State of Oklahoma
Program Accountant
The Program Accountant position is located in the Financial Services and Operations department, reporting to the Financial Manager. The position is non-exempt and is located at 200 NE 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. This position involves professional level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation, and management of financial accounting data. This includes the preparation and posting of various journals, ledgers, and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, and preparation of financial statements and expenditure reports. It also involves the review and approval of various vouchers and invoices for payment, analyzing budget requirements, preparing payroll data, allocation of funds to various accounts or functions, and other similar activities. This is the basic level of the job family where employees are primarily responsible for performing routine entry level work in a training status to build their skills in maintaining, analyzing, and reporting financial information and applying generally accepted accounting principles. In this role they will perform tasks involving the maintenance of financial information, reviewing and processing routine vouchers and invoices for payment, preparation of routine or standardized accounting reports and financial statements, and the reconciliation of simple accounting transactions. Education and experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance or a closely related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of bookkeeping for each year of the required degree. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required at this level include knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories; of financial statements and reports; of accounting ledgers and journals; and of computer technology related to accounting systems. Ability is required to prepare basic financial statements and reports; to review and analyze financial information; and to maintain routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals. This position will manage and ensure data integrity related to project assignments and sequences within the project system. It will also involve assigning, reviewing, reporting, tracking, and measuring active and inactive federal and state projects, programs, and significant cost areas within the agency and to federal and state agencies. The position will manage and ensure data integrity related to the federal funding system, and will assign, modify, and release federal and state funding to the fullest availability, efficiently and effectively through the life of all projects, programs, and significant cost areas. It will provide continuous projections for federal, state available funding, and funding sources throughout the fiscal year. The position will also reconcile capital expenditure with federal and state funding throughout the life of the project or program. Occasional travel as needed for work, training, meetings, etc. Communication skills, analytical skills, computer skills, and software capabilities are critical to this position. The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.
The Program Accountant position is located in the Financial Services and Operations department, reporting to the Financial Manager. The position is non-exempt and is located at 200 NE 21st Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. This position involves professional level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation, and management of financial accounting data. This includes the preparation and posting of various journals, ledgers, and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, and preparation of financial statements and expenditure reports. It also involves the review and approval of various vouchers and invoices for payment, analyzing budget requirements, preparing payroll data, allocation of funds to various accounts or functions, and other similar activities. This is the basic level of the job family where employees are primarily responsible for performing routine entry level work in a training status to build their skills in maintaining, analyzing, and reporting financial information and applying generally accepted accounting principles. In this role they will perform tasks involving the maintenance of financial information, reviewing and processing routine vouchers and invoices for payment, preparation of routine or standardized accounting reports and financial statements, and the reconciliation of simple accounting transactions. Education and experience requirements at this level consist of a bachelor's degree in accounting, business, finance or a closely related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of bookkeeping for each year of the required degree. Knowledge, skills, and abilities required at this level include knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories; of financial statements and reports; of accounting ledgers and journals; and of computer technology related to accounting systems. Ability is required to prepare basic financial statements and reports; to review and analyze financial information; and to maintain routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals. This position will manage and ensure data integrity related to project assignments and sequences within the project system. It will also involve assigning, reviewing, reporting, tracking, and measuring active and inactive federal and state projects, programs, and significant cost areas within the agency and to federal and state agencies. The position will manage and ensure data integrity related to the federal funding system, and will assign, modify, and release federal and state funding to the fullest availability, efficiently and effectively through the life of all projects, programs, and significant cost areas. It will provide continuous projections for federal, state available funding, and funding sources throughout the fiscal year. The position will also reconcile capital expenditure with federal and state funding throughout the life of the project or program. Occasional travel as needed for work, training, meetings, etc. Communication skills, analytical skills, computer skills, and software capabilities are critical to this position. The State of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of genetic information, race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin, or disability.