Finance Officer
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Job Location:
Juneau, AK - USA
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
Yesterday
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Job Description
We are excited to announce that we are recruiting for a Finance Officer in the Office of the Governor Division of Administrative Services. This opportunity rarely opens but plays a vital role in ensuring the financial wellbeing of the Department. This position oversees a small team and is responsible for all accounting activities performed either directly or through supervised team members who manage both expenditure and revenue processes.
What you will be doing:
This position is responsible for oversight of all accounting activities either by performing those in this capacity or through subordinates. This position provides leadership and supervision of the Fiscal Section for both expenditures and revenues. This position develops updates and implements policies and procedures as necessary to ensure the Office of the Governor is reporting accurately and is in compliance with GAAP GASB and all relevant state and federal regulations. This position is also responsible for analyzing interpreting and reporting financial data modifying the accounting system structures and budgets establishing internal controls analyzing costs and providing the necessary tools to make well informed decisions. This position serves as the primary ALDER expert report developer and trainer.
The benefits of joining our team:
Our office offers a dynamic team-oriented atmosphere dedicated toproviding the best customer and professional services to the state of Alaska department staff and to the public. This position offers Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) the Supplemental Annuity Plan (SBS) health insurance twelve paid holidays annually and accrued paid leave.The working environment you can expect:This position is located in the Court Plaza Building in beautiful downtown Juneau where youll have access to many restaurants and trails you can walk on your lunch break.- Knowledge Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of:
Thorough knowledge of accounting theories concepts principles and methods.
Thorough knowledge of data processing as applied to financial control and accounting systems.
Skill in analyzing accounts interpreting the economic and statistical significance and interrelationships of financial data and preparing sound financial management recommendations.
Skill in preparing accurate complete and concise financial reports budgets and statements.
Skill in analyzing and implementing improvements to manual and/or automated financial systems.
Skill in communicating technical financial information to managers and professionals who do not have an accounting background.
Ability to design new approaches to existing programs resolve issues where governing laws and regulations are highly interpretive and precedents are nonexistent or conflicting and plan and coordinate problem resolutions that involve a number of organizational entities.
Ability to apply advanced technology operate new and old systems concurrently and conduct examinations requiring an integrated analysis of intricate and complex accounting systems business activities and financing.
Ability to instruct supervise and evaluate employees.
Ability to communicate effectively with others verbally and in writing.
Minimum Qualifications
Any combination of education and/or experience that provides the applicant with competencies in:
- Accountability: Holds self and others accountable for measurable high-quality timely and cost-effective results. Determines objectives sets priorities and delegates work. Accepts responsibility for own actions and decisions. Complies with established control systems and rules.
- Decision Making: Makes sound well-informed and objective decisions; perceives the impact and implications of decisions; commits to action even in uncertain situations to accomplish organizational goals; causes change.
- Financial Analysis: Knowledge of the principles methods and techniques of financial analysis forecasting and modeling to interpret quantitative and qualitative data; includes data modeling earned value management and evaluating key financial indicators trends and historical data.
- Financial Systems: Knowledge of the standards architecture and specifications of automated financial systems including source documents system flows system interfaces and related internal controls.
- Principles of Accounting: Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles standards and practices (for example double entry accounting accrual accounting) including the full accounting cycle and the preparation of work sheets financial statements ledgers and journals.
- Technical Credibility: Understands and appropriately applies principles procedures requirements regulations and policies related to specialized expertise.
Equivalent to those typically gained by:
Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in accounting budgeting or financial management.
Special Note:
Competencies means a combination of interrelated knowledge skills abilities and behaviors that enable a person to act effectively in a job or situation.
Typically gained by means the prevalent usual method of gaining the competencies expected for entry into the job.
Training and education in this guidance are synonyms for the process of acquiring knowledge and skills through instruction. It includes instruction through formal and informal methods (such as classroom on-line self-study and on-the-job) from accredited and unaccredited sources and long-duration (such as a post-secondary degree) and short-duration (such as a seminar) programs.
Professional experience means work that is creative analytical evaluative and interpretive; requires a range and depth of specialized knowledge of the professions principles concepts theories and practices; and is performed with the power or right to decide or act according to ones own judgment.
Progressively responsible means indicating growth and/or advancement in complexity difficulty or level of responsibility.Additional Required Information
If you are interested in applyingyou must submit a cover letterwith your application. If you are unable to attach to your application email to the address listed below.
All offers of employment at the Office of the Governor are contingent upon results of a background check.
EEO STATEMENT
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aides or services or alternative communication formats please call 1- or in Juneau or TTY: Alaska Relay 711 or 1- or correspond with the Division of Personnel & Labor Relations at: P.O. Box 110201 Juneau AK 99811-0201. The State of Alaska is an equal opportunity employer.Contact Information
Cheri Lowenstein
Administrative Director
Office of Governor Mike Dunleavy
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Key Skills
- Loan Processing
- Fiscal Management
- Accounting Software
- Financial Services
- Financial Concepts
- Financial Report Writing
- QuickBooks
- Accounting
- Agriculture
- Financial Analysis
- Budgeting
- Financial Management
