Accountant 4 (Central Region Project Control Chief) (PCN 250398)

Job Description

The Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF) is seeking an Accountant 4 (Project Control Chief) to manage, coordinate, and direct programming and budget management for all Central Region capital projects. The Project Control Chief is pivotal in the division's management team, providing on-going professional, budgetary, and administrative support and consultative services to the Regional Director, Design and Construction Directors, support group Chiefs, and Project Managers for planning, highway, aviation, maintenance, and facilities projects. The position ensures adherence to federal and program goals and guidelines, and provides for the timely processing of funding needs.

Classification - Review Notice

This Position Description is currently being reviewed by the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations, Classification Section. Depending on the outcome of the allocation, this recruitment pool may or may not be utilized to fill this vacancy. Come join the State of Alaska!

Benefits

The State of Alaska has a generous benefits package and an excellent retirement plan. Please see here for more information: https://doa.alaska.gov/dop/workplace/benefits/.

Working Environment

This position is located at 4111 Aviation Avenue in Anchorage. Part-time in-state telework options are available if approved by the supervisor.

Who We Are Looking For

• Supervision: Plans, distributes, and monitors work assignments; sets task priorities; evaluates work performance and provides feedback to others on their performance; ensures that staff are appropriately selected, utilized, and developed, and that they are treated in a fair and equitable manner. Assignments include the authority and responsibility to recommend or independently take action to employ (i.e., appoint, transfer, promote), discipline or discharge, or adjudicate grievances of direct reports.
• Organizational Awareness: Knows the organization's mission and functions, and how its social, political, and technological systems work and operate effectively within them; this includes the programs, policies, procedures, rules, and regulations of the organization.
• Grants Management Laws, Regulations, and Guidelines: Knowledge of principles, laws, regulations, policies, practices, and guidelines (for example, Executive Orders, Code of Federal Regulations, OMB circulars) of grant or agreement programs, including their order of precedence.

Minimum Qualifications

• Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Financial Analysis: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling to interpret quantitative and qualitative data; includes data modeling, earned value management, and evaluating key financial indicators, trends, and historical data.
• Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles, standards, and practices (for example, double entry accounting, accrual accounting), including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets, financial statements, ledgers, and journals.
• Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
• Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's job; works with, understands, and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

Equivalent to Those Typically Gained by

• A bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field and/or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Additional Required Information

• At time of interview, applicants are requested to submit (if not already attached to your application): Three (3) professional references, one of which should be from a former or current supervisor, including name, job title, and current phone numbers.
• Two most recent performance evaluations. If recent performance evaluations are unavailable, please provide two professional letters of reference.
• If using education to meet the minimum qualifications, a copy of academic transcripts (unofficial are okay; please ensure that the institution name/URL is listed on the transcript).

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

To verify education is being used to meet and/or support the required minimum qualifications/competencies, 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 used to meet or support the minimum qualifications/competencies for a position and are required with each application. (Unofficial is okay; please ensure the institution/URL name is listed on the transcripts). Transcripts can be attached at the time of application or provided at the time of interview; if not, transcripts will be required before employment.