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State of Colorado · 2 days ago

ACCOUNTANT III Lead.

Denver, CO

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

8+ years exp

The State of Colorado is seeking an Accountant III Lead to provide accountable financial information about Human Services Programs. This professional accounting position involves generating, compiling, analyzing, and interpreting accounting and reporting functions for State and Federal programs, as well as leading subordinate accounting staff to ensure division goals are met.

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Responsibilities

Accesses fiscal systems to produce, correct, audit, approve, and input financial and budget transactions that pertain to the Federal and State Programs

Reconciles all general and grant ledger accounts relative to all expenditures, revenue, obligations for all assigned programs, both federal and state, by analyzing and investigating various types of errors and interpreting the account expenditures and balances of funds available and using the data received from all financial systems to produce accurate and complete information for federal and management reporting

Prepare program financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual basis by analyzing and interpreting CORE data to determine if they are allowable or unallowable costs for the programs for which the financial reports are being produced

Prepares and interprets system reports for all assigned programs, and Budget by utilizing a variety of excel spreadsheets to manipulate, enhance, combine the elements and different levels of detail present in CORE and the reports they produce

Monitors budget balances and resolves any problems with the budget division by preparing budgetary documents for allocations, transfers, increases, decreases, and corrections for the appropriations belonging to the programs assigned

Executes year end closing of all accounts related to programs assigned by utilizing and analyzing CORE and other financial information

This position will design, plan, schedule, coordinate and oversee the work of subordinate accounting staff to ensure division goals are met by incorporating established deadlines, work plans and assigned projects into the workflow of the unit; provide leadership, guidance, accounting and subject expertise; clarify and decide coding issues and requirements; ensure reporting deadlines are met; provide training for staff, assist the unit supervisor with developing employee performance plans and preparing performance evaluations utilizing Performance Management and Pay (PMAP)

Qualification

Professional AccountingCORE SystemFinancial ReportingBudget MonitoringCPA CertificationExcel SpreadsheetsAnalytical SkillsLeadershipCommunicationProblem Solving

Required

Eight (8) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position, specifically professional accounting experience

A combination of related education (coursework requires 27 semester hours completed in an accounting or auditing) and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned equal to (8) years

Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will count for six (6) years of the requirement

This position requires State of Colorado residency at the time of application (unless otherwise identified in this position), and residency within the state throughout the duration of employment in this position

Occasional travel, as needed, to facilities or other offices related to training and department requirements