Accounting Technician ; PCN

Accounting Technician 1

Location: Juneau, Alaska (may relocate within Alaska).

What You Will Be Doing:

We are seeking a detail-oriented and motivated professional to support the Division’s financial operations. The Accounting Technician 1 plays a key role in processing a high volume of payments to vendors and program participants with accuracy and efficiency. In this position, you will research and reconcile financial transactions using both the Division’s case management system and the State accounting system. You will also serve as a resource for field staff by providing guidance on fiscal policies, procedures, and best practices.

If you’re organized, like working with numbers, and enjoy solving problems in a fast-paced environment, this could be a great fit for you.

Our Mission, Values, and Culture:

Our mission is to support Alaskans with disabilities in obtaining and maintaining meaningful employment. We believe employment is a powerful, empowering force in an individual’s life. Guided by this belief, we honor and respect each person’s unique strengths, skills, choices, abilities, and cultural identity.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

This role offers a rewarding and dynamic opportunity for someone who enjoys fast-paced, detail-oriented work. You’ll have opportunities to build your skills, grow professionally, and gain confidence as you complete training and take on new challenges. We support a healthy work-life balance with potential future telework opportunities. The work you do directly supports your community, making it both meaningful and impactful.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Located in downtown Juneau, our office sits at the base of the Juneau-Douglas Bridge, offering convenient access, plenty of parking, and proximity to the scenic Overstreet Park and the Whale statue. Your workstation is equipped with dual monitors and an ergonomic setup, supporting both comfort and productivity. This position also offers the potential for a hybrid telework schedule following the successful completion of a 6-month probationary period.

• Accounting Operations: Knowledge of general ledger accounting and the control/subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and disbursing officer’s accountability.
• Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Teamwork: Encourages and facilitates cooperation, pride, trust, and group identity; fosters commitment and team spirit; works with others to achieve goals.
• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization’s mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operates effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.

One year of clerical work experience maintaining records that included using computer systems and performing basic arithmetic calculations.

Substitutions: Successful completion of a formal vocational education program in accounting or bookkeeping will substitute for the required experience. Post-secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month).

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call or  in Juneau or TTY:
Alaska Relay 711 or or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK . The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.