Accounting Specialist
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$ 43738 - 76542
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Description of Work
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THE STARTING SALARY FOR A NEW HIRE TO THIS POSITION IS LIMITED TO $43738 $70000. Salary offers for the selected candidate are based on the candidates education and experience related to the position as well as our agency budget and equity.
This position serves as an Accounts Payable Lead Worker for the State Crime Laboratory. This position will work closely with the Forensic Scientist Managers over the Administrative Operations Section on financial program monitoring of Crime Laboratory grants and general cost center funds. This position will have oversight of the daytoday flow of work for AP staff in the Crime Laboratory and will train and coach AP staff as needed.
Some travel including some overnight stays are required.
Selected candidate will undergo a background and records check.
Note to Current State Employees:
The salary grade for this position is NC11. State employees are encouraged to apply for positions of interest even if the salary grade is the same as or lower than their current position. Please detail ALL work history including nonstate service experience. If selected for this position a new salary will be recalculated taking into consideration the quantity of relevant education and experience funding availability and internal equity. Based upon these factors a pay increase MAY or MAY NOT result.
The State of North Carolina offers employer paid health insurance plus twelve paid holidays generous vacation and sick leave accrual dental vision and other insurance options and retirement benefits. You can view our benefits information at Employee Benefits.Division Information:
The primary purpose of the State Crime Laboratory is to accept find preserve and provide scientific forensic analysis of evidence for the criminal justice community. The forensic services provided include inlab analyses technical field assistance and expert witness testimony in the following areas: Digital Evidence Drug Chemistry Firearm & Tool Mark Forensic Biology DNA Database Latent Evidence Toxicology and Trace Evidence.
The Administrative Operations Section is located in Raleigh at Laboratory Headquarters on Tryon Road. The Administrative Section is responsible for business and logistical operations to include facility management activities security for the laboratory system purchasing shipping and receiving equipment inventory and property control fleet management mail and freight services expendables warehouse credit card management telephone systems and janitorial services.
Department Information:
TheNorth Carolina Department of Justice works to prevent crime and support law enforcement to safeguard consumers and to defend the State its people and their constitutional rights.
Knowledge Skills and Abilities / Competencies
Documented experience auditing accounts payable transactions.
Documented experience reconciling grant transactions.
Ability to verify and ensure accuracy and validity of moderately complex transactions.
Ability to examine accounting records to assure adherence to accounting standards and regulations. (Examples: variety of funding sources with different reporting cycles and standards; reinvestment of funds and accountability for the more complex funding sources.
Ability to maintain and manage accounting records of moderate variety and complexity including preparation of financial statements and reports. (Examples: research compile and analyze information; prepare statistics; write/draft reports; make recommendations for resolution.
Ability to explain and interpret financial information.
Ability to resolve problems of moderate complexity.
Ability to make suggestions for and/or implement process improvements in the work unit.
Minimum Education and Experience Requirements
Some state job postings say you can qualify by an equivalent combination of education and experience. If that language appears below then you may qualify through EITHER years of education OR years of directly related experience OR a combination of both. See for details.
Bachelors degree in accounting business administration or other curriculum that would provide a core curriculum in financial management coursework from an appropriately accredited institution;
or
Associates degree in accounting from an appropriately accredited institution and three 3 years of accounting or auditing experience;
or
High school or General Educational Development (GED) diploma and four 4 years of experience as an accounting technician three of which must have been at an advanced technical level;
or
an equivalent combination of education and experience.Supplemental and Contact Information
Note the following:If multiple applications are submitted to an individual posting only the most recent application received prior to the closing date will be accepted. Applications must be submitted by 5:00 PM on the closing date.
Resumes and cover letters:To receive credit for your work history and credentials you must list the information on the online application form. This information is used to determine if you meet the requirements of the position and if you are selected it is used to determine a salary offer.
Using the terms See Resume or See Attachment will not be accepted and your application will be rejected as incomplete. Cover letters are highly encouraged but not required.
Transcripts:Degrees must be received from appropriately accredited institutions. A copy of your transcripts indicating the degree received can be uploaded with your application. If a transcript has been requested your application will be considered incomplete if you do not provide one. Using a photograph of your diploma is not acceptable.
Credit for foreign degrees will only be given if verification of degree certification is attached to your application. Transcripts for foreign degrees have to be evaluated by an organization like World Education Services to determine US equivalency.
Any licenses or certificates must be included in the appropriate section of the application form.
Applicants seeking Veterans Preference must attach a copy of their DD214 or discharge orders.
Applicants seeking National Guard Preference must attach a NGB 23A (RPAS) if you are a current member of the NC National Guard in good standing. If you are a former member of the NC National Guard who served for at least 6 years and was discharged under honorable conditions you must attach either a DD256 or NGB 22.
Application status:To check the status of your application please log in to your account. Upon the closing date applications are Under Review and will be screened by Human Resources for the qualified applicants. The hiring process may take an average of 6 8 weeks. All applicants will be notified by email once a position is filled.
If you are having technical issues submitting your application please call the NeoGov Help Line at. If there are any questions about this posting other than your application status please contact the NC DOJ Human Resources office.
The NC Department of Justice is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The NC Department of Justice uses MeritBased Recruitment to select from among the most qualified applicants to fill positions subject to the State Human Resources Act.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
NC Department of Justice
Human Resources
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
