State Accountant

Title: State Accountant (02-4010)

Salary

$4,153.50 - $4,361.25 Biweekly

Location 

Juneau or Anchorage, AK

Job Type

Full Time

Remote Employment

Flexible/Hybrid

Job Number

54860

Department

Administration

Division

Finance

Position Open To

Alaska Residents Only

Bargaining Unit

Partially Exempt

Range

24

Job Description

This position is open to Alaska Residents only. Please check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing

In collaboration with the Finance Director, the State Accountants will lead the Accounting Services Section, Statewide Single Audit Coordinator and the Aged Accounts Receivable & Debt Recovery Team (AARDR). Your role will develop policy and administrative rules, advise on tax compliance issues, implement new governmental accounting standards, and produce the statewide annual comprehensive financial report. You will coach and mentor accounting supervisors and staff accountants, set performance goals and evaluate team performance.

Our Organization, Mission, and Culture

The Division of Finance provides the highest quality accounting, payroll and travel services for the State of Alaska.

The Division of Finance values: work – life balance, intellectual curiosity, learning from experience, technical competency, working together toward a shared set of goals and expressing individuality. The Division of Finance is a small, welcoming community of accountants, analysts, technicians and payroll specialists. We conduct the State's financial business with integrity, accountability, and a spirit of continuous improvement. In your role you will partner with the Finance Director to set and attain the goals and objectives of the Accounting Services, Statewide Single Audit and IRIS Financial and Procurement Support Teams. As the leader of those teams you will be handling the full range of accounting issues from Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) pronouncement implementations to Annual Comprehensive Financial Reports (ACFR).

The Benefits of Joining Our Team

We maintain a friendly and flexible work culture that believes in work/life balance. Currentlyflexible work schedules and in-state telework options are available.

The Working Environment You Can Expect 

Whether you work in our downtown Anchorage or downtown Juneau office, you will enjoy the views and be within close walking distance of coffee shops, restaurants, and numerous nature trails. Our Anchorage location is in the Atwood Building at 550 W. 7th Avenue, and our Juneau location is in the State Office Building at 333 Willoughby Avenue.

Who We Are Looking For

The State Accountants are key leadership roles within the Division of Finance. Our leaders set the tone for the rest of the organization. To be successful in the position a candidate will need the following core skills:

• Leadership: Adapts easily to a changing environment and helps others see a path forward under new conditions. Helps team members align work habits with the strategic plan. Motivates others to improve performance and contribute to the strategic plan.

• Forward Thinker: New technologies are evolving in the finance industry every day. A successful candidate is eager to adopt new technology to reduce the time and labor intensiveness of accounting procedures and financial reporting.

• Strong Interpersonal Skills: The State Accountants must be comfortable developing strong positive working relationships with team members throughout the organizational chart as well as with external stakeholders.

• Effective Communicator: Clear, succinct, accurate and polite language; avoids unnecessary jargon and acronyms; empathetic to other perspectives; cognizant of non-verbal cues; and mentally present in conversations.

• Accountable: Takes responsibility and ownership for a problem, project, or issue. 

To truly excel in this position a candidate will have or develop the following skills:

• Strategic Thinker: The ability to step back from the minutia of technical accounting and achieve larger organizational goals. This includes setting policies, long-term planning, prioritization, risk assessment and visualizing new opportunities.

• Problem-Solver and Decision-Maker: Demonstrates the ability to have clear goals, identify obstacles, properly diagnose problems, and lay out implementation plans the solve problem.

If this sounds like your skill set, or one you would like to develop, please submit aapplication through Workplace Alaska.

Minimum Qualifications

An active Certified Public Accountant license
AND
At least three (3) years of professional experience in government accounting. Experience working in an enterprise-wide accounting system such as: CGI, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, etc.

Substitution:
The following may substitute in lieu of an active Certified Public Accountant licensure:
Certification as a Certified Government Finance Manager (CGFM) by the Association of Government Accountants;
Certification as a Certified Public Finance Officer (CPFO) by the Government Finance Officers Association;
Or,
A Master’s Degree in Accounting or Finance and at least one (1) additional year of professional experience in government accounting which includes experience working in an enterprise-wide accounting system such as: CGI, SAP, Peoplesoft, Oracle, etc.

Special Note: 
 The position in this job class is in the partially exempt service in accordance with AS 39.25.130.
 
 The partially exempt service is established by statute and is subject to the state's classification and pay plan. Positions are exempt from the usual recruitment process and serve at the discretion of the appointing authority. This position is not covered by the terms of a collective bargaining agreement. 
 

Additional Required Information

Please read the below information carefully. This applies to your application submission.

THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY

Please be sure to check our residency definition to determine if you qualify.

At time of interview, please be prepared to provide:

• Copies of your two (2) most recent performance evaluations
• A list of three (3) professional references, if not already listed in your application 

EDUCATION
 If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill in the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the number of units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position. Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or within 48 hours of the close of this recruitment to the contact person listed below.

SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR FOREIGN EDUCATION
 Education completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the above requirements, if applicable. If utilizing this education you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. state university reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the state university. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.

WORK EXPERIENCE
 If using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, your job title, dates of employment, and whether full-or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine if the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment.

NOTE: Attaching a resume or curriculum vitae is not an alternative to filling out the application in its entirety. Noting "see resume or CV" or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

APPLICATION NOTICE
 You can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or via hardcopy application. If you accessed this recruitment bulletin through a job search portal such as AlaskaJobs or any other database, you MUST use a Workplace Alaska online or hardcopy application to successfully apply. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska "How to Apply" webpage, found here: http://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/help/

EEO STATEMENT

The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities, who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats