Accountant Advanced

Maryland Department of Transportation•Baltimore City, MD

18h•Onsite

About The Position

The State Highway Administration's (SHA) Office of Finance (Baltimore City) is currently recruiting for four (4) Accountant Advanced positions. This position is open to anyone who meets the minimum qualifications listed below. The resulting list of eligible candidates will be used to fill this vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies in this classification. Nature of Work: The Accountant Advanced vacancies are in two sections – Program Coordination and Federal Aid Billing. Program Coordination: This position serves as an Accountant Advanced within Program Coordination, in the Capital Programming Division, within SHA’s Office of Finance (OOF). This position serves as an assistant supervisor for personnel and the business activities of OOF’s Program Coordination Section (PCS). This position, in conjunction with the PCS, is responsible for the fiscal oversight of SHA’s Capital (Construction) Program. This position’s responsibilities include management of all MDOT FMIS Project Numbers and related data elements, management of the SHA Capital Forecast System (CFS), management of the Electronic Form 42 Form 30 System (eF42F30), review and publication of SHA’s Monthly Financial Advertisement Schedule. This position will also support the financial budgeting and accounting administration of the SHA project database in MSTARS. SHA processes more than 2500+ project related transactions per year and programs more than $1 Billion in new capital annually. This position is also responsible for the preparation of monthly financial reports for OOF and CAD, and other reporting as required. Federal Aid Billing: The main purpose of this position is to function as an Accountant in the Federal Aid Billing Section in the Office of Finance. This position is responsible for cost verification, code control and timely processing of 3rd party invoices that relate to federally funded projects and programs. This position generates timely billings to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for reimbursement of costs incurred on federally funded projects and programs that relate to the construction and improvement of the highway system in the State of Maryland. This position also takes appropriate actions to transfer funds between grants and projects as needed. Additional duties include preparation of modifications, creating grants and corresponding budgets, and the closing of completed projects in compliance with FHWA requirements.

Requirements

A bachelor’s degree in accounting from an accredited college or university including or supplemented by three (3) credit hours in auditing.
Three (3) years of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of Excel, third party billing, and general ledgers
Knowledge of construction project administration and accounting
Knowledge of federal grants and reimbursement processes

Responsibilities

Serves as an assistant supervisor for personnel and business activities of OOF’s Program Coordination Section (PCS).
Responsible for the fiscal oversight of SHA’s Capital (Construction) Program.
Management of all MDOT FMIS Project Numbers and related data elements.
Management of the SHA Capital Forecast System (CFS).
Management of the Electronic Form 42 Form 30 System (eF42F30).
Review and publication of SHA’s Monthly Financial Advertisement Schedule.
Support the financial budgeting and accounting administration of the SHA project database in MSTARS.
Preparation of monthly financial reports for OOF and CAD, and other reporting as required.
Function as an Accountant in the Federal Aid Billing Section.
Responsible for cost verification, code control and timely processing of 3rd party invoices that relate to federally funded projects and programs.
Generates timely billings to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) for reimbursement of costs incurred on federally funded projects and programs.
Takes appropriate actions to transfer funds between grants and projects as needed.
Preparation of modifications, creating grants and corresponding budgets.
Closing of completed projects in compliance with FHWA requirements.