Accounts Payable Accountant ARS

Overview

Title: Accounts Payable Accountant - #ARS
01096

State Role

Title:

Financial Services Spec I

Hiring Range: Anticipated starting salary mid $50,000s up to mid $60,000s.

Pay Band: 4

Agency: Dept for Aging & Rehab Svcs

Location: Aging & Rehab Svcs

Agency Website: https://(Use the "Apply for this Job" box below)..gov

Recruitment Type: General Public - G

Join the DARS Finance Division as an Accounts Payable Accountant!

Help support our mission by ensuring accurate processing of vendor invoices, travel reimbursements, and SPCC payments. Responsibilities include auditing vouchers, reconciling monthly statements, and providing exceptional customer service.

Ready to make an impact? Apply today and be part of a team that values accuracy, collaboration, and service excellence!

• Purpose-driven work
• Inclusive, supportive teams
• Great state benefits

Telework is limited, in accordance with the Commonwealth’s telework policy”.

The DARS Finance Division supports the Agency’s mission by providing quality financial management through Budget, Grants, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, General Accounting, Financial Reporting, Payroll, and Compliance services for DARS and the Disability Service Agencies (DSAs). Finance services are delivered while being good stewards of the taxpayer’s dollars entrusted to DARS and the DSAs and in accordance with policies, procedures, and regulations.

We are seeking an Accounts Payable Accountant. This position is responsible for ensuring accurate processing of vendor invoices and travel/expense reimbursements. Duties include reviewing, auditing, and approving accounts payable vendor and reimbursement vouchers, as well as petty cash transactions, in compliance with State and Agency policies and regulations. The role also involves monitoring payment due dates to ensure timely disbursements in accordance with the Prompt Payment Statutes, processing SPCC payments, reconciling transactions, and preparing journal entries.

The successful candidate will work closely with internal and external customers to provide exceptional customer service.

• Audit vouchers for accuracy and compliance
• Review and process travel and expense reimbursement vouchers
• Reconcile monthly Small Purchase Charge Card statements in Works
• Other duties or special projects as assigned.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Knowledge/Experience
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  Experience working in an automated financial and accounting systems.
  Considerable knowledge of Accounts Payable concepts, principles, practices, and techniques.
  Working knowledge of auditing expenditures and analyzing contracted purchase orders to ensure the accuracy of invoice processing.
• Skills/Abilities
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  The skills to autonomously interpret and apply State and Agency policies as it pertains to Fiscal programs and services.
  Demonstrated skill in operating personal computers and other automated office equipment.
  Demonstrated ability to manage multiple work assignments within established time frames.
  Ability to identify and define problems, collect data, establish facts, develop, and communicate options, and draw valid conclusions.
  Extreme attention to detail.
  Provide exceptional customer-oriented services.

• Experience in the State accounting system (Cardinal) and other automated accounting systems.
• Knowledge of the Department of Accounts and CAPP Manual policies and procedures relating to Accounts Payable, Travel, and Purchasing Charge Card (PCard) is a plus.
• Training and/or experience in accounting, finance, or business.

• This has been designated a sensitive position under Va. Code § 2.2-1201.1.
• A fingerprint-based criminal history check will be required of the finalist candidate.
• The selected candidate must complete a Statement of Personal Economic Interests as a condition of employment (Va. Code § 2.2-3114.

Reasonable accommodations are available to persons with disabilities during the application and/or interview processes per the Americans with Disabilities Act. Contact recruitmentginia.gov for assistance.

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