ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

REHABILITATION & REENTRY

Our mission is to enhance public safety across Arizona through modern, effective correctional practices and meaningful engagements.

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR) is committed to creating a safe, secure, and humane correctional system. With public safety top of mind, ADCRR and its more than 8,000 officers and professional staff are driven by a heart for public service and a commitment to deliver perfect effort each day. ADCRR is redefining itself as an agency whose daily work centers on transparency, accountability, and fairness.

ACCOUNTING TEAM LEAD

(ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICER III)

Job Location:

Address:

Financial Service - Accounts Payable
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary:  $78,000.00

Grade: 22

Closing Date: 05/05/2025

Job Summary:

Do you have three (3) or more years of experience in accounts payable? Join our team of exceptional financial professionals. Your next career move is waiting for you. Apply, now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is looking for an accountant to fill the Accounting Team Lead position in our accounts payable division. This position helps to lead a team of finance professionals in managing financial transactions, standards of work, reports, and maintaining effective fiscal management.

Job Duties:

- Serves as a team lead reviewing and approving the work of other team members within the unit
- Identifies and corrects transactions
- Provides training to new team members and refresher training to existing team members to reduce errors
- Creates and maintains standards of work
- Uses different accounting systems to access and review data files
- Analyzes the information to identify any inconsistencies
- Conducts research to identify potential problem areas and work on resolving these issues
- Communicates effectively with other departments and management to gather necessary information or corrects transactions
- Reviews the information provided and requests any necessary corrections or supporting documentation, and reports any discrepancies to upper management
- Prepares, reviews, and analyzes accounting records, financial statements, and other financial reports to evaluate their accuracy, completeness, and compliance with the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM), agency policies, Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), and other specific accounting requirements
- Serves as a technical expert on accounting matters and acts as a liaison between the central office, customers, and various business units
- Ensures compliance with both internal and external financial, accounting, and administrative policies and procedures
- Implements and communicates new accounting and financial procedures
- Conducts surveys to identify accounting needs and recommends, develops, or maintains solutions for business and financial challenges
- Continuously assess areas for enhancing operational efficiency and improving internal processes
- Regularly reviews and updates process documentation (Scope of Work) to ensure it remains current
- Provides recommendations to improve information flow, process efficiency, and customer satisfaction
- Drives on state business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)
- The principles, concepts, practices, methods and techniques of government accounting, internal control structures, and fiscal management
- Financial reporting on an accrual and cash basis of accounting

Skill in:
- Work organization and accomplishment
- Analysis and interpretation of financial data
- Techniques required to maintain accounting records through automated accounting systems
- Computers, mainframe computers, and associated software
- Training and reviewing the work of others
- Verbal and written communication
- Establishing and maintaining positive interpersonal relationships

Ability to:
- Analyze and interpret financial data
- Apply accounting principles and practices
- Learn and adhere to the rules, regulations and procedures established for the work system