Associate Accountant

State of Connecticut•Hartford, CT

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The State of Connecticut, Department of Public Health (DPH), is seeking a qualified candidate for the position of Associate Accountant within the Operations Support Services Section. This role will be part of the Budget Unit. The position will be responsible for overseeing all the financial management and reporting of State appropriated funds. The position will be responsible for creating budgets, monitoring budgets, meeting with the Program areas and completing the monthly CFSR (Comprehensive Financial Status Report) reporting. The ideal candidate should also have demonstrated experience streamlining and implementing process improvements. The Mission of the Department of Public Health (DPH) is to protect and improve the health and safety of the people of Connecticut by assuring the conditions in which people can be healthy, preventing disease, injury, and disability, and promoting the equal enjoyment of the highest standard of health, which is a human right and a priority of the state. DPH accomplishes this through the implementation of its Strategic Plan which outlines the actions that DPH is taking to accomplish its Mission.

Requirements

Current State of CT employee with at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service.
Seven (7) years of experience in accounting or auditing.
One (1) year of the General Experience must have been at the level of an Accountant, an Auditor or an Accounts Examiner with responsibility for the exercise of independent analysis and judgement in the application of professional accounting principles and practices.
Considerable knowledge of professional accounting principles and practices including governmental accounting and budgeting.
Considerable ability to analyze and evaluate financial records, methods and procedures.
Ability to devise and install accounting procedures and systems.
Interpersonal skills.
Oral and written communication skills.
Supervisory ability.

Nice To Haves

Experience with the State Comprehensive Financial Status Report process.
Experience meeting with the various Program areas.
Experience reviewing grant budget applications.
Experience managing and reviewing position change requests.
Experience reviewing and requesting allotment requests.
Experience streamlining accounting workflows to improve accuracy and efficiency.

Responsibilities

Overseeing all the financial management and reporting of State appropriated funds.
Creating budgets.
Monitoring budgets.
Meeting with Program areas.
Completing the monthly CFSR (Comprehensive Financial Status Report) reporting.
Streamlining and implementing process improvements.
Establishes and implements accounting sub-systems such as procedures for paying and collecting activities, procedures for issuance of grants, loans or subsidies, establishment of rates or schedules of fees, establishment of account charts for classification of transactions.
Maintains fiscal controls by authorizing non-routine expenditures based on management priorities and policies, examining data and making recommendations regarding timing and amounts of expenditures.
Manages various phases of budget preparation and control such as preparing estimates of costs of existing or new programs, offices or divisions, preparing budget requests, appropriation schedules, monthly budget reports and year end budget reports.
Administers fiscal aspects of grant programs by reviewing funding applications for approval, researching and preparing estimates of costs of proposed grant programs, interpreting grant contracts for approval of grant expenditures, analyzing grantees financial records and reports for compliance with grant expenditure requirements.
Monitors fiscal aspects of contract administration by reviewing and interpreting contracts for approval on non-routine expenditures, preparing or approving schedules of fees in regard to specific contracts.
Determines priorities.
Provides staff training and assistance.
Conducts or assists in conducting performance evaluations.
Acts as liaison with other operating units, agencies and outside officials regarding unit policies and procedures.
May coordinate unit workflow.
May assign and review work.
May establish and maintain unit procedures.
Performs related duties as required.