Accounting Technician - Corrections Service Center, Augusta.

State of Maine•Augusta, ME

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Administrative and Financial Services (DAFS) Corrections Service Center is responsible for program accounting, cash management, resident accounts, and revenue/expenditure control for the Maine Department of Corrections (MDOC) that support six adult facilities and one youth facility. These facilities keep our communities safer by reducing harm through supportive intervention, empowering change, and restoring lives. As an Accounting Technician at the DAFS Corrections Service Center (CSC), you will be completing tasks for Mountain View Correctional Facility (MVCF). You will be expected to collaborate with agency personnel and the CSC Accounting Analyst for MVCF. This is paraprofessional support work involving the application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) guidelines in independently maintaining non-complex accounts within an established accounting system or assisting senior accounting personnel responsible for maintaining complex accounts. Non-complex accounts are characterized by a relatively small number of fund types, revenue sources, cost centers, and cost allocations. Employees in this classification examine, account for, reconcile, analyze, and interpret basic accounting data and records in accordance with GAAP/GASB standards, state/agency accounting procedures, and appropriate internal controls. Employees use and apply basic accounting theory to analyze and resolve standard accounting transaction problems. Employees interact with programmatic staff to exchange factual information, explain accounting processes, and resolve accounting discrepancies and disputes. This classification is distinguished from Account Clerks by the fact that Accounting Technician work requires knowledge of accounting principles and includes preparing financial and statistical reports and summaries. Work is performed under general supervision.

Requirements

Entry-level to intermediate education, training, and/or experience in accounting or another closely related field demonstrating competency applying accounting principles, reviewing and processing business transactions, and preparing reports.
Knowledge of generally accepted accounting theories, principles, methods, practices, and terminology.
Knowledge of governmental accounting standards and systems.
Knowledge of computerized accounting systems and standardized desktop technology and products.
Ability to apply accounting principles in locating and correcting accounting errors.
Ability to apply accepted accounting principles to income statements and balance sheets.
Ability to verify fiscal source documents and application of fees, refunds, collections, and discounts.
Ability to review fiscal transactions for conformity with applicable laws, rules, policies, and procedures.
Ability to communicate effectively.
Ability to write clearly and effectively.
Ability to recommend improvements in accounting controls, financial review trails, and business practices.

Nice To Haves

Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices, and techniques.
Ability to serve as a lead worker on works assignment and other projects.
Ability to prepare narrative and statistical reports and financial statements, projections, and schedules, and analyze and interpret information from reports.

Responsibilities

Completing tasks for Mountain View Correctional Facility (MVCF).
Collaborating with agency personnel and the CSC Accounting Analyst for MVCF.
Independently maintaining non-complex accounts within an established accounting system or assisting senior accounting personnel responsible for maintaining complex accounts.
Examining, accounting for, reconciling, analyzing, and interpreting basic accounting data and records in accordance with GAAP/GASB standards, state/agency accounting procedures, and appropriate internal controls.
Using and applying basic accounting theory to analyze and resolve standard accounting transaction problems.
Interacting with programmatic staff to exchange factual information, explain accounting processes, and resolve accounting discrepancies and disputes.
Preparing financial and statistical reports and summaries.

Benefits

13 paid holidays
12 days of sick leave
3+ weeks of vacation leave annually
Health Insurance Coverage (State pays 85%-100% of employee-only premiums)
Health Insurance Premium Credit (Participation decreases employee-only premiums by 5%)
Dental Insurance (State pays 100% of employee-only dental premiums)
Retirement Plan (State contributes up to 18.86% of pay to MainePERS)
Gym Membership Reimbursement (up to $40 per month)
Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness (qualified employer)
Living Resources Program (employee assistance program)
Parental Leave (six weeks of fully paid parental leave for all employees who welcome a child)
Voluntary Deferred Compensation (MaineSaves 457(b) account)