Receivables Accountant
- State of Colorado
- Centennial, CO, USA
- $58,872 yearly
Job Description
Department Information
The Colorado Department of Military & Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has three major operational divisions: Army National Guard, Air National Guard, and Veterans Affairs. These divisions utilize state and federal resources to provide our communities, state, and nation with a ready military force for national defense and state emergency response as well as providing assistance to our Colorado veterans.
DMVA offers a comprehensive benefit program to its classified work force that includes paid holidays, annual leave, sick leave, medical, dental, life, disability, flexible spending accounts, and public retirement options. DMVA also strives to assist employees in achieving a healthy work/life balance by offering compressed work weeks, on-site fitness facilities, free parking, and a variety of training opportunities!
Description of Job
This position is part of the Executive Director's branch, Accounting Services division and is located at our Joint Forces Headquarters in Centennial. This division provides budget, accounting, and financial reporting services for DMVA. This position performs a variety of duties for the department to include, but not limited to:
- accounts receivable and cooperative agreement federal billing;
- posting all cash receipts and received checks, creating cash receipt documents, reconciling bank and credit card accounts, clearing accounts receivable balances by program, and recording and depositing checks received in the office;
- providing first level review of system requisition document for proper coding and funding verification, ensuring supporting documentation, approvals, vendor information, line descriptions and coordinating with initiators to ensure compliance;
- reconciling balance sheet accounts and payroll postings, making necessary adjusting entries and providing variance analysis to the Controller;
- coordinate Colorado Guard on Active Duty billing and tracking activities to include payroll, purchase cards, federal equipment billing, to verify transactional recording and coding as well as backup data, reconciling with other departmental staff to identify issues and rectify errors;
- management of employee travel processes and procedures, reconciling by activity, to ensure proper coding, posting of payment transactions, and submitting for approval.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Minimum Qualifications:
Experience Only:
OR
Education and Experience:
Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will substitute for four (4) years of education
OR
Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in accounting. PLEASE ATTACH UNOFFICIAL TRANSCRIPTS TO YOUR ON-LINE APPLICATION.
Preferred Qualification:
Individuals with prior State Accounting experience and/or experience with CORE are preferred.
Appeal Rights:
As an applicant directly affected by the results of the selection or comparative analysis process, you may file a written appeal with the State Personnel Director.
Review of the completed, signed and submitted appeal will be timely on the basis of written material submitted by you, using the official appeal form signed by you or your representative. This form must be completed and delivered to the State Personnel Board by email at dpa_state.personnelboard@state.co.us within ten (10) calendar days from your receipt of notice or acknowledgment of the Department’s action.
For further information on the Board Rules, you can refer to 4 Colorado Code of Regulations (CCR) 801-1, State Personnel Board Rules and Personnel Director's Administrative Procedures, Chapter 8, Resolution of Appeals and Disputes, at spb.colorado.gov/board-rules.
Supplemental Information
Accommodations:
The Department ofMilitary and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADAAA Coordinator, at 720-250-1538.
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