Accounting Technician 2

State of Alaska; Juneau (AK); On-site; USD 48,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid leave

Twelve paid holidays per year

Job summary

The State of Alaska, Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children\'s Services in Juneau, Alaska is seeking an Accounting Technician 2 to support vendor and provider payments and regulatory compliance. You will process invoices, reconcile accounts, and assist field staff to ensure fiscal transactions meet state and federal standards.

Join a public sector team focused on safeguarding children and families, with a mission to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being while

Qualifications

• One year of clerical work experience maintaining records.
• Substitutions: vocational education in accounting or bookkeeping may substitute for experience.
• Post secondary education may substitute for required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours = 1 month).

Responsibilities

• Process medical, childcare, special needs, and Independent Living invoices.
• Perform vendor account reconciliation.
• Cross-certify Accounting Technician work and ORCA workflow.
• Resolve payment inquiries and support field staff to ensure regulatory compliance.
• Ensure fiscal transactions meet state and federal standards.

Skills

Self-Management

Oral Communication

Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving

Principles of Accounting

Computer Skills

Education

Post secondary education in accounting

Formal vocational education program in accounting or bookkeeping

Job description

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

The Department of Family and Community Services, Office of Children's Services (OCS) is recruiting for full-time Accounting Technician 2 located in Juneau, Alaska.

What you will be doing

The Accounting Technician 2 works for the Office of Children’s Services, providing essential services to Vendor & Provider Payments as well as other units by processing medical, childcare, special needs, and Independent Living invoices, performing vendor account reconciliation, Cross certification of Accounting Technician work and overall workflow and within Online Resource for the Children of Alaska (ORCA). They are responsible for resolving payment inquiries and supporting field staff in ensuring fiscal transactions meet state and federal regulatory standards.

Our organization, mission and culture

The Office of Children's Services strives for a diverse and inclusive workforce where safety and wellbeing are paramount and employees at all levels promote a culture where everyone is valued, treated equitably, and treated respectfully.

The Mission of the Office of Children's Services is: Ensuring the safety, permanency and well-being of children by strengthening families, engaging communities, and partnering with Tribes.

Everything we do is underpinned by our Core Values.

Benefits of joining our team

Joining our team will provide you with the satisfaction of working with a dynamic, diverse, and high performing team while simultaneously having a positive impact by providing support to OCS employees as well as the children and families of Alaska!

• Insurance Benefits; Retirement Benefits; Paid Leave; and twelve paid holidays per year. Please see the benefits tab on this posting for more information.

Working environment you can expect

This position is located in the Goldstein Building in beautiful downtown Juneau.

For information on the Juneau community (including schools, hospitals, housing) please review the Alaska Community Profiles.

We are seeking a candidate with the following competencies:

1. Self-Management: Sets well-defined and realistic personal goals; displays a high level of initiative, effort, and commitment towards completing assignments in a timely manner; works with minimal supervision; is motivated to achieve; demonstrates responsible behaviour.
2. Oral Communication: Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
3. Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
4. 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.
5. Computer Skills: Uses computers, software applications, databases, and automated systems to accomplish work.

Special Note

• All positions require valid ID and successful completion of a background investigation, including fingerprinting and a criminal records check.

Qualifications

One year of clerical work experience maintaining records that included using computer systems and performing basic arithmetic calculations.

Substitutions: Successful completion of a formal vocational education program in accounting or bookkeeping will substitute for the required experience.

Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month).

Education

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

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. Omission of required documentation listed will result in an incomplete application and you will not receive further consideration.

Work Experience

When using work experience not already documented in your application, please provide the employer 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. Work experience needed to meet the minimum qualifications must be documented in the application. If the application does not support minimum qualifications, the applicant may not advance to the interview and selection phase of the recruitment. A resume will not be used to determine that minimum qualifications have been met for the position in which you are applying.

If you are currently or previously been appointed to a flexibly staffed position please ensure your work experience within a flexibly staffed position indicates the actual dates employed at each level. Ensure your time and any subsequent flex promotion(s) are documented as a separate position. This is required as there are minimum qualifications that require experience at a particular level in which the lower level may not be considered. If this information is not accurately reflected in your application this may cause the processing of your application for consideration to be delayed.

Legal Employment

The State’s online recruitment system, Workplace Alaska, requires applicants to certify that they have a legal right to accept employment in the United States. It is the responsibility of the employee to maintain the appropriate documentation to accept or continue legal employment. The State of Alaska does not function in the role as an employer sponsor. The State of Alaska does not provide VISA Employer sponsorships.

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, please call 1-800-587-4095 in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1-800-770-8973 or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P. O. Box 110201, Juneau, AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.

Contact

Name: Joshua Williams, Accounting Technician 3

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