Elevate your career and find a healthy work-life balance by joining the Wyoming Office of the Attorney General. We are currently seeking highly motivated organized and professional applicants for an accountant position. This position will perform a variety of accounting activities associated with fiscal processing transactions in a timely and efficient manner. This position will be responsible for processing various payments contracts and deposits for three (3) sections of the Attorney Generals office. Manage and track the departments accounts receivable.
The Attorney Generals Office provides employees an opportunity to develop expertise and utilize their skills in a dynamic and collegial work environment while maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
The State of Wyomings total compensation package is excellent and includes:
Paid annual and sick leave
Paid holidays
Retirement with employer contributions
Deferred Compensation Plan with employer contributions
Health insurance with employer contribution toward premiums
Insurance options for health dental life vision ambulance and short and long-term disability
Longevity pay
Human Resource Contact: Stacy Berres / /
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: The listed functions are illustrative only and are not intended to describe every function that may be performed at the job level.
Process division procurement card (P-Card) payments monthly verifying documentation and correcting coding. Process division travel reimbursements. For each of these responsibilities ensure appropriate paperwork is submitted promptly and accurate coding within WOLFS (State Accounting System i.e. WOLFS).
Track all Law Office expenditures billable to other departments prepare monthly invoices and track payments to ensure the department is reimbursed. Follow up with departments when payments are not received.
Update the state accounting system communicate with the State Auditors Office as needed and maintain subsidiary records as required.
Provide backup for the division accountants as needed. The backup includes filing processing payments of invoices and other duties as assigned. This position also provides backup as needed for processing funds received in the CJIS section.
Prepare invoices for the Law Enforcement Academy for all advanced training courses. Track and record payments in the WOLFS accounting system and the Fiscal Invoice database.
Qualifications
PREFERENCES:
Preference is given to applicants with a degree in business finance economics statistics accounting or business/office administration
Preference is given to applicants with two years of progressive work experience in fiscal or payroll processing.
KNOWLEDGE:
Knowledge of internal control processes.
Knowledge of basic accounting and business principles.
Knowledge of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles & Government Accounting.
Knowledge of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act state and department laws policies procedures and rules including the State of Wyoming Personnel Rules.
Knowledge of the WOLFS Accounting System.
Knowledge of office management and organization methods.
Knowledge of Excel Word and general computer program applications data management and record-keeping.
Skill in interpersonal relations organizing communicating and analyzing fiscal and payroll-related data.
Skill in professional oral and written communication.
Skill in gathering data and analytically reviewing it to answer questions and resolve problems.
Ability to organize materials and time and to work efficiently under pressure.
Ability to communicate with staff employees and representatives of other divisions and agencies to resolve fiscal and payroll issues.
Ability to analyze data solve problems work independently to prioritize tasks and maintain error-free work.
Ability to maintain confidentiality in all aspects of work.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
Education:
Bachelors Degree (typically in Finance)
Experience:
0-1 year of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accounting Technician
OR
Education & ExperienceSubstitution:
3-4 years of progressive work experience (typically in Finance) with acquired knowledge at the level of an Accounting Technician
Certificates Licenses Registrations:
None
Necessary Special Requirements
NOTES:
FLSA: Non-Exempt
All non-exempt employees are paid hourly
Successful applicants are required to pass a criminal background investigation
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