Accountant Technician

Position Summary

The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is seeking an Accountant Technician II for the Nevada Youth Training Center (NYTC), a 64‑bed secure facility for male youth ages 14 to 18 located in Elko, NV. NYTC’s goal is to promote positive self‑growth and create change in behavior, attitudes, values and ways of thinking through education, therapeutic treatment and appropriate medical and mental health services.

The incumbent will be responsible for reconciling daily outside bank transactions; editing and reconciling IFS to BETS transactions; submitting Pay Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, and Billing Claims into the State’s central NV.CORE accounting system; maintaining contract logs to track spending on State Vendor Contracts; assisting management in preparation of complex budgets; analyzing past expenditures and projecting trends; reconciling the Youth Trust Bank Account;

among other duties.

This position reviews and verifies the validity of expenditures and performs complex account reconciliations. Accountant Technicians perform technical accounts maintenance work for agencies with complex accounting functions or systems, such as federal grant reporting, external bank accounts, cost allocation plans, budget accounts, bank guidelines outside the State Administrative Manual, enterprise accounting, complex fund accounting, and external reporting requirements.

Incumbents possess the knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

• Reconcile daily outside bank transactions.
• Edit and reconcile IFS to BETS transactions.
• Submit Pay Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, and Billing Claims into the NV.CORE accounting system.
• Maintain contract logs to track spending on State Vendor Contracts.
• Assist management in preparation of complex budgets.
• Analyze past expenditures and project trends.
• Reconcile Youth Trust Bank Account.
• Control complex accounts payable functions, allocate general costs to appropriate cost centers, and ensure procedures followed prior to payment or grant draws.
• Control complex accounts receivable functions, determine billing amounts using cost accounting procedures, and manage delinquent accounts.
• Provide fiscal management and auditing of federal or other grant monies, ensuring compliance with grant specifications and auditing sub‑grantees.
• Manage federal drawdowns in conformity with the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990, track costs billable to federal government, and prepare vouchers and monitor status of federal funds.
• Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports including trial balances, adjustments, and balance sheets.
• Establish and maintain automated billing systems, including account analysis, reconciliations, and processing adjustments.
• Complete fiscal year openings and closings for assigned accounts; develop internal controls; reconcile federal to State fiscal year closings; prepare SARF reporting requirements.
• May train, supervise, and evaluate clerical and technical support staff; develop performance standards, accounting policies, and procedures.
• Perform related duties as assigned.
• Under general supervision, perform the full range of duties described in the series concept and supervise lower level accounting positions.

• Graduation from high school and three years of financial records maintenance experience that includes designing and implementing narrative and data reports; applying accounting principles to analyze financial information; preparing entries to accounts; analyzing assets and liabilities and preparing balance sheets; auditing contracts, vouchers and other documents; preparing summary transaction reports; implementing accounting control procedures; and overseeing the work of accounting clerical staff.
• OR one year of experience as an Accountant Technician I in Nevada State service.
• OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.
• General knowledge of: bookkeeping practice and theory; fund,…