Accountant Technician 2

State of Nevada•Elko, NV

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Nevada DIVISION OF CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES (DCFS) is seeking an Accountant Technician 2 for the Nevada Youth Training Center (NYTC), a 64-bed secure facility for male youth age 14 to 18 located in Elko NV. NYTC’s goal is to promote positive self-growth, create change in behavior, attitudes, values and ways of thinking through education, therapeutic treatment and appropriate medical and mental health services. The incumbent will be responsible for reconciling daily outside bank transactions; edit and reconcile IFS to BETS transactions; submit Pay Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, and Billing Claims into State’s central NV.CORE accounting system; maintain contract logs to track spending on State Vendor Contracts; Assist management in preparation of complex budgets; Analyze information on past expenditures and project trends; Reconcile Youth Trust Bank Account; among other duties. Steps to be taken in completing specialized transactions, resolving processing problems, researching, and correcting errors, and reconciling accounts often are not clearly dictated by regulations and require a series of actions which may vary with specific circumstances. This position reviews and verifies the validity of expenditures and performs complex account reconciliations. Accountant Technicians perform technical accounts maintenance work for agencies with complex accounting functions or systems. Factors that contribute to complexity include, but are not limited to, federal grant reporting, external bank accounts, cost allocation plans, budget accounts, bank guidelines other than those contained in the State Administrative Manual, enterprise accounting, complex fund accounting, and external reporting requirements. Incumbents possess a degree of knowledge and proficiency sufficient to perform work independently with little or no additional training. Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time. Accountant Technicians reconcile and monitor specific accounting and fiscal functions or activities within a department establishing or using established procedures and guidelines that are not limited to the State Administrative Manual. Reconciliation includes balancing departmental records with reports generated by the State’s central accounting system as well as federal and other accounting systems. Monitoring includes ensuring accounting functions and activities are in compliance with reporting requirements and grant specifications.

Requirements

Graduation from high school and three years of financial records maintenance experience which included duties such as designing, implementing and interpreting narrative and data reports; applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information; preparing entries to accounts; analyzing assets and liabilities and preparing balance sheets; auditing contracts, vouchers and other documents and preparing summary transaction reports; implementing accounting control procedures; and overseeing the work of accounting clerical staff
One year of experience as an Accountant Technician I in Nevada State service
An equivalent combination of education and experience
Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S.
Knowledge of bookkeeping practice and theory
Knowledge of fund, managerial, governmental, and cost accounting principles
Knowledge of supervisory principles and practice
Knowledge of federal regulations and practices related to cash flow management
Working knowledge of intermediate spreadsheet and word processing software applicable to developing financial reporting and data collection systems
Ability to identify problems from an accounting worksheet or financial report and solve or recommend solutions
Ability to apply State and federal statutes and regulations and department procedures to financial transactions
Ability to interpret and apply State and federal statutes and regulations, and departmental rules and regulations including legal interpretations as applied to approving, monitoring and processing financial transactions
Ability to identify and solve problems from an accounting work sheet or financial report
Skill in developing accounting record systems, worksheets, and reports
Skill in interpreting financial reports and accounting reports, and presenting information to others
All knowledge, skills and abilities required at the lower level.

Responsibilities

Reconciling daily outside bank transactions
Edit and reconcile IFS to BETS transactions
Submit Pay Vouchers, Journal Vouchers, and Billing Claims into State’s central NV.CORE accounting system
Maintain contract logs to track spending on State Vendor Contracts
Assist management in preparation of complex budgets
Analyze information on past expenditures and project trends
Reconcile Youth Trust Bank Account
Control complex accounts payable functions for agencies with multiple cost/project centers, by establishing guidelines for allocating general costs to the appropriate cost centers, and ensuring procedures are followed prior to submitting documents for payment or grant draws.
Control complex accounts receivable functions to include determining the billing amount using cost accounting procedures; make determinations regarding referral of delinquent accounts.
Provide fiscal management and auditing of federal or other grant monies by monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with multiple grant specifications and complex reporting requirements; auditing records and reports of sub-grantees for compliance with grant requirements; and preparing complex financial reports in compliance with federal, grant, contractual, or other external requirements.
Manage federal draw downs in conformity with the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 and grant requirements; provide fiscal management and auditing of federal grant monies; track costs billable to the federal government; prepare vouchers and monitor and report status of federal funds.
Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports including trial balances, adjustments and balance sheets; establish and maintain automated billing systems including account analysis, reconciliations and processing adjustments.
Complete fiscal year openings and closings for assigned accounts; develop internal controls on revenues and expenses; reconcile federal to State fiscal year closings; prepare annual Single Audit Reporting Form (SARF) reporting requirements for submission.
May train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned clerical and technical support staff; develop work performance standards and accounting policies and procedures.
Perform related duties as assigned.