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Financial Accountant - Receipting

Oklahoma, Fort Gibson, Oklahoma, United States, 74434

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Job Posting Title Financial Accountant - Receipting Agency Teachers' Retirement System

Supervisory Organization Teachers' Retirement System

Job Posting End Date (Continuous if Blank) October 29, 2025

Note: Applications will be accepted until 11:59 PM on the day prior to the posting end date above. Estimated Appointment End Date (Continuous if Blank) Full/Part-Time Full time

Job Type Regular

Compensation Salary up to $62,100 based on education and experience.

Job Description DEFINITION: Under administrative direction of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer, the Financial Accountant is responsible for financial reporting and accounting functions in the Finance Division of the Teachers’ Retirement System of Oklahoma. The incumbent is expected to work cooperatively as a member of the TRS team, incorporating the agency’s Mission, Vision and Values.

DESCRIPTION OF DUTIES This position is assigned professional level work in the maintenance, analysis, interpretation and management of financial accounting data. This may include the preparation and posting of various journals, ledgers and accounts, analysis and presentation of financial data, review of various vouchers and invoices, allocation of funds to various accounts or functions, and other similar activities. The list above is neither all-inclusive nor restrictive. Management reserves the right to further define duties based on operational needs. The essential duties of this position include, but are not limited to, the following:

Receipt all checks and warrants received daily from employers, members and financial institutions. Prepare a report showing the allocation of daily revenue. This function also includes processing all checks received as rollovers for service purchases. This requires correspondence and follow-up with members and/or financial institutions to ensure all documentation is received as soon as administratively possible.

Prepare the daily deposit for monies received and provide a copy to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer who oversees cash management.

Run reports in the State’s PeopleSoft Accounting system and enter payments received through Inter/Intra Agency transfers, maintain an Excel file of pending funds received through these transfers, reconcile and receipt these funds with the System’s accounting program. This function requires contacting and being the point of contact for agencies and employers who submit payments by EFT through the Office of the State Treasurer and submit reports to TRS for Member contributions.

Primary Finance department contact for members who are retirees. This function requires communication with members and researching their monthly benefit payments and annuities. This includes reviewing for discrepancies in banking information, tax withholdings, and changes in monthly benefits. This may also involve entering payments into the System’s accounting program to reissue monthly benefits to members.

Prepare and process Federal and State income tax deposits daily.

Process monthly dues to OREA and RPOE and provide monthly report to appropriate Finance staff.

The Back‑up duties of this position include but are not limited to the following:

Submission of check files to OST

Submission of Debit files to OST

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or business‑related field; or a combination of education and experience, substituting one year of accounting or bookkeeping for each year (or 30 hours) of the required degree.

Preference may be given to individuals with an accounting degree and business accounting experience.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

Apply generally accepted accounting principles and theories

Utilize knowledge of governmental accounting standards

Navigate current computer software, office systems, and equipment

Review and analyze financial information

Prioritize tasks and meet deadlines

Investigate and resolve payment discrepancies or disputes

Possess strong attention to detail in calculations and data entry

Maintain routine accounting data in appropriate ledgers and journals

Perform highly independent work and exercise initiative

Make independent decisions in accordance with laws, rules and regulations

Apply policies to difficult problems

Follow complex oral and written instructions in detail and with accuracy

Possess effective communication skills, demonstrating proficiency in both oral and written communication

Establish positive and effective working relationships with others

Demonstrate integrity and a high degree of ethics

PHYSICAL DEMANDS While performing the duties assigned, the employee is required to:

Use hands to finger, handle, or feel

To talk or hear

Frequently walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms

Sit at a desk and work on a computer and/or phone for prolonged periods of time

Occasionally lift or move up to 10 pounds

Specific vision abilities include close and distance vision

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.

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