State Accountant (02-4010

Job Description

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In collaboration with the Finance Director, the State Accountants will lead the Accounting Services Section, Statewide Single Audit Coordinator and the Aged Accounts Receivable & Debt Recovery Team (AARDR). Your role will develop policy and administrative rules, advise on tax compliance issues, implement new governmental accounting standards, and produce the statewide annual comprehensive financial report. You will coach and mentor accounting supervisors and staff accountants, set performance goals and evaluate team performance.

The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll and travel services for the State of Alaska.

The Division of Finance values: work – life balance, intellectual curiosity, learning from experience, technical competency, working together toward a shared set of goals and expressing individuality. The Division of Finance is a small, welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians and payroll specialists. We conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement. In your role you will partner with the Finance Director to set and attain the goals and objectives of the Accounting Services, Statewide Single Audit and IRIS Financial and Procurement Support Teams.

As the leader of those teams you will be handling the full range of accounting issues from Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncement implementations to Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR).

We maintain a friendly and flexible work culture that believes in work/life balance. Currentlyflexible work schedules and in-state telework options are available.

Whether you work in our downtown Anchorage or downtown Juneau office, you will enjoy the views and be within close walking distance of coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails. Our Anchorage location is in the Atwood Building at 550 W. 7th Avenue, and our Juneau location is in the State Office Building at 333 Willoughby Avenue.

The State Accountants are key leadership roles within the Division of Finance. Our leaders set the tone for the rest of the organization. To be successful in the position a candidate will need the following core skills:

• Leadership:
  Adapts easily to a changing environment and helps others see a path forward under new conditions. Helps team members align work habits with the strategic plan. Motivates others to improve performance and contribute to the strategic plan.
• Forward Thinker:
  New technologies are evolving in the finance industry every day. A successful candidate is eager to adopt new technology to reduce the time and labor intensiveness of accounting procedures and financial reporting.
• Strong Interpersonal
  
  Skills:
  
  The State Accountants must be comfortable developing strong positive working relationships with team members throughout the organizational chart as well as with external stakeholders.
• Effective Communicator:
  Clear, succinct, accurate and polite language; avoids unnecessary jargon and acronyms; empathetic to other perspectives; cognizant of non-verbal cues; and mentally present in conversations.
• Accountable:
  Takes responsibility and ownership for a problem, project, or issue.

To truly excel in this position a candidate will have or develop the following skills:

• Strategic Thinker:
  The ability to step back from the minutia of technical accounting and achieve larger organizational goals. This includes setting policies, long-term planning, prioritization, risk assessment and visualizing new opportunities.
• Problem-Solver and Decision-Maker:
  Demonstrates the ability to have clear goals, identify obstacles, properly diagnose problems, and lay out implementation plans the solve problem.

An active Certified Public Accountant license

AND

At least three (3) years of professional experience in government accounting. Experience working in an enterprise-wide accounting system such as: CGI, SAP, People Soft, Oracle, etc.

The following may substitute in lieu of an active Certified Public Accountant licensure:

• Certification as a Certified Government Finance Manager (CGFM) by the Association of Government Accountants;
• Certification as a Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO) by the Government Finance Officers Association;
• Or,
• A Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance and at least one (1) additional year of professional experience in government accounting which includes experience working in an enterprise-wide accounting system such as: CGI, SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle, etc.

The position in this job class is in the partially exempt service in accordance with AS 39.25.130.

The partially exempt service is established by statute and is subject to the state's classification and pay plan. Positions are exempt from the usual…