Accounting Supervisor (Accountant III) - Denver

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Accountant III works in the Colorado Department of Transportation's (CDOT's) Center for Accounting within the Division of Accounting and Finance (DAF). The Center of Accounting ensures all financial related transactions for CDOT are recorded in compliance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), Generally Accepted Auditing Standards (GAAS) and Generally Accepted Government Auditing Standards (GAGAS). The Accountant III serves as an Accounting Unit Supervisor. This position oversees Fixed Assets, Inventory, Reconciliations, interagency transactions, Cash Receipts and Accounts Receivables, Certificates of Participation (COPS), Notes Payable, Bonds, and Project Settlements. The Accountant supports the General Ledger (GL) unit in analyzing, investigating and reconciling high level GL transactions between SAP and CORE. The position monitors the interagency transactions ensuring that all are processed timely and accurately in SAP and CORE and provides backup to the GL supervisor for reviewing/approving all SAP and CORE. In addition, this position completes the annual physical inventory of fixed assets and ensures the monthly and yearly trial balance reconciliations are complete, ensures daily transactions reconciliations are complete between SAP and CORE, prepares monthly and year-end reconciliations for fixed assets additions/deletions, performs monthly project settlements, ensures all debt related transactions are processed timely and accurately, and ensures CDOT meets all Electronic Municipal Market Access (EMMA) compliances.

Requirements

Four years of professional auditing or accounting experience AND at least four years of professional accounting experience.
OR A combination of relevant education and experience equal to at least eight (8) years
Relevant education from an accredited college or university with at least 27 hours of coursework in Accounting or Auditing will be considered.
Professional Accounting and Auditing experience will be considered, with at least four (4) years of this experience in full-time professional accounting.
OR A combination of a Colorado CPA License, education and/or experience which totals at least eight (8) years
Current, valid licensure as a CPA by the Colorado Board of Accountancy will count for six (6) years of the requirement.
Education in auditing or accounting will be considered (coursework requires 27 semester hours completed in accounting or auditing)
Professional accounting experience will be considered.
Must pass a pre-employment screening which may include social security number trace, criminal records check, public court records check, educational records, and driving records checks.

Nice To Haves

Demonstrated success with the duties listed in the Description of the Job section
Years of State service experience related to the duties of this position
Highest work/personal ethics and integrity
Professional knowledge of general accounting practices and standards, including GAAP, GASB, State fiscal rules, State financial reporting, and State Auditor requirements
Strong Excel and reporting skills
Reconciliation and analytic skills to enable accurate, complete, and timely reconciliation of data between multiple accounting systems
Experience using SAP or other Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system
Experience reconciling and correcting general ledger accounts to sub-ledger type detail
Strong knowledge and operational expertise in revenue, receivables, and cash processes
Supervisory skills and experience
Strong leadership skills to facilitate accurate, complete, and timely development and analysis of data across multiple functional areas and systems
Excellent customer service experience including a proven ability to partner with professionals, consultants, and staff at all levels, with sensitivity to their needs and priorities
Strong technical skills in Google, Microsoft Office Suite, SAP, and the ability to quickly learn other software systems
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Analytical skills to solve complex challenges
Ability to take initiative to solve problems in an innovative manner
Strong organizational skills with the ability to perform at a high level
Proven ability to manage multiple assignments, priorities, and projects in a demanding environment
Ability to work under tight deadlines and be adaptable to changing assignments
Strong attention to technical detail
Ability to work effectively in both independent and team situations
Strong interpersonal and relationship-building skills

Responsibilities

Serves as Unit Supervisor over three accounting staff.
Administers the performance program, providing corrective actions and performance improvement plans when necessary.
Monitors work for quality control and efficiency.
Coaches, mentors and trains employees.
Addresses personnel issues and mediates conflicts.
Works with supervisor and/or other mentors to improve supervisory/leadership knowledge and skill.
Implements policies and procedures in a fair and consistent way.
Ensures the daily transactional reconciliation between SAP and CORE is completed and available for staff to review ensuring all transactions are recorded in both CORE and SAP.
Investigates, analyzes, reconciles, and corrects high level general ledger balance sheet and income statement transactions and variances between SAP and CORE as designated.
Ensures all additional reconciliations completed by staff are accurate, complete and in compliance with GAAP and state and federal rules.
Implements a new accounting process or reconciliation when needed to ensure integrity and accuracy of accounting data.
Works with the Deputy Controller to ensure all abnormal balances and variances as designated are corrected for quarterly and year-end close per State Controller's Office Fiscal Procedures Manual, fiscal rules and GAAP.
Provides guidance to Accountant II on CORE event types, posting codes, investigating, analyzing and processing of Inter-Agency Transaction Initiator (ITI), Inter-Agency Acceptance (ITA) transactions in CORE ensuring they are processed timely and accurately both in CORE and SAP.
When variances occur, investigates, corrects and/or establishes a new accounting process to ensure accuracy and integrity of financial data.
Ensures the GL coding is correct for payable/receivable transactions completing adjusting entries as needed.
Ensures all debt related activities are being performed monthly ensuring CDOT has established the reserve to make the semiannual payments for all bonds, COPS and notes.
Ensures all SAP Treasury module transactions are accurate and performed.
Performs all year end-related transactions needed per State Fiscal Procedures Manual.
Yearly ensures CDOT is meeting all of the continued disclosure requirements as needed for each debt issuance.
Other duties as assigned.