Accounting Administrator; Administrator III; Denver

New employees to the State will be paid biweekly. There are 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

CDOT employees make a difference by providing freedom, connection, and experience to the traveling public, while also keeping them safe. The State of Colorado offers competitive medical, dental and vision insurance, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending and health savings accounts. Visit State of Colorado benefits for details, current premium rates and a summary video about benefits. The state also offers PERA retirement, great optional PERA plans such as 401K, a generous paid time off package of annual, sick, holiday and other leave, strong career growth, tuition reimbursement and professional development.

Perks include Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling, wellness, credit union membership and employee discount program. Visit CDOT Benefits for details. Some positions may qualify for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

CDOT’s strength is our people, and our commitment to our people is to shape, support, and sustain the employee experience, and ultimately, create a supportive workplace where everyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, education, disability, socio-economic status, or any other identity, has the opportunity to thrive.

The eligible list created from this announcement may be used to fill current and future vacancies for a period of up to 6 months.

Transportation agencies are currently in the midst of a once in a century opportunity to bring about transformational technological change to our aging transportation system and revolutionize it for the twenty-first century. CDOT is committed to preparing and enabling that change as it promotes the safety and efficiency of our roadways. Created in 2019, the Office of Innovative Mobility at CDOT focuses on increasing multimodal transportation options to help decrease congestion, emissions and improve safety on our roadways.

The Office focuses in four key transportation areas: electrification, mobility services, mobility technology and transit and rail. Each key area provides policy and strategic guidance throughout the CDOT and the State of Colorado to improve the safety and efficiency of our roadways by leveraging both traditional and new and emerging technologies.

The Finance and Administration team, which reports to the Office of Innovative Mobility (OIM) at CDOT, is responsible for consolidating administrative and support tasks office-wide to ensure compliance with federal, state, and department regulations, provide a resource to program staff on administrative and financial matters, and liaise with personnel in the Division of Accounting and Finance regarding OIM specific administrative and financial matters.

This includes projects associated with the Division of Transit and Rail (DTR) and the Clean Transit Enterprise (CTE).

As the Accounting Administrator, classified as Administrator III, you will provide accounting expertise by ensuring financial transactions are processed in an accurate and timely manner with the proper authorization and coding within legal parameters. You will also ensure ongoing compliance with all relevant federal and state legislation, policies, procedures and contractual terms affecting the assigned areas of responsibility.

• Provide accounting expertise in the invoice approval process for all OIM grant projects, including those for DTR and CTE programs;
• Provide fiscal services to OIM, DTR and CTE by ensuring invoices are processed in an accurate and timely manner with the proper Federal and State authorization;
• Determine breakdown of reimbursement request amounts and validate calculated amounts;
• Apply funding strings to charge against and apply correct financial coding;
• Document transactions, including number of claimed categories and dollar amounts;
• Assist with fiscal year-end procedures and internal and external audit requests;
• Assist with high-level and complex payment issues; investigate discrepancies and troubleshoot errors;
• Utilize a variety of systems including Brainware, OnBase AP, SAP, and COTRAMS;
• Analyze purchase order information and review grant agreements, applying understanding of procurement rules and statutory…