Accounting Technician 2 (PCN 047120M)

State of Alaska • Anchorage, AK

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Revenue, Division of Child Support Services is recruiting for an Accounting Technician 2 in Anchorage. This role involves performing detailed audits of child support cases to ensure accurate documentation of support, payments, and credits in compliance with statutes, regulations, and court or administrative orders. The position requires reconciling financial data across multiple databases and external child support agencies, identifying discrepancies, and applying corrective actions. Responsibilities include completing case adjustments such as new case setups, reinstatements, modifications, and distribution verifications involving TANF, Tribal TANF, and Foster Care benefits. The role also involves preparing clear, comprehensive audit worksheets and written explanations of findings, ensuring accurate interpretation and application of child support rules and distribution requirements. Additionally, the Accounting Technician 2 will maintain effective communication and collaborative working relationships with staff across the Division, State agencies, other states, and partner organizations, while providing training and guidance to accounting technicians. The work is important and challenging, focused on making a difference in the lives of families served, ensuring support is collected and federal and department goals are met effectively and efficiently. The agency is interested in candidates who can progress and offers in-depth training, mentoring, and advancement opportunities.

Requirements

• One year of entry technical level accounting or clerical bookkeeping experience.
• Certification as an Accounting Technician from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience.
• Post secondary education from an accredited college will substitute for the required experience (3 semester/4 quarter hours equal one month) if it includes at least 6 semester/8 quarter hours in Accounting.
• Knowledge of traditional accounting practices including accrual, obligations, and costs methods.
• Knowledge of generally accepted auditing standards and procedures for conducting financial and compliance, economy and efficiency, and program audits.
• Ability to use 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.
• Ability to express information to individuals or groups effectively, taking into account the audience and nature of the information; makes clear and convincing oral and written presentations; listens to others, attends to nonverbal cues, and responds appropriately.
• Ability to help others learn through formal or informal methods; identify training needs; provide constructive feedback; coach others on how to perform tasks; act as a mentor.
• Typing certification is required, demonstrating the ability to type at least 35 gross words per minute with 95% accuracy or higher.
• Disclosure of all prior state employment.
• List of three (3) professional references to include daytime telephone and email addresses (one must be a current or former supervisor).
• Copies of all performance evaluations received for the last two years (or a written statement explaining why they were not available, or two letters of professional reference).
• Security clearance issued by the Department of Public Safety (DPS) is necessary to use APSIN.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated experience in financial audits.
• Demonstrated experience in bookkeeping.
• Demonstrated experience interpreting regulations.
• Demonstrated experience using multiple accounting or case-management systems.

Responsibilities

• Independently perform detailed audits of child support cases, ensuring accurate documentation of support, payments, and credits in compliance with statutes, regulations, and court or administrative orders.
• Reconcile financial data across multiple databases and external child support agencies, identifying discrepancies and applying corrective actions as needed.
• Complete a variety of case adjustments, including new case setups, reinstatements, modifications, and distribution verifications involving TANF, Tribal TANF, and Foster Care benefits.
• Prepare clear, comprehensive audit worksheets and written explanations of findings, ensuring accurate interpretation and application of child support rules and distribution requirements.
• Maintain effective communication and collaborative working relationships with staff across the Division, State agencies, other states, and partner organizations.
• Provide training and guidance to accounting technicians.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement
• In-depth training on how to do the work
• Multiple advancement opportunities
• Management team that empowers and mentors staff who are interested in progression.

What This Job Offers

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