ACCOUNTING
Accountant
Summary
This professional position is accountable for performing advanced professional accounting work that is wide in scope and complexity. Employees at this level apply advanced accounting and financial theory to develop and implement statewide accounting policies, procedures, and systems, to include analysis and interpretation of financial information and data in accordance with general and government accounting practices and principles. Accountants ensure integrity, accuracy, and control of data and fund expenditures. Work at this level requires working under the guidance of statewide accounting policies and includes uniquely complex issues with many unknowns, and significant risk to the State.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
- In addition to those identified in the previous levels within this career path: Comprehensive knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of all areas of accounting, as well as the laws, principles, and practices as they are related to implementation within the agency.
- Comprehensive knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful interpretation, explanation, and application of the agency's policies, procedures, rules, and regulations in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate understanding and successful use of the principles and practices of project management techniques in the performance of duties.
- Working knowledge of and the ability to demonstrate successful use of computer equipment and associated software/databases in the performance of duties.
- Possess and demonstrate successful communication skills in English via all modes of communication.
- Possess and demonstrate successful management and prioritization of work within predetermined deadlines and stressful/adverse situations.
- Possess and demonstrate the ability to successfully work as a team member and positively interact with a variety of people, as well as work hours as assigned.
- Possess and successfully demonstrate skill in applying Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP).
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the training and mentoring of junior staff.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the development of short and long-range plans that meet established objectives and contribute to the overall goals and mission of the agency.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the development of presentations and training programs, as well as in presenting and training others in the performance of duties.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance in the research, gathering, correlating, and analyzing of facts to develop statistical reports, charts, recommendations, and/or solutions in the performance of duties.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to the rules of conduct for Patrol employees in accordance with General Order 26-02, as well as all other applicable agency policy and procedures.
- Ability to demonstrate successful performance and adherence to policy and procedure in the care and maintenance of restricted and confidential information in the performance of duties.
- Ability to work with material that may be of a sexual nature relating to criminal activity (e.g., written material, photographs, and/or verbal language, etc.)
Minimum Requirements
The following represents the minimum qualifications used to accept applicants, provided that equivalent substitution will be permitted in case of deficiencies in either experience or education.):
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution and two years of relevant experience.
- Must be a United States Citizen, or a legal resident of a country participating in the Visa Waiver Program (VWP).
Necessary Special Requirements
- Documented successful completion of at least 26 hours of professional skill development and leadership training each calendar year.
- Possess and maintain membership in at least one accounting organization.
- Possess and maintain certification in at least one accounting organization.
- working hours are subject to change at the discretion of the commanding authority.