Accounting Technician ; PCN

ATTENTION ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY!

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF), Northern Region Construction & CIP Support, is looking fill our an Accounting Technician 1/2 position to help us Keep Alaska Moving!

Accounting Technician 1 - $24.87 Hourly / OT Eligible

Accounting Technician 2 - $28.28 Hourly / OT Eligible

This position provides technical accounting and administrative support to the Northern Region Design, Engineering, & Construction (&C) section.

At the Accounting Technician 1 level, with training and guidance, you will process payroll and equipment cost transfers, review financial coding, and help research and correct accounting errors. You will maintain financial records and spreadsheets and assist with reviewing purchasing requests and purchasing card transactions for accuracy and compliance.

At the Accounting Technician 2 level, you will independently process payroll and equipment cost transfers, analyze financial reports, resolve accounting discrepancies, and prepare adjusting journal entries. You will also review and approve purchasing requests and purchasing card transactions, ensure accurate coding and compliance, and help staff resolve payroll and purchasing issues.

You will build accounting and administrative skills through hands‑on training while supporting transportation projects that connect Alaska’s communities.

This position is flexibly staffed. This vacancy may be filled at either the Accounting Technician 1 or the Accounting Technician 2 level depending on the applicant’s training and/or experience. Please respond to all of the minimum qualification questions. If filled at a lower level, incumbent will have the opportunity to advance to the next level upon management’s assessment that the incumbent is performing adequately and has successfully completed the training plan and meets the minimum qualifications of the higher level.

Part‑time telework may be an option for this position after initial training is completed.

This position is located in Fairbanks.

Our office environment is a well balanced mix of in‑office and teleworking staff and is centrally located in Fairbanks. Our collaborative team environment is comprised of motivated and dedicated individuals who strive to provide excellent service and support. We promote a healthy work and life balance and enjoy a positive work environment.

To be successful in this position, the selected applicant will possess the following core competencies:

• Self‑Management
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  Sets well‑defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behavior.
• Decision Making
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  Makes sound, well‑informed, and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action, even in uncertain situations, to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
• Principles of Accounting
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  Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.
• Computer Skills
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  Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

• Clerical
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  Knowledge of filing, typing, entering data, maintaining records, taking shorthand, and using and completing forms.

• Driver`s license preferred, but not required.