Accountant Job at State of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City

Accountant

Agency: 740 STATE TREASURER

Supervisory Organization: Office of the State Treasurer

This is an "In-Person" position.

Basic Purpose

Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving 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, 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.

Typical Functions

• Daily calculation of cash positions.
• Enter and approve daily journal entries in the Peoplesoft system.
• Provide daily collateral amounts for two main banks.
• Enter daily amounts in the 1741 worksheet as well as reconciling the account at the end of the month.
• Coverage of the wire desk by verifying agencies' wire requests and entering wire information accurately.
• Process daily internal wire verifications and export files to IT.
• Enter collection items.
• Handle non-repetitive wire requests.
• Provide support for other departmental functions.
• Other duties as assigned.

Level Descriptor

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

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, Abilities and Competencies

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.

Equal Opportunity Employment

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.