Job Description
What You Will Be Doing
Are you ready to advance your career while working with a team of exceptionally knowledgeable, collaborative, and innovative people? Are you looking for a supervisory position in a division that provides outstanding leadership, flexibility, mentoring, and training opportunities and promotes a healthy work-life balance? We’ve got the job for you!
The Support Services Division (SSD) Financial Services section is seeking an Accountant 4 to join our dynamic team of subject matter experts. We are looking for a detail-oriented person who is passionate about leadership excellence, a skilled communicator, and demonstrates the ability to balance performing day-to-day tasks with being available to meet the needs of their team. The Financial Services team values hard work, accountability, and a great sense of humor. If this sounds like you, read on!
Mission and Culture
The Support Services Division is a unified organization dedicated to delivering client-focused financial, budget, procurement, human resource, and information technology services to support all DNR staff and public-facing service programs. Providing superior customer service is at the core of everything we do!
Core Responsibilities
The Accountant 4 position supports DNR divisions in meeting their missions by overseeing revenue recognition operations for various funds within DNR. Key responsibilities include:
- Supervising a team of accounting staff.
- Assisting the DNR Finance Officer with preparing Annual Financial Comprehensive Report submissions.
- Management reporting between program divisions.
- Oversight of the Revenue and Billing System (R&B System).
Revenues arriving in the R&B System come from a variety of programs relating to:
- Oil & Gas
- Mining
- Agriculture
- Timber contracts
The funds are distributed to various statewide governmental funds, including the:
- Permanent Fund
- Agriculture Revolving Loan Fund (ARLF)
- Mental Health Trust Fund (MHTF)
- Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS) Fund
- General Fund (GF)
- Public School Trust Fund (PSTF)
Benefits of Joining Our Team
At SSD, we take great pride in our positive work culture! We are motivated by our team members’ successes and view every situation as a learning opportunity. We maintain a supportive and collaborative team environment that fosters professional development, accountability, and service excellence. The staff eagerly share knowledge and resources, look for ways to assist one another, and are celebrated for suggesting ways to increase efficiency in our daily work. Our team enjoys flexible schedules and hybrid telework options and places a strong emphasis on maintaining a healthy work-life balance.
The Working Environment You Can Expect
Located on the 14th floor of the Atwood Building in downtown Anchorage, our office offers spectacular views, ample parking, and quick access to dining and shopping establishments. The city of Anchorage boasts a vibrant, enjoyable community atmosphere with parks, museums, excellent schools, great restaurants, and theaters. Life in Alaska is an outdoor recreationist’s dream! Abundant public lands offer hundreds of miles of skiing, running, and hiking trails, as well as plentiful fishing and hunting opportunities.
Ideal candidates would have:
- The ability to research, interpret, apply, and explain concurrent laws, rules, and regulations.
- Working knowledge of GASB, GAAP encompassing government or non-profit accounting experience with reconciliation, billing, reporting, fund and appropriation accounting.
- ALDER reporting, formatting, scheduling, or other similar enterprise accounting and reporting systems.
- Experience with IRIS or other enterprise accounting systems, including standalone subsystems for tracking financial data outside those systems.
- Experience transitioning from one enterprise accounting system to another enterprise accounting system.
- Exceptional supervisory and leadership acumen, including strong interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to make sound judgments and decisions.
Minimum Qualifications
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.
- Financial Analysis: Knowledge of the principles, methods, and techniques of financial analysis, forecasting, and modeling to interpret quantitative and qualitative data; includes data modeling, earned value management, and evaluating key financial indicators, trends, and historical data.
- 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.
- Reasoning: Identifies rules, principles, or relationships that explain facts, data, or other information; analyzes information and makes correct inferences or draws accurate conclusions.
- Technical Competence: Uses knowledge that is acquired through formal training or extensive on-the-job experience to perform one's 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.
Additional Required Information
**NOTE: PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING CAREFULLY**
THIS RECRUITMENT IS FOR ALASKA RESIDENTS ONLY
This recruitment is open to Alaska Residents only. Applicants must meet Alaska Residency Requirements to be considered for employment at this time.
At the time of application, the applicant must attach as individual documents the following items (If unable to attach documents, please fax or email the contact listed below):
- Transcripts, if used, to demonstrate meeting minimum qualification requirements.
If selected for an interview, the applicant must provide the following:
- Three most recent evaluations or letters of recommendation.
- List of three professional references with current contact information.
- Resume.
Application NoticeYou can ONLY apply for this position through the Workplace Alaska website or a hardcopy application. Instructions on how to apply with Workplace Alaska may be found on the Workplace Alaska “
How to Apply” page. Your application must be submitted by 5:00 p.m. Alaska Standard Time on the closing date.
Supplemental QuestionsA cover letter is NOT required for this position. This recruitment utilizes a supplemental questionnaire as part of the application process. Your complete application, including supplemental questions, will help determine whether you will advance to the interview phase of the recruitment and selection process.
EducationIf post-secondary education is required to meet the minimum qualifications, you must fill out the Education section of the application. If you have not obtained a degree, please indicate the units completed. Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications for a position.
Special Instructions for Foreign EducationEducation completed in foreign colleges or universities may be used to meet the minimum qualifications listed above. If utilizing this education, you must show that the education credentials have been submitted to a private organization that specializes in the interpretation of foreign educational credentials and that such education has been deemed to be at least equivalent to that gained in conventional U.S. education programs; or an accredited U.S. post-secondary institution reports the other institution as one whose transcript is given full value, or full value is given in subject areas applicable to the curricula at the post-secondary institution. It is your responsibility to provide such evidence when applying.
Work ExperienceIf using work experience not already documented in your application, also provide the employer’s name, job title, employment dates, and whether full or part-time. Applications will be reviewed to determine whether the responses are supported and minimum qualifications are clearly met. If they are not, the applicant may not advance to the recruitment interview and selection phase.
Note: Attaching a resume is not an alternative to filling out the application entirely. 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 UnitIf you are a
current state employee, please mark the union you are a member of at the time of application. Do not complete this question if you are
not a current state employee.EEO StatementThe State of Alaska complies with Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Individuals with disabilities who require accommodation, auxiliary aides or services, or alternative communication formats, please call 1-800-587-0430 or 465-4095 in Juneau or (907) 465-3412 (TTY) 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
Workplace Alaska Application Questions & Assistance
Questions regarding application submission or system operation errors should be directed to the Workplace Alaska hotline at 1-800-587-0430 (toll-free) or (907) 465-4095 if you are in the Juneau area. Requests for information may also be emailed to recruitment.services@alaska.gov.
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For specific information about this position, please get in touch with the hiring manager at the following:
Name: Melissa Hurley-Marvin Title: Deputy Director Email: melissa.hurley-marvin@alaska.gov
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