Accounting Specialist

Key Responsibilities

• Reviewing, researching, and approving complex general ledger journal entries.
• Serving as a liaison between state agencies and external financial entities for accounting, budgeting, financial reporting, and federal grant management.
• Validating biweekly payroll, taxes, deductions, and employee benefit expenses.
• Maintaining confidentiality of employee information during payroll garnishments.
• Performing month-end, quarter-end, and year-end financial close activities.
• Reconciling accounts and analyzing financial data to ensure accuracy and proper classification of transactions.
• Maintaining accounts receivable, accounts payable, accruals, assets, liabilities, and inter-agency transactions.
• Preparing financial reports, expenditure analyses, forecasts, and statistical reports for management.
• Providing guidance and customer service to agency finance staff and state officials.
• Supervising financial staff and overseeing financial management programs when assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field.
• Experience: At least 2 years of experience in accounting, finance, fiscal management, or business management in either the public or private sector.
• Substitutions: Master's degree in Accounting, Finance, or a related field may substitute for the experience requirement. A Bachelor's degree plus an active CPA license may also substitute for the experience requirement.