Portfolio Accounting and Reporting Manager

About the role

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving a professional level of work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation and management of financial accounting data including the investment activity within the Treasurer's Investment Portfolio and/or the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust. Under general direction, position will maintain major accounting operations, prepare financial statements, and perform financial analysis.

Responsibilities

• Record, maintain and balance the investment activity of the Investment Portfolios under the direction of the Portfolio Accounting and Reporting Director.
• Prepare analysis of expenditures, balances, reports and other financial data for the agency.
• Verify or reconcile account balance information internally and with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services
• Make entries to ledgers and other accounting records.
• Prepare Agency budgets including analysis of actual to budget variances
• Review and approve certain procurement transactions
• Prepare financial statements including assistance with independent audits.
• Confer with administrators and staff about accounting issues.
• Perform related work as required.

Qualifications

Knowledge of current governmental accounting theory, auditing, and fiscal principles; of auditing procedures and practices; of laws and regulations of accounting procedures; of the State's accounting and personal computer network systems including the interfaces with other state agency systems; of maintenance of fiscal records and reports necessary to manage a state agency; and of data processing applications to accounting record problems. Must also be willing to work in a professional manner on a variety of projects with personnel of varied technical abilities. Demonstrated proficiency with personal computer applications is required.

Education and experience

• Must be a Certified Public Accountant with minimum of a Master's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration plus at least three years of experience in an accounting, securities or financial environment while working for a government agency; or
• A Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance or Business Administration plus at least five years of experience in an accounting, securities or financial environment while working for a government agency
• Must possess strong analytical, communication, and project management skills.