Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife · 2 days ago
General Accounting Lead - Fiscal Analyst 4 - Permanent - 2026-00489
Olympia, WA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior LevelWashington Department of Fish & Wildlife is seeking a General Accounting Lead to oversee the Fiscal Services Program. The successful candidate will provide leadership and training to staff, coordinate financial tasks, and ensure accuracy in financial reporting and accounting processes.
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Responsibilities
Lead Worker
This position is a lead worker that provides leadership and training to General Accounting and Fiscal Office staff
Lead financial worker of Fiscal Office, including coordination, oversight, and performance of a variety of complex manual and automated fiscal tasks including reconciliations of agency subsidiary accounts such as capital assets, IT costs, expenditure correction, chart of accounts, daily in-process, payroll reconciliation, and multiple general ledger accounts that maintain the financial integrity of agency-wide core internal accounting system and processes
This position prepares and/or has an oversight of other related financial reports, business analysis and investigation of various business transactions that may be questioned by auditors or assigned by their supervisor for review
Independently reviews the work of others, makes recommendations of assigned work, tracks progress and uses metrics to formulate goals
This position is lead and serves as a liaison between DFW, OFM, OST for functions such as the One Washington project, belated claims, and the state Lease Purchase program. Most of the job duties assigned to this position fall in the General Accounting Unit. However, this position works as a liaison coordinating cross-unit projects
Fiscal Year-end Close and OFM exception reporting
Coordinate and prepare fiscal year-end entries for compensated absence, consumable inventory, petty cash, capital assets and lease purchase
Daily monitoring of exception reports, research discrepancies, working with appropriate Fiscal Office staff to provide resolution and make necessary adjustments
Provides oversight to the FA2 regarding year-end "Due to" balances to report to OFM
Research and Reporting of Financial Data
Coordinates preparation and submission of financial reports required by state and federal government agencies
Lead coordinator of PDR requests
Receives and responds to inquiries from agency staff regarding fiscal data and reports
Responsible for overseeing the preparation of monthly status reports and performance measures
Fiscal Office Liaison for coordination of state lease purchase program, belated claims approvals, One Washington SSO Project and IT costs
Qualification
Required
Experience in performing a number of complex stand-alone, time-sensitive financial duties that affect other programs and staff
Experience in monitoring and troubleshooting of agency accounting and budgeting exception reports and fiscal status reports to assure accuracy of expenditure, revenue, and general ledger accounting
Ability to coordinate, troubleshoot, and assist other Fiscal Office staff to ensure appropriate training and development is received to conduct and complete assigned fiscal duties
Leadership and training experience to General Accounting and Fiscal Office staff
Experience in coordination, oversight, and performance of a variety of complex manual and automated fiscal tasks including reconciliations of agency subsidiary accounts such as capital assets, IT costs, expenditure correction, chart of accounts, daily in-process, payroll reconciliation, and multiple general ledger accounts
Experience in preparing and/or oversight of related financial reports, business analysis, and investigation of various business transactions
Ability to independently review the work of others, make recommendations of assigned work, track progress, and use metrics to formulate goals
Experience serving as a liaison between DFW, OFM, OST for functions such as the One Washington project, belated claims, and the state Lease Purchase program
Experience coordinating and preparing fiscal year-end entries for compensated absence, consumable inventory, petty cash, capital assets, and lease purchase
Experience in daily monitoring of exception reports, researching discrepancies, and working with appropriate Fiscal Office staff to provide resolution and make necessary adjustments
Experience providing oversight to the FA2 regarding year-end 'Due to' balances to report to OFM
Experience coordinating preparation and submission of financial reports required by state and federal government agencies
Experience as lead coordinator of PDR requests
Ability to receive and respond to inquiries from agency staff regarding fiscal data and reports
Experience overseeing the preparation of monthly status reports and performance measures
Experience serving as a liaison for coordination of state lease purchase program, belated claims approvals, One Washington SSO Project, and IT costs
Company
Washington Department of Fish & Wildlife
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife: Providing information resources to protect, restore, and enhance Washington's fish and wildlife.
Founded in 1892
1001-5000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Erin Browning
Lands Partnership and Project Coordinator
Matt Oram
Chief Information Officer
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