Remote State Payroll & Financial Compliance Lead

DelDOT; Dover, Northern (DE, KY); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

DelDOT is seeking a State Accountant IV to manage bi-weekly statewide payroll processing, reconcile financial data, and support calendar year-end and fiscal year-end activities within the State’s Accounting System. The role includes involvement with payroll funding adjustments and asset management month-end close, with periodic weekend work during busy periods.

The position requires strong analytical skills, compliance with accounting and payroll regulations, and the ability to communicate

Qualifications

• Three years' experience in analyzing financial data to provide guidance and consultation to customers, managers, or others.
• Three years' experience in compiling, analyzing, and reporting on financial data to ensure effective and efficient accounting of funds or to make projections for financial planning.
• Two years' experience in making recommendations for changes or improvements to financial processes, procedures, forms, or automated financial information systems.
• Two years’ experience in ensuring compliance with accounting or payroll laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Six months' experience in narrative report writing.

Responsibilities

• Provides guidance, direction, and recommendations to state agencies, organizations, vendors, or others in the assigned fiscal oversight function(s) at the State level.
• Reviews, analyzes, reconciles, and/or approves financial transactions, system processes, reports, or other financial data within integrated financial information systems.
• Interprets, explains, and ensures compliance with state and federal laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures, as well as internal controls and reporting requirements.
• Researches, collects, analyzes, and interprets a variety of data and reports; obtains and clarifies information; and troubleshoots discrepancies, errors, unexpected results, or process flaws.
• M akes determinations, defines solutions, and appropriate action that maintain data integrity and security such as updates, corrections, reclassifications, adjustments, or changes to user access.
• Runs queries and prepares, analyzes, and distributes a variety of reports.

Skills

Financial analysis

Financial reporting

Process improvement

Payroll compliance

Narrative writing

Job description

DelDOT is seeking a State Accountant IV to manage bi-weekly statewide payroll processing, reconcile financial data, and support calendar year-end and fiscal year-end activities within the State’s Accounting System. The role includes involvement with payroll funding adjustments and asset management month-end close, with periodic weekend work during busy periods.

The position requires strong analytical skills, compliance with accounting and payroll regulations, and the ability to communicate