Maryland 9-1-1 Board Accountant I

Introduction MDEM • Anne Arundel, MD

5d • Onsite

About The Position

MDEM is looking for a diligent, detail-oriented individual who is excited about making Maryland a safer place to live and work by assisting with the Department’s 9-1-1 Board. MDEM’s mission is to proactively reduce disaster risks and reliably manage consequences through collaborative work with Maryland’s communities and partners. MDEM is the department of State government with primary responsibility and authority for emergency preparedness policy, and for coordinating hazard mitigation, incident response, and disaster recovery. MDEM is a national leader in Emergency Management that provides Maryland residents, organizations, and emergency management partners with expert information, programmatic activities, and leadership in the delivery of financial, technical, and physical resources “to shape a resilient Maryland where communities thrive.” We do this by being Maryland's designated source of official risk reduction and consequence management information. NOTE: This position operates within an on-call rotating schedule according to assignment within the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC) to attend to all emergencies on a statewide 24/7 basis. This may involve working 12 -hour shifts extended periods of time in support of 24-hour consequence management activities. An Accountant I is the intermediate level of work examining, analyzing, and interpreting accounting systems, records, and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles to modify and maintain agency accounting systems, prepare financial reports or statements, and give fiscal advice to management. This position receives general supervision from an Accountant II or Accountant Supervisor. The main purpose of this position is to assure accurate and timely accounting related to the processing of the “counties” share of the Maryland 9-1-1 fees. This position may be responsible for the Department's accounts payable and accounts receivable functions. This includes invoice processing, expenditure analysis, and control and verification in support of the Maryland 9-1-1 Board. The Maryland Department of Emergency Management (MDEM) has primary responsibility and authority for emergency preparedness policy, coordinating statewide hazard mitigation, incident response, and disaster recovery. This position is an “Emergency Essential Employee.”

Requirements

• Education: A Bachelor's degree in Accounting from an accredited college or university, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing.
• Experience: One year of experience examining, analyzing and interpreting accounting systems, records and reports by applying generally accepted accounting principles.
• Candidates may substitute a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with thirty credit hours in Accounting and related courses, including or supplemented by three credit hours in auditing, for the required education.
• Applicants who have met the requirements for admission to the CPA examination prior to July 1, 1974 will be considered to have met the educational requirement referenced above.
• Possession of a certificate as a Certified Public Accountant or a Master's degree in accounting from an accredited college or university may be substituted for the required experience.
• Applicants may substitute one year of professional auditing experience for the required experience.
• Candidates may substitute U.S. Armed Forces military service experience as a commissioned officer in the Accounting Officer classification or Financial Management specialty codes in the Accounting field of work on a year-for-year basis for the required experience and education.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience working for the State of Maryland
• Experience with FMIS

Responsibilities

• Proper distribution of revenues and expenditures by PCA (Fund, Program, Subprogram) and Object Code for the 9-1-1 Trust Fund, county shares, wired and wireless (including prepaid) vendor activities, and county awards.
• Prepare reports, budgets and expenditure projections using proper Fund, Program and Object Codes.
• Advises the supervisor of these activities and results.
• Performs all accounts payable and receivable services for the Maryland 9-1-1 Board in accordance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures prescribed by a Chief Financial Officer and other fiscal staff at the Maryland Department of Emergency Management.
• Modifies and implements manual and automated fiscal systems in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and departmental guidelines and oversees accounting operations.
• Conducts the annual fiscal year-end closeout in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.
• Process payments of account payables using the State's automated fiscal programs in compliance with State and federal regulations, policies, and procedures. This includes verifying invoices against support documentation including purchase orders, contracts, receiving reports, and packing slips.
• Responsible for proper coding of invoices using the correct Program Cost Account (PCA), sub-object and appropriation year.
• The account payable function also includes the processing of disbursements to local jurisdictions, State agencies and non-governmental organizations of Federal and Special Funds in accordance with State and federal regulations, policies, and procedures.

Benefits

• Contractual employees who work for an agency covered under the State Employee and Retiree Health and Welfare Benefits Program, have a current employment contract and work 30 or more hours a week (or on average 130 hours per month) may be eligible for subsidized health benefits coverage for themselves and their dependents.
• As a contractual employee, you will be responsible for paying 25% of the premiums for your medical and prescription coverage, including any eligible dependents you have enrolled. The State of Maryland will subsidize the remaining 75% of the cost for these benefits.
• You can also elect to enroll in dental coverage, accidental death and dismemberment insurance, and life insurance, but will be responsible to pay the full premium for these benefits.
• Leave may be granted to a contractual employee who has worked 120 days in a 12 month period. This leave accrues at a rate of one hour for every 30 hours worked, not to exceed 40 hours per calendar year.

What This Job Offers

• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees