Accountant 3 (PCN 089039)

State of Alaska • Juneau or Anchorage, AK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This position is open to Alaska residents only. The successful candidate will bring strategic oversight into financial operations, ensuring the Division’s fiscal integrity and compliance with GAAP, GASB, and all applicable state and federal regulations. The Division of Investments has an unwavering commitment to exceptional customer service and is exemplified through proactive engagement with our valued customers. By fostering positive experiences and forging personal connections, we strengthen relationships within our community and across the state. The Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development’s mission is to promote a healthy economy, strong communities, and protect consumers in Alaska. The mission of the Division of Investments is to promote economic development in Alaska through direct state lending in industries and areas of the state that are under served or to fulfill a public policy goal. The Division of Investments, Where Purpose Meets Power Imagine starting your day knowing that every calculation, every reconciliation, every strategic decision you make doesn’t just balance a ledger, it strengthens our entire state. At Alaska’s Division of Investments, your work goes beyond numbers on a flat screen. Here, financial strategy has public impact. Your expertise fuels real communities, supports local businesses, and drives programs that shape Alaska’s economic future. This is a team/family-oriented place where precision matters because other people’s lives depend on it. Where compliance isn’t just a requirement, it’s a commitment to integrity. Where your decisions ripple across one of the most unique economies in the world, from rural villages to thriving urban centers. If you’re ready to lead with clarity, influence with data, and make every number count for something bigger, this is your opportunity.

Requirements

• Knowledge of general ledger accounting and the control/subsidiary account relationships and reconciliation techniques, including accounts receivable, accounts payable, and disbursing officer's accountability.
• Uses a logical, systematic, sequential approach to address problems or opportunities or manage a situation by drawing on one’s knowledge and experience base and calling on other references and resources as necessary.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques used to report audit findings (criteria, condition, cause, effect, and recommendation).
• Uses information technology in accessing, collecting, analyzing, maintaining, and disseminating data and information.
• Expresses information (for example, ideas or facts) to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information (for example, technical, sensitive, controversial); makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• 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.
• 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.
• Any combination of preparatory post-secondary education and/or progressively responsible professional level experience in accounting, budgeting, or financial management.

Nice To Haves

• Some positions may require a bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, or related field and /or a Certified Public Accountant (CPA).

Responsibilities

• Responsible for receipts and disbursements of cash, recording of assets, liabilities, revenues, expenses, and fund equity accounts for all active and historical loan funds.
• Primary back-up to the Accountant 4, Systems Manager, and is the default delegate to cover for the Systems Manager in their absence.
• Prepare and present financial statements and reports for internal leadership and external agencies.
• Reconcile and consolidate current and prior year expenditures against each loan fund and assist and advise the Accountant 4, Systems Manager with asset classifications and allocations.
• Conduct ongoing cash flow analysis and reconciliation between IRIS and LOANS, the Division’s loan servicing platform.

Benefits

• Three (3) most recent performance evaluations (if available) or three (3) professional letters of recommendation.
• Three (3) current professional references, two (2) of which have had supervisory responsibility over you, along with their current day-time phone numbers and email addresses.
• Copies of transcripts are required to verify educational credentials if used to meet the minimum qualifications.
• Two writing samples at the time of the interview.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree