Senior Staff Accountant

Location: Augusta,Maine,United States

Department of Defense, Veterans' and Emergency Management - Military Bureau

Job Class Code: 0330
Grade: 23 (Professional/Technical)
Salary: $47,840 - $64,542
Location: Augusta, ME

Opening Date: June 3, 2024

Closing Date:  June 24, 2024

Would you like to become an integral team member supporting the State of Maine and the Soldiers and Airmen of the Maine National Guard? Do you thrive in a work environment that promotes teamwork and shared successes? Are you a creative problem-solver with attention to detail? Do you enjoy working with individuals from varying backgrounds and industries? If so, this may be the position you have been looking for. We are seeking a meticulous individual who has a positive attitude, excellent customer service skills, and the ability to meet required deadlines. The ability to prioritize work, track progress, and execute timely follow up is critical. The position will be located at Camp Keyes in Augusta. Partial telework will be permitted with management approval. 

Primary responsibilities include:  

• Prepares and requests reimbursements from the National Guard Bureau using the Standard Form (SF270) on a bi-weekly for the different appendices under the Master Cooperative Agreement between the State of Maine and National Guard Bureau. 
• Monitors outstanding SF270s and ensures compliance with the provisions of the Cash Management Improvement Act (CMIA). 
• Reviews and applies approval on financial transactions (like PRC, GAX, IET, JV, JVC) affecting the Military Training and Operations Program. Ensures compliance with State and Federal governing laws, rules accounting policies and procedures.
• Assists in the compilations of year-end closing reports to the Office of State Controller.
• Prepares required financial statements and related notes and disclosures in order to communicate relevant financial information to concerned parties.
• Analyzes and interprets complex fiscal and statistical information in order to identify significant trends and issues and advise agency management.
• Consults with agency program managers and internal/external financial staff in order to identify business needs, compliance issues, and reporting requirements; and ensure compliance with state/federal fiscal policies or other special requirements.
• Develops and initiates business and internal accounting controls in order ensure proper functioning and accountability of fiscal operations.
• Designs and enhances agency-specific accounting systems and complex subsystems in order to respond to changes in requirements and promote sound fiscal management systems.

Skills or knowledge required:

• Knowledge of generally accepted accounting theories, principles, methods, and practices.
• Knowledge of governmental accounting and fund accounting, including sources of funds, segregation and display of expenditures and revenues, and budgetary accounting.
• Knowledge of computerized accounting systems and standardized desktop technology.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles, practices, and techniques.
• Ability to develop and recommend significant modifications to accounting systems and policies.
• Ability to analyze nonstandard accounting transactions to decide and initiate appropriate entries.
• Ability to reconcile accounts, initiate corrections, and make adjusting entries.
• Ability to develop and evaluate accounting procedures and controls.
• Ability to prepare expenditure, revenue, and budget status reports; annual financial statements including related notes and disclosures; and narrative and statistical reports.
• Ability to prepare cash forecasts, revenue estimates, and expenditure projections.
• Ability to analyze and interpret fiscal information from reports and explain the implications for agency programs and operations.
• Ability to analyze accounting information to prevent, detect, and correct errors.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to write clearly and effectively.
• Ability to provide guidance and technical expertise to lower-level professional and technical accounting staff.

Minimum qualifications:

Certification as a CPA, CIA, or CGFM -OR- A Masters Degree from an accredited educational institution in Business Administration -OR- a Bachelors Degree from an accredited educational institution in Accounting (or any Bachelors Degree from an accredited educational institution which includes 18 semester hours of Accounting coursework) and 2 years of professi