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About The Position

Requirements

• Education, training, and/or experience in accounting, business administration, financial planning, budgeting, or another related field demonstrating competency in analyzing data and records, interpreting policies, rules, and laws, identifying process and procedure deficiencies, and developing practical solutions.
• Prior experience and/or education demonstrating knowledge of GAAP/GASB, accounting data analysis, and accounting reconciliations.
• Ability to review, facilitate, and implement financial controls across multiple lines of business and systems.
• Demonstrated ability to review and analyze data and reach logical conclusions.
• Good critical thinking skills and flexibility and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide accounting, cash management, revenue and expenditure monitoring, reporting, and analysis to support accurate grant management.
• Reconcile complex accounts; prepare financial information; formulate corrections; and make adjusting entries.
• Evaluate accounting systems and processes and formulate and recommend system and process changes.
• Prepare required financial accounting information to account for and close out accounts and activities.
• Interpret and apply accounting theory and principles, adapting procedures and reporting techniques to ensure compliance with applicable laws, rules, regulations, policies, and procedures.
• Work across and with teams to support work goals and the department’s mission.

Benefits

• 13 paid holidays and at least three weeks of annual vacation leave; vacation accrual increases with years of service.
• Personal leave for overtime-exempt employees.
• 12 days of sick leave per year.
• State-paid 85%–95% of employee-only health insurance premiums, depending on salary.
• Health insurance premium credit that reduces employee-only premiums by 5% for participants who meet program requirements.
• State-paid 100% of employee-only dental insurance premiums.
• State contribution equivalent to 14.06% of employee pay toward MainePERS retirement.
• Gym membership reimbursement of up to $40 per month.
• Health and dependent care flexible spending accounts.
• Eligibility for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness as an employee of a qualified employer.
• Employee assistance program through the Living Resources Program.
• Six weeks of fully paid parental leave for employees welcoming a child, including non-birthing and adoptive parents.
• Additional unpaid leave may be available under the Family and Medical Leave Act.
• Voluntary pre-tax deferred compensation savings through a MaineSaves 457(b) account.