
• Reconcile records and data processing using our accounting systems to ensure payments, obligations, and codes are correct.
• Serve as the payroll specialist for the fiscal team responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, and timeliness of payroll data.
• Perform special requests; prepare reports and complete assignments with direct accountability to the Quality Assurance and support Manager.
• Share your expertise by troubleshooting issues in WOLFS (Wyoming Online Financial System) and CMS, and providing training to team members.
• Support leadership with special projects, research, and data analysis that drive decision-making.

• Knowledge of federal regulations related to grants/programs at the state and federal levels
• Knowledge of the maintenance of accounts, including fund accounts, and in balancing the accounts to the different systems involved
• Knowledge of computer-based applications including word processing, spreadsheets, and databases
• Knowledge of general accounting and fiscal management principles
• Knowledge of procedures for fiscal control and proper documentation
• Skills in effective oral and written communication
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Ability to work as an effective member of the Department s Fiscal team
• Ability to make decisions using information from different sources

Education & Experience Substitution: 3-5 years of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accountant

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

OR
Education: Bachelor s Degree (typically in Finance)

Experience: 0-2 years of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accountant

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: None

• FLSA:
  Non-Exempt
• The Wyoming Department of Workforce Services (DWS) uses E-Verify, an Internet-based system, to confirm the eligibility of all newly hired employees to work in the United States. Learn more about the Wyoming E-Verify program, including your rights and responsibilities.
• For the Veteran s preference consideration, supporting documentation must accompany your application.

The State of Wyoming is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively supports the ADA and reasonably accommodates qualified applicants with disabilities.

Class Specifications are subject to change, please refer to the A & I HRD Website to ensure that you have the most recent version.