Accountant 3 Fire Cost Accountant (PCN 10-9821)

Palmer, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Job Description

The Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Fire Protectionis recruiting a Fire Cost Accountant in Palmer Alaska.

This position is open to Alaska Residents only.

Please check ourresidency definition to determine if you qualify.

What You Will Be Doing:

The Fire Cost Accountant is responsible for overseeing all accounting activities associated with both Operating and Capital budgets for the Fire Protection program within the Division of Forestry & Fire Protection. This role includes direct supervision of three accounting technicians at varying levels (Accounting Technician 1 2 and 3) ensuring that daily cost tracking for in-state fires is accurate and up to date and managing the complex interagency wildland fire billing process known as crossbill.

In addition to these operational duties the Fire Cost Accountant is tasked with developing and implementing new policies as well as establishing long-term accounting objectives to support the programs financial health. The position also serves as a critical liaison maintaining relationships with interagency partners and may participate in wildland fire cost committees to represent the Divisions interests and collaborate on cost management strategies.

Mission and Values/Culture:

This role is in the Division of Forestry & Fire Protections (DFFP) Administrative Unit. DFFPs mission is to safely manage wildland fires that threaten life property and critical infrastructure across 150 million acres. We achieve this by ensuring that our firefighting personnel equipment and infrastructure are maintained in a state of readiness and by collaborating closely with federal state and local emergency response agencies to provide effective wildland fire management and protection for the State of Alaska.

Benefits of Joining Our Team:

The benefits of joining the DFFP wildland fire team include the unique opportunity to collaborate with dedicated professionals who are passionate about achieving fire fuels and forestry goals. You will thrive in a dynamic professional environment united by a clear vital mission that supports the State of Alaska and safeguards its residents businesses and investments. Every day brings new challenges and opportunities to grow your skills while making a tangible difference for Alaskans. Our team is committed to excellence camaraderie and protecting the natural beauty and resources that define our state.

The Working Environment You Can Expect:

This position resides in Palmer AK at 101 S Airport Road. DFFP encourages team building and camaraderie. This environment helps promote friendship and loyalty within the organization. These close-knit relationships motivate our employees and foster trust when working in a fast-paced emergency-response environment. Our team is made up of individuals with diverse talents backgrounds and abilities.

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

Cost Accounting: Knowledge of the principles procedures and methods of cost accounting including the use of historical cost market value or present value to measure cost; methods for assigning cost to accounting periods; and cost allocation cost accrual depreciation and unit cost.
Accounting Operations: Knowledge of general ledger accounting and the control/subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques including accounts receivable accounts payable and disbursing officers accountability.
Control of Funds: Knowledge of the principles procedures and requirements for maintaining control and accountability of obligations and expenditures for all appropriations and fund accounts (for example revolving non-appropriated multiyear and single-year appropriations).

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Minimum Qualifications

Competency-Based Minimum Qualifications Instructions
This job class uses competency-based minimum qualifications.Please 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

Analysis and Assessment: Uses information technology in accessing collecting analyzing maintaining and disseminating data and information.
Analytical Thinking/Problem Solving: uses a logical systematic sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on ones knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
Oral and Written Communication: Expresses information (for example ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example technical sensitive controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others attends to nonverbal cues and responds appropriately.
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 Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform ones job; works with understands and evaluates technical information related to the job; advises others on technical issues.

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

** 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:

Copies of your last 2 performance evaluations or letters of reference if evaluations are not available.
Three professional references with current contact information with at least one of them being your most recent supervisor including name job title employer and current phone number(s).
Copies of any fire-related training certificates.

SPECIAL NOTICES

Requires travel within the state for meetings conferences events and as fire activity increases to regional and area offices located in Fairbanks Palmer Delta Tok Soldotna Glenallen and McGrath.

Application Notice

How to Apply webpage. 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 does not substitute for completing the application in full. 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
The State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation auxiliary aids or services or alternative communication formats should 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

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

Andrea Fruean

Fire Protection Administrative Operations Manager

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Job DescriptionThe Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry & Fire Protectionis recruiting a Fire Cost Accountant in Palmer Alaska.This position is open to Alaska Residents only.Please check ourresidency definition to determine if you qualify.What You Will Be Doing: The Fire Cost Account...