Accounting Supervisor (Accountant III) - Denver

This position is only open to Colorado state residents. New employees to the State will be paid biweekly, with 26 biweekly pay periods in a year.

About CDOT

CDOT employees make a difference by providing freedom, connection, and experience to the traveling public, while also keeping them safe.

Benefits

• Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• PERA retirement, including optional 401K plans
• Generous paid time off package (annual, sick, holiday, and other leave)
• Strong career growth opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement and professional development
• Colorado Employee Assistance Program (CSEAP) counseling
• Wellness programs
• Credit union membership and employee discount program
• Eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (for qualifying positions)

About the Role

The Accountant III works in the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT's) Center for Accounting within the Division of Accounting and Finance (DAF). The Center of Accounting ensures all financial-related transactions for CDOT are recorded in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS), and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS).

The Accountant III serves as an Accounting Unit Supervisor, overseeing Fixed Assets, Inventory, Reconciliations, interagency transactions, Cash Receipts and Accounts Receivables, Certificates of Participation (COPS), Notes Payable, Bonds, and Project Settlements. This position supports the General Ledger (GL) unit in analyzing, investigating, and reconciling high-level GL transactions between SAP and CORE, monitors interagency transactions, and provides backup to the GL supervisor for reviewing/approving all SAP and CORE transactions.

Responsibilities

• Leadership/Supervision
  • Serves as Unit Supervisor over three accounting staff.
  • Administers the performance program, providing corrective actions and performance improvement plans when necessary.
  • Monitors work for quality control and efficiency.
  • Coaches, mentors, and trains employees.
  • Addresses personnel issues and mediates conflicts.
  • Works with supervisor and/or other mentors to improve supervisory/leadership knowledge and skill.
  • Implements policies and procedures in a fair and consistent way.
• Oversight of Reconciliations for SAP/CORE
  • Ensures the daily transactional reconciliation between SAP and CORE is completed and available for staff review.
  • Investigates, analyzes, reconciles, and corrects high-level general ledger balance sheet and income statement transactions and variances between SAP and CORE.
  • Ensures all reconciliations completed by staff are accurate, complete, and in compliance with GAAP and state and federal rules.
  • Implements new accounting processes or reconciliations as needed to ensure data integrity.
  • Works with the Deputy Controller to correct abnormal balances and variances for quarterly and year-end close.
• Oversight of Interdepartmental Transfers/Transactions
  • Provides guidance on CORE event types, posting codes, and processing of Inter-Agency Transaction Initiator (ITI) and Inter-Agency Acceptance (ITA) transactions.
  • Investigates and corrects variances, establishing new processes to ensure accuracy.
  • Ensures correct GL coding for payable/receivable transactions, completing adjusting entries as needed.
• Debt Activities and CDOT SEC Compliance
  • Ensures all debt-related activities are performed monthly, including establishing reserves for semiannual payments for bonds, COPS, and notes.
  • Ensures accuracy of SAP Treasury module transactions.
  • Performs year-end transactions per State Fiscal Procedures Manual.
  • Ensures CDOT meets continued disclosure requirements for each debt issuance.
• Additional Duties
  • Completes the annual physical inventory of fixed assets.
  • Ensures monthly and yearly trial balance reconciliations are complete.
  • Prepares monthly and year-end reconciliations for fixed assets additions/deletions.
  • Performs monthly project settlements.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Schedule

Your schedule will primarily be 8:00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday-Friday, with flexibility to meet work/life balance needs. This position may follow a hybrid schedule with a combination of in-office and remote work.

Requirements

Minimum qualifications must total 8 years and include one of the following:

• Experience Only: Four years of professional auditing or accounting experience and at least four years of professional accounting experience.
• Education and Experience: A combination of relevant education and experience equal to at least eight years. Relevant education from an accredited college or university with at least 27 hours of coursework in Accounting or Auditing will be considered. Professional accounting and auditing experience will also be considered, with at least four years in full-time professional accounting.
• Colorado CPA License and Experience or Education: A combination of a Colorado CPA License, education, and/or experience totaling at least eight years. A current, valid CPA license counts for six years of the requirement. Education in auditing or accounting (27 semester hours in accounting or auditing) and professional accounting experience will also be considered.

Additional requirements:

• Must pass a pre-employment screening, which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks.
• If using education to qualify, a legible copy of your official or unofficial college transcript(s) or an official foreign credential evaluation report must be submitted with your application. Transcripts must show the name of the school, completed credit hours, and (if applicable) that a degree was conferred. Transcripts from colleges or universities outside the U.S. must be assessed for U.S. equivalency by a NACES educational credential evaluation service.

Preferred Qualifications

The exceptional applicant will demonstrate the following:

• Proven ability or accomplishment in the duties listed in the job description.
• Years of State service experience related to the duties of this position.
• Highest work/personal ethics and integrity.
• Professional knowledge of general accounting practices and standards, including GAAP, GASB, State fiscal rules, State financial reporting, and State Auditor requirements.
• Strong Excel and reporting skills.
• Reconciliation and analytic skills for accurate, complete, and timely reconciliation of data between multiple accounting systems.
• Experience using SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.
• Experience reconciling and correcting general ledger accounts to sub-ledger detail.
• Strong knowledge and operational expertise in revenue, receivables, and cash processes.
• Supervisory skills and experience.
• Strong leadership skills to facilitate accurate, complete, and timely development and analysis of data across multiple functional areas and systems.
• Excellent customer service experience, including the ability to partner with professionals, consultants, and staff at all levels.
• Strong technical skills in Google, Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, and the ability to quickly learn other software systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Analytical skills to solve complex challenges.
• Ability to take initiative to solve problems innovatively.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to perform at a high level.
• Proven ability to manage multiple assignments, priorities, and projects in a demanding environment.
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and adapt to changing assignments.
• Strong attention to technical detail.
• Ability to work effectively in both independent and team situations.
• Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills.