Associate Accountant

State of Connecticut•Newington, CT

8d•Hybrid

About The Position

The State of Connecticut, Department of Transportation (DOT), Bureau of Finance and Administration, Financial Management & Support Division, has a full-time job opening for an Associate Accountant. This position reports to the Fiscal Administrative Supervisor, Financial Management and Support Division, ROW and Property & Facilities Services Unit. The role involves assisting the Fiscal Administrator Supervisor (FAS) with complex DOT Rights of Way and property acquisition transactions. The position provides budget oversight and purchasing for DOT’s Property & Facilities Services (P&FS) annual operating budget of over $11 million. It also coordinates the procurement of Information Technology purchases totaling over $7 million, oversees a $2.1 million general equipment budget, minor capital budget, and major capital budget, and coordinates oversight of agency telecommunication lines. The Associate Accountant will lead 2 Accountants, 1 FAO, and 1 FAA and perform other related duties.

Requirements

Current State of CT employee, who has worked for the state for at least six (6) months of full-time service or full-time equivalent service, absent any applicable collective bargaining language.
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.
Supervisory ability.

Nice To Haves

Experience with creating and running complex CORE queries.
Experience with Excel spreadsheets and pivot tables.
Experience with CORE Purchasing and E-Procurement modules.
Lead/supervision experience of paraprofessional or clerical employees.

Responsibilities

Assist the Fiscal Administrator Supervisor (FAS) with complex DOT Rights of Way and property acquisition transactions.
Provide budget oversight and purchasing of DOT’s Property & Facilities Services (P&FS) annual operating budget of over $11 million.
Coordinate the procurement of Information Technology purchases totaling over $7million.
Oversee $2.1 million general equipment budget, minor capital budget, and major capital budget.
Coordinate oversight of agency telecommunication lines.
Lead 2 Accountants, 1 FAO, and 1 FAA.
Performs other related duties.
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.