Staff Accountant

State of Oklahoma • Stillwater, OK

8d • $45,941 - $52,044 • Onsite

About The Position

This position is available with the Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education. The Staff Accountant will provide accounting support to the Agency in the areas of revenue recognition; federal funding requests; and preparation of various reconciliations and reports for submission to state offices and federal agencies.

Requirements

• Three years’ accounting experience
• Expertise in Microsoft Word and Excel
• 10-key proficiency

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in accounting or related field
• Experience in states accounting system

Responsibilities

• Manage agency deposit book accurately reflecting all revenues received by the agency ensuring appropriate General Ledger coding.
• Perform three-way reconciliation between the deposit book, state's accounting system, and Oklahoma State Treasurer's Activity Statement to calculate transfer from clearing account to fund. Appropriate general ledger coding must be maintained.
• Calculate and process weekly or as-needed federal program draws from federal systems ensuring funds are received within the required 3-day period to avoid interest.
• Manage the agency’s Authority Order for all funds to ensure appropriate coding and funding exists to process school payments and other expenditures.
• Serve as back-up for the sales tax reconciliation collected and create warrants remitted to Oklahoma Tax Commission.
• Review and prepare refunds from agency clearing account as needed.
• Continually review Oklahoma State Treasurer Office unclaimed deposits to ensure all agency revenue is claimed and appropriately reported on agency's General Ledger.
• Troubleshoot EFT notification and payment issues and work with Oklahoma Management and Enterprise Services if a treasury offset exists in a draw.
• Prepare and process stop payment documentation for lost or stolen warrants and canceled documentation and issue replacement warrants.
• Collaborate with Federal Programs divisions to capture first-tier sub-award information including UEI, ZP+4, and executive compensation data and report this information in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act (FFATA) sub award reporting system.
• Provide back-up support for Tech Center Financial Specialist processes.
• Provide back-up for other Financial Services functions to ensure internal controls and to maintain business continuity.

Benefits

• Benefit allowance to help pay for insurance premiums (health, dental, life and disability insurance)
• State paid teacher’s retirement pension
• Flexible benefits plan
• Vacation leave
• 15 days sick leave
• 11 paid holidays
• Employee assistance program
• Flextime work schedule options

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level