Accountant Job at State of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City

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Overview

The position is located in the Accounting Unit in the Support Services Division in Oklahoma City, OK. The role involves professional-level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation, and management of financial accounting data, including preparation and posting of journals, ledgers, and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, preparation of financial statements and expenditure reports, review and approval of vouchers and invoices, analysis of budget requirements, payroll data preparation, and allocation of funds to various accounts.

Responsibilities

• Oversight of Accounts Payable claims processing for OSBI & ABLE Commission.
• Oversight of inventory operations for OSBI & ABLE Commission.
• P-Card editing and voucher preparation.
• Daily supervision of assigned accounting staff.
• Creation, annual review, and updating of processes and workflows for all accounting functions for OSBI and ABLE Commission.
• Reviews, analyzes, and presents financial data, including revenue projections and expenditure reports, to determine funding requirements.
• Prepares financial statements, reports of operations, expenditure reports, statistical data, and other information concerning financial requirements; assists in gathering and reviewing data for preparation of budget work programs.
• Maintains various ledgers, journals, registers and other fiscal records; allocates revenues to appropriate functions; classifies expenditures and posts to various accounts as required.
• Reviews and processes expense vouchers, invoices, and other fiscal documents for payment; reconciles various financial reports and other data concerning fiscal operations.
• Determines payroll requirements; maintains payroll data; prepares and processes monthly payrolls.

Qualifications

Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, finance, or a closely related field plus four years of professional accounting experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience, substituting one year of bookkeeping for each year of the required degree.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting principles and theories; financial statements and reports; accounting ledgers and journals; computer technology related to accounting systems; payroll systems; budget preparation; governmental accounting standards; supervisory practices and principles. Ability to prepare basic financial statements and reports; review and analyze financial information; maintain routine accounting data; review revenue and cost data for budget work programs; perform highly independent work; make independent decisions; resolve complex accounting and financial problems; supervise and direct the work of others.

Special Requirements
Successful applicants must be willing to submit to a drug screen, polygraph examination for commissioned positions, psychological evaluation, and a thorough background investigation. Certain events automatically disqualify an applicant, such as felony conviction, admission of an undetected crime that would have been a felony charge, failure to pay federal or state income tax, positive confirmed drug urine test, or illegal use of a controlled substance within specified time frames.

Senior Level

Mid-Senior level.

Employment Type

Full-time.

Job Function

Accounting/Auditing and Finance.

Industries

Government Administration.