Accountant VII

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If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Innovation, collaboration, and a commitment to excellence best describes the culture here at the Comptroller’s Office. We take pride in the work we do serving as Texas' accountant, tax collector, treasurer, and much more! The Comptroller’s office serves virtually every citizen in the state. As Texas’ chief tax collector, accountant, revenue estimator, treasurer and purchasing manager, the agency is responsible for writing the checks and keeping the books for the multi-billion-dollar business of state government.

Our agency workforce is as diverse as the people of Texas we serve. We value our employees and take very seriously our collective commitment to public service. Personal development opportunities are strongly encouraged through available workshops, teambuilding exercises, and on the job training. We offer flexible scheduling that helps employees maintain a healthy work-life balance.

About The Division:

Join the Treasury Accounting team as an Accountant VII! Work involves preparing and/or overseeing the preparation of financial statements, financial analyses, records, and/or reports, establishing, maintaining, and/or overseeing accounting systems, procedures, and controls. Acts as the senior accountant and special projects SME for Treasury Accounting.

Qualifications:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree.
• 5 year’s experience performing senior level accounting, banking, financial operations and/or related state government experience.
• 5 year’s experience in Excel, Word, and other basic office software.
• 5 year’s experience in the Uniform Statewide Accounting System (USAS), primarily in agency fund accounting.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience in PeopleSoft.
• Experience in agency accounting in CAPPS.
• Experience in preparing and responsibility for agency Annual Financial Report (AFR).
• Registered, certified, or licensed in accounting or financial field.

Substitutions:

• Each additional year of experience in accounting and/or financial operations in either private or government entity may substitute a year of education up to four years (120 semester hours).

Licenses and Certifications:

• Registered, certified, or licensed in an accounting or financial field is preferred.

In this role you will:

• Oversees the analysis of processing systems and functions and recommends changes as necessary.
• Serves as subject matter expert (SME) representing the division in meetings dealing with various aspects of Treasury and Statewide accounting.
• Maintains section accounting records retention, ensuring that all proscribed guidelines and rules are followed.
• Draft, update, and maintains section accounting procedures and policies by updating or drafting step-by-step guidelines for completing tasks.
• Oversees and/or maintain overall quality control of the agency’s accounting systems.
• Provide resolution to outstanding accounting reconciling items and ensure the integrity of accounting files.
• Perform the reconciliation of the monthly USAS/Treasury Master Control Reconciliation Report.
• Performs accounting entries for multiple entities including but not limited to 311 CPA Treasury Fiscal and 908 Texas Bullion Depository
• Maintains CAPPS entries when necessary and reconciles CAPPS to accounting systems.
• Performs Fund Accounting tasks including but not limited to: balancing the warrant system and compiling all warrant information from approved issuing agencies and reconciling to file totals posting to the warrant database, including balancing cancelled and voided warrant totals. the Fund Post system and the Bank Cash system, to reconcile all monies and investment totals to all fund balances in the Uniform Statewide Accounting System (USAS), balancing total cash in Banks to total cash in Funds.
• The processing of monthly interest allocation system calculates and distributes, on a pro rata basis, the interest earnings of the State, and ensuring that the interest is calculated at the agency fund level and credited at the fund level stipulated by state statute.
• Prepares and reviews general ledger accounting entries and reconciliation of financial transactions.
• Assists in the preparation of the Annual Financial Report for 311 CPA Treasury Fiscal and 908 Texas Bullion Depository.
• Acts as the primary contact point for the State Auditor’s office in the yearly Treasury audit related to the State’s Annual Consolidated Financial Report (ACFR) and coordinates and reviews all data compilation and sample reconciliations required for annual financial reports, which may include working with the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts’ Financial Reporting Section to compile the statewide ACFR.
• Serves as the SME for major projects including but not limited to:
• CAPPS deployment and reconciliation of agencies 311 and 908
• Overseeing the transition to USAS to CAPPS STAR for Treasury
• Migrating the fund-to-cash reconciliation from Excel to Peoplesoft
• Performs the allocation of federal funds to state and local programs, including endowments; assists counties with federal forest fund elections and then distributes pass-through federal funds from USDA and ONRR to Texas counties for forest services; processes Payment In Lieu of Taxes (PILT) entries with the US Department of Interior (DOI) regarding Federal revenue sharing payments to counties.
• Performs other related work as assigned and assists with special projects.

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If you are seeking to gain knowledge, build your career, and network among goal-oriented professionals, this is the place for you!

Important Note to the Candidate:

Salary is contingent upon qualifications. If you are scheduled for an interview and require any reasonable accommodation in our interview process, please inform the hiring representative who calls you to schedule your interview. Whenever possible, please give the hiring representative sufficient time to consider and respond to your request.

MILITARY PREFERENCE

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Applications submitted through Work in Texas:

Work In Texas (WIT) applicants must complete supplemental questions to be considered for the position. To complete the supplemental questions please go to CAPPS Recruit to register or login and access your profile.

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