Accounting Technician II

State of Colorado•Denver, CO

7d•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. The Colorado Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA) has four major operational divisions: Army National Guard, Air National Guard, Civil Air Patrol, and Veterans Affairs. These divisions utilize state and federal resources to provide our communities, state, and nation with a ready military force for national defense and State emergency response as well as providing assistance to our Colorado Veterans. The Department has a strong culture of service. Our mission is to protect the citizens of Colorado, their property and the environment on a twenty-four hour a day basis and to provide trained military units in support of civil authorities for domestic emergencies and in support of federal combatant commanders for national defense and homeland security missions.

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 the work assigned equal to two (2) years.
Residency Requirement: This posting is only open to residents of the State of Colorado at the time of submitting your application.

Nice To Haves

Please provide a copy of your transcripts, certificate, and/or degree with 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 cancellations, 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.