Accountant, Financial Reporting, Accounting Manager

THE POSITION

Are you looking for a rewarding career with a great organization where you can grow and collaborate with talented individuals? If so, the Office of Comptroller Operations is where you want to be! We are the accounting office for the Commonwealth of PA and offer the full spectrum of accounting services for our agency customers. Consequently, we can offer you the best opportunity to learn the full spectrum of accounting activities and grow your accounting career in state government.

This position serves as an Accountant 3, on the front line, directly supervising and managing the staff and operations of a complex accounting unit responsible for accounting for Commonwealth of PA revenue payments, received electronically or on paper, reconciliations between SAP, Treasury, and Wells Fargo Banking systems, and performing fiscal year-end closing duties. Are you ready to grow and face this challenge with the Bureau of Accounting and Financial Management?

As an Accountant 3, you will supervise and manage staff and operations of the Revenue and Cash Management (RCM) Unit, serving as a subject matter expert on various projects and initiatives. You will also be responsible for directly serving in the processing and oversight of essential Commonwealth revenue, accounting, cash management, and reporting functions to ensure fiscal stability, accountability and transparency.

Work involves facilitating meetings, drafting business process procedures and proposals, as well as journalizing revenues and vendor refunds of expenditures in the form of checks, money orders, and EFT receipts.

• Calculating interest allocations across multiple Commonwealth restricted accounts
• Reviewing requests for new revenue general ledger accounts and related impacts to budgetary/financial reporting
• Preparing year‑end accrued receivable schedules for the Department of Human Services for the yearly GAAP package
• Auditing revenue adjustments pertaining to errors, transfers, and refunds of fees and other Commonwealth revenues
• Updating unit database control log of processed checks and other workflow items

• Full‑time employment
• Work hours are 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM, Monday – Friday, with a 60‑minute lunch.
• Telework:
  You may have the opportunity to work from home (telework) full‑time, with occasional in‑office days when work dictates such requirements. In order to telework, you must have a securely configured high‑speed internet connection and work from an approved location inside Pennsylvania. If you are unable to telework, you will have the option to report to the headquarters office in Harrisburg.
• Salary:
  Selected candidates who are new to employment with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania will begin employment at the starting annual salary of $67,736.00 (before taxes).
• Additional communication regarding this position will be provided via email.

• One year as an Accountant 2 (Commonwealth job title or equivalent Federal Government job title, as determined by the Office of Administration); or
• Three years of progressively responsible professional accounting experience, and graduation from a four‑year college or university, including or supplemented by fifteen credits in accounting.
• Four years of bookkeeping experience and fifteen college credits in accounting may be substituted for college graduation. A Master’s degree in Accounting or a related field may be substituted for one year of general work experience.

Pennsylvania law (51 Pa. C.S. §7103) provides employment preference for qualified veterans for appointment to many state and local government jobs.

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