Accounting Technician II

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

3d•Onsite

About The Position

This position is located at the Joint Force Headquarters in Centennial, Accounting Services Office. This position works a compressed work week of four days, ten hours each day. Specific duties include, but are not limited to: reviewing incoming invoices for appropriate approval, coding, addition support document, etc.; verifying grant reimbursement request support documents for accuracy; address issues with appropriate department staff to ensure timely payments; post approved invoices according to appropriate procedure for each payment type; investigate problem invoices and advise department staff as to solutions to expedite, to correct processing errors and verify document acceptance; verifying and process warrant issues such as cancelations, and missing payments; tracking and reporting encumbrance document balances; providing administrative support to the Accounting Unit including picking up, opening, and distributing mail; maintaining document files, keeping and documenting Accounting Unit archives, ordering supplies, scanning, copying, filing and researching documents for audits and Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests; researching payment history and issues for staff vendors; processing utility payment packets, reconciling amounts to invoices, verifying authorization and uploads into Colorado Financial systems, and organizing and documenting filing processes; and generating and reviewing the Colorado Financial System suspense file to discover problems and documenting the need to be deleted or corrected.

Requirements

Two (2) years of relevant experience in an occupation related to the work assigned to this position such as accounting, finance, and/or bookkeeper.
A combination of related education and/or relevant experience in an occupation related to accounting or finance equal to two (2) years.
Must be a resident of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Responsibilities

Reviewing incoming invoices for appropriate approval, coding, addition support document, etc.
Verifying grant reimbursement request support documents for accuracy
Addressing issues with appropriate department staff to ensure timely payments
Posting approved invoices according to appropriate procedure for each payment type
Investigating problem invoices and advising department staff as to solutions to expedite, to correct processing errors and verify document acceptance
Verifying and processing warrant issues such as cancelations, and missing payments
Tracking and reporting encumbrance document balances
Providing administrative support to the Accounting Unit including picking up, opening, and distributing mail
Maintaining document files, keeping and documenting Accounting Unit archives, ordering supplies, scanning, copying, filing and researching documents for audits and Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) requests
Researching payment history and issues for staff vendors
Processing utility payment packets, reconciling amounts to invoices, verifying authorization and uploads into Colorado Financial systems, and organizing and documenting filing processes
Generating and reviewing the Colorado Financial System suspense file to discover problems and documenting the need to be deleted or corrected