Accountant 5 DNR Finance Officer (PCN 10-0202)

The Department of Natural Resources Support Services Divisionis recruiting for an Accountant 5 in Juneau.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check ourresidency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

This position serves as the Department Finance Officer overseeing operations in accounts payable accounts receivable cost accounts for grants and reimbursable service agreements teams.

Duties and responsibilities include analyzing interpreting and reporting financial data; modifying accounting systems; establishing internal controls; analyzing costs; and providing financial oversight and supervision of agency accounting functions.

This position serves as one of the departments primary ALDER experts report developers and trainers.

This position works with a staff of 14; the fourteen positions serve as the departments financial services team.

The team is responsible for setting policy direction supervising and managing the departments financial aspects including operating and capital budgets.

Mission and Values/Culture:

The Support Services Division is a unified organization dedicated to delivering client-focused financial budget procurement human resources and information technology services to support all DNR staff and public-facing service programs. Providing superior customer service is at the core of everything we do!

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

At SSD we take great pride in our positive work culture! We maintain a supportive and collaborative team environment that fosters professional development accountability and service excellence. Staff eagerly share knowledge and resources look for ways to assist one another and are celebrated for suggesting ways to increase efficiency in our daily work. Our team enjoys flexible schedules and hybrid telework options and places a strong emphasis on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

Our office in Juneau is located on the 5th floor of the Willoughby building in downtown Juneau just across from the State Office Building. Our office offers spectacular channel and mountain views ample parking and quick access to dining and shopping establishments. Juneau boasts a vibrant enjoyable community atmosphere with parks museums excellent schools great restaurants and local theater.

We are looking for a candidate who possesses the following position-specific competencies.

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency-based minimum ensure your application(through work history volunteer experience (duties summary) training education licenses certifications etc.) supports how you have gained the knowledge skills abilities and behaviors (competencies) and that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

Competency Description
The competency description(s) listed below have been designed to promote a common understanding of the essential elements of the job class. They highlight the more general and customary knowledge skills abilities (KSAs) tasks and behaviors used to describe the competency. They typically list expectations instead of specific tasks and are only used as parameters and guidelines. A competencys description is not intended to exclusively define every KSA task and behavior needed to meet the competency successfully but rather to provide the manager/agency with a broad reference of options for how an applicant can meet the job expectation.

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.

** Please read the information below carefully. **

At the time of the interviewplease ensure that you provide the following materials. Failure to do so may result in loss of consideration. Required documents include:

Application Notice

How to Apply webpage (link). Your application must be received by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.

Supplemental Questions

For your application to be evaluated you must answer the Supplemental Questions. The State of Alaska (SOA) uses four proficiency levels to measure and describe an applicants competence in applying specific behaviors knowledge skills and abilities to accomplish a specific task. The four proficiency levels are Mastery Fluency Literacy and Discovery. You must rate your proficiency level for each competency listed in the supplemental questions.

Education

If post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not yet obtained a degree please indicate the units you have completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.

Special Instructions for Foreign Education

Education completed at foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If using this education to meet minimum qualification requirements you must demonstrate that the credentials have been submitted to a private organization specializing in interpreting foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed at least equivalent to that gained in standard U.S. education programs. Alternatively an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution must report that the other institutions transcript is given full value or that full value is recognized in relevant subject areas aligned with the post-secondary institutions curricula. It is your responsibility to provide this evidence when applying.

Work Experience

If using work experience not already documented in your application also provide the employers name job title employment dates and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and whether the minimum qualifications are met. If they are not the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.

Note:Attaching a resume is not a substitute for completing the application in its entirety. Noting see resume or any similar response on any portion of your application may lead to a determination that your application is incomplete and removal from consideration for this job posting.

Bargaining Unit

If you are acurrent state employee please indicate the union to which you belong at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are not a current state employee.

Please ensure your application (through work history training education licenses certifications etc.) supports/demonstrates that you possess the minimum required competencies for the job class.

EEO STATEMENT
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For specific information about this position please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:

Melissa Hurley-Marvin

Deputy Director

Phone: 907.465/3379

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