Accountant​/Auditor II or III

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Job

Agency:
Department of Health
- Division of Finance & Operations

Location:

Pierre preferred, Rapid City, or Sioux Falls

Salary: $61, Annual Salary, depending on qualifications

Pay Grade: A2 or A3

Closing Date:
Open until filled

This is a Full-Time position with the Department of Health
- Division of Finance & Operations. For more information on the Department of Health, please visit (Use the "Apply for this Job" box below). .

The South Dakota Department of Health helps every South Dakotan be healthy and strong. We do this through providing core public health services in every county in the state. Consider joining our team of highly dedicated professionals if these guiding principles speak to you:

• Serve with integrity and respect
• Focus on evidence-based prevention and outcomes
• Support data-driven innovation
• Achieve health equity in all communities
• Demonstrate proactive leadership and strengthen partnerships
• Exhibit transparency and accountability

Our staff are the foundation of our Department. As a member of the Department's Division of Finance, you will assist programs to provide cost effective and accountable services and be part of a team with a family-friendly employer.

The Accountant is responsible for, but not limited to: managing high level fiscal responsibilities for the Department of Health, including preparing, reviewing, and executing contracts and RFPs to ensure all required clauses and schedules of work are accurate. The position prepares, processes, and tracks accounts receivable and independently manages and approves federal draws for more than 50 grants. It completes complex account reconciliations and provides technical assistance to programs on financial requirements and compliance.

The accountant would assist with financial grant monitoring, federal grant applications, spending projections, and budget versus spending comparisons. This role serves as the team leader for subrecipient monitoring and ensures all agreements meet federal guidelines & compliance.

The Ideal Candidate Will Have:

Bachelor's degree in Business, Accounting, Finance, or Economics with accounting courses, or 5 or more years of related accounting experience.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities:

Knowledge of:

• the principles of accounting as they relate to the public sector;
• generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), standards, and practices;
• statistics and financial reporting;
• federal uniform grant guidance;
• Microsoft applications including Excel, Word, and Query;
• procedures and techniques used in policy research, policy and program analysis, planning, contract review, and/or grant administration;
• principles of management and administration;
• public administration as it relates to fiscal and program management and planning;
• department procedures and references relative to public health and health care activities;
• agency rules, regulations, policies, and procedures;
• grant development and administration;
• technical knowledge of assigned programs;
• contract management.
• subrecipient monitoring
• cash management policies and procedures;.

Skills to:

• meet reporting requirements;
• perform analysis and identify specific details;
• make timely and accurate decisions.

Ability to:

• research, interpret, and implement program statutes, administrative rules, federal regulations, and policy directives;
• ensure compliance with performance standards;
• select, compile, and analyze information to identify, substantiate, and solve financial and programmatic problems;
• write proposals, budget requests, and reports;
• analyze situations accurately and formulate and suggest effective courses of action;
• support data collection and evaluation activities and submit necessary reports and documents;
• provide technical assistance to department staff;
• communicate information clearly and concisely;
• establish and maintain effective working relationship with others;
• follow established procedures;
• organize and oversee multiple requests and tasks on a daily basis;
• research and interpret laws, rules, and regulations;

This position is eligible for Veterans' Preference per ARSD 55:10:02:08.

The State of South Dakota does not sponsor work visas for new or existing employees. All persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and complete an Employment Eligibility Verification, Form I-9. The State of South Dakota as an employer will be using E-Verify to complete employment eligibility verification upon hire.

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