Fire Billing Accountant

Overview

The Executive Director's Office (EDO) is the backbone of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, providing effective administrative and management services to the Department's operating divisions. The Administrative Services Office provides internal administrative support to the Divisions within CDPS and includes the following sections:
Chief Administrative Officer’s office;
Accounting Services and Commercial Cards;
Budget and Policy;
Purchasing and Contracts;
Logistics Services;
Property Services. The mission of the Colorado Division of Fire Prevention and Control (DFPC) is to safeguard those who live, work, learn, and play in Colorado by reducing threats to lives, property and the environment. The Division safeguards the public through fire prevention and code enforcement; wildfire preparedness, response, suppression, coordination, and management; training and certification; public information and education;

and technical assistance to local governments. As part of the Administrative Services Office, the Financial Services Section supports the mission by providing financial and administrative support to management and staff. The Incident Business & Fire Billing group mainly provides administrative support to the Wildland Fire Management Section of DFPC.

Hybrid (One day in office per month). Work unit core business hours, Mon-Fri, 8 am-5 pm.

POSITION #1 Accountant I - Cooperator Bill Review
The purpose of this position is to serve as team advisor for secondary cooperator bill reviews. The remaining duties include contractor bill creation, training of new cooperator reviewers, loading bills to the state financial system for payment and assisting with heavy cooperator bill workloads.

Position #2 Accountant I - Credit Card and Travel Review
The purpose of this position is to act as team advisor over the travel reimbursements and credit card allocations. The position will be responsible for providing training, as needed, and assisting with each role during heavy fire activity.

• Serve as team advisor for cooperator and contractor reviews.
• Perform secondary reviews of bills in the fire business system, as needed.
• Determine personnel, equipment and other expenses are valid based on NWCG guidelines, incident business guidance and incident log information.
• Perform bill reviews.
• Create contractor bills, as needed.

• Reviews and allocates travel and credit card expenses.
• Determines jurisdictional responsibility for each expense based on NWCG guidelines, incident business guidance and incident log information.
• Serves as team advisor for training and support.
• Provides secondary reviews of travel reimbursements.

Note, to be considered for this position, you must meet one of the following options for consideration.

• Wildland fire billing experience
• Experience with complex documentation review (e.g. audit)
• Experience using Excel at the Intermediate level or higher
• Sound reasoning skills
• Attention to detail
• Experience with CORE software
• Experience in a governmental agency (state, county, or local level)
• Ability to work under tight deadlines
• Travel, credit card or accounts payable experience
• Excellent customer service experience

• Requires successful completion of a background investigation that includes a polygraph exam, a fingerprint-based criminal history search, reference checking.
• Must be a Colorado…