Accounting Supervisor

Position: ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR
ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS REHABILITATION & REENTRY Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

ACCOUNTING SUPERVISOR (ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICE OFFICER III)

Job Location:

Financial Service Division
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
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Salary: $78,000.00 Grade: 22 Closing Date: 10/14/2026

Job Summary:

Do you have four (4) years of experience in accounting? Have a Bachelor's degree in accounting or financial services? Join our team of exceptional financial professionals. Your next career move is waiting.
The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for an accountant to fill the Accounting Supervisor. As a member of the Office of the Comptroller, this individual is responsible for supervising the financial audit program and team. Develops, maintains, and trains staff on standards of work. Conducts accounting analyses, such as calculating standard ratios, ensuring that costs are properly allocated to the appropriate federal, state, or other funding sources, and reviewing financial documents used in the processing of transactions or generating reports.

Recommends and implements solutions to identified financial issues. Also provides upper management with accurate insights into necessary improvements and maintaining effective fiscal management.

Job Duties:

• Serves as a team lead reviewing and approving the work of other team members within the unit
• Identifies and corrects transactions
• Provides training to new team members and refresher training to existing team members to reduce errors
• Creates and maintains standards of work
• Uses different accounting systems to access and review data files
• Analyzes the information to identify any inconsistencies
• Conducts research to identify potential problem areas and work on resolving these issues
• Communicates effectively with other departments and management to gather necessary information or correct transactions
• Reviews the information provided and requests any necessary corrections or supporting documentation, and reports any discrepancies to upper management
• Prepares, reviews, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to evaluate their accuracy, completeness, and compliance with the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM), agency policies, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and other specific accounting requirements
• Serves as a technical expert on accounting matters and acts as a liaison between the central office, customers, and various business units
• Ensures compliance with both internal and external financial, accounting, and administrative policies and procedures
• Implements and communicates new accounting and financial procedures
• Conducts surveys to identify accounting needs and recommends, develops, or maintains solutions for business and financial challenges
• Continuously assesses areas for enhancing operational efficiency and improving internal processes
• Regularly reviews and updates process documentation (Scope of Work) to ensure it remains current
• Provides recommendations to improve information flow, process efficiency, and customer satisfaction
• Drives on state business
• Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:

• Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
• The principles, concepts, practices, methods, and techniques of government accounting, internal control structures, and fiscal management
• Financial reporting on an accrual and cash basis of accounting

Skill in:

• Work organization and accomplishment
• Analysis and interpretation of financial data
• Techniques required to maintain accounting records through automated accounting systems
• Computers, mainframe computers, and associated software
• Training and reviewing the work of others
• Verbal and written communication
• Establishing and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships

Ability to:

• Analyze and interpret financial data
• Apply accounting…