General Ledger Accountant; BFO III

The Department of Community and Human Services values diverse perspectives and life experiences. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ, people with disabilities, veterans, and those with lived experiences.

King County's Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) provides equitable opportunities for people to be healthy, happy, and connected to community.

The Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS) Finance Section is seeking an experienced and collaborative accounting professional to serve as the General Ledger Accountant supporting the Behavioral Health and Recovery Division (BHRD).

The position is responsible for supporting the Accounting Manager in managing the accounting operations for a large portfolio of government funds with complex federal, state, and local funding sources. These operations primarily include revenue and accounts payable activities but also include managing the POETA structure, processing journal entries, and coordinating year‑end tasks as well as external fiscal and compliance audits and reviewing contracts.

It plays a key role in ensuring revenues and expenditures are processed and reported accurately, timely, and consistently.

• Work with Program Staff and the Provider Relations team to review the agency's new and amended expenditure contracts, and update the POETA universe as appropriate.
• Route new revenue contracts to Program Managers, Fund Manager, Division Director, and CFO for review and approval.
• Prepare multiple accounting entries in both Project Award and General Ledger modules to make sure transactions are recorded correctly.
• Participate in the fiscal close process at year‑end by identifying the need for accruals (revenue and expenditure), assisting program staff in estimating the value of such accruals under GAAP, and recording these accruals in the County's general ledger system Oracle eBusiness Suite (EBS) for both Project Award (PA) and General Ledger (GL) modules.
• Review expenditures for compliance with grant, contracts, memorandum of agreement, and internal policy and make adjusting entries as needed.
• Work with program staff and funders to process grant billing requests for federal and state grants.
• Monitor the status of aging receivables and work with division staff and funders in collection efforts.
• Perform reconciliations for grant and for PA/GL modules between subledgers within EBS and prepare reconciling journal entries.
• Prepare award‑level and fund‑level reconciliations for federal and state reporting. Assist in the annual preparation of the Schedule of Expenditures of Federal Awards (SEFA) report, the Schedule of State Financial Assistance (SSFA) report, and with other federal, state, and local reporting requirements.
• Assist in processing miscellaneous billing requests and other receivables functions to support the Accounts Receivable team.
• Manage fixed assets including gathering fixed assets proof of purchase, filling out fixed assets capitalization for King County central accounting and entering the fixed assets in EBS.
• Monitor and manage accounting support documentation in SharePoint to prepare for the year‑end audit.
• Other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, business administration, public administration, or a related field, and six years of progressively responsible professional accounting, auditing, grant accounting, or financial management experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• A minimum of six years of progressive responsibility in finance, audit, project management, or financial management.
• Advanced knowledge of GAAP, General Ledger, financial statement analysis and/or compliance audits.
• Demonstrated skill in effectively presenting and communicating complex financial and performance information to a wide range of audiences, including non-technical audiences.
• Ability to work collaboratively with program managers to secure integrated work products.
• Demonstrated proficiency with MS Office suite.

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