Senior Government Accountant: GAAP, GASB & Fin Systems

Department of Marine Resources; Augusta (ME); On-site; USD 53,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

The Department of Defense, Veterans' and Emergency Management in Augusta, ME, is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to ensure financial integrity and compliance with GAAP, GASB, and applicable regulations.

The role requires advanced governmental accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, and collaboration with fiscal partners to strengthen internal controls and improve processes. The successful candidate will work with state and federal partners to support sound financial decision-making.

Qualifications

• Advanced professional accounting work involving complex governmental accounting and financial reporting.
• GAAP, GASB standards, and applicable state/federal regulations compliance.
• Independently analyze financial information and develop practical solutions.

Responsibilities

• Perform complex reconciliations of financial accounts, expenditures, revenues, encumbrances.
• Investigate discrepancies and initiate corrective actions.
• Analyze nonstandard accounting transactions for proper treatment.
• Prepare and review adjusting journal entries with audit trails.
• Ensure transactions are properly classified and reconciled.

Job description

The Department of Defense, Veterans' and Emergency Management in Augusta, ME, is seeking a Senior Staff Accountant to ensure financial integrity and compliance with GAAP, GASB, and applicable regulations.

The role requires advanced governmental accounting, financial reporting, reconciliations, and collaboration with fiscal partners to strengthen internal controls and improve processes. The successful candidate will work with state and federal partners to support sound financial decision-making.