ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN 2

Posting number: 2026-03340

Department: ADMIN - ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES DIV

Job classification: ACCOUNTANT TECHNICIAN 2

Posting type: Open Competitive

Categories: Accounting and Finance

Summary

The Administrative Services Division (ASD) of the Nevada Department of Administration is seeking an Accountant Technician 2 in Carson City. The division serves as the central fiscal agent of 100+ budget accounts across a variety of state agencies.  Clients are primarily Department of Administration agencies, elected officials, and other small state entities that do not have their own fiscal staff.  Job duties include, but are not limited to: approving payments in the State's financial system; tracking pending payable transactions; reconciling transactions; overseeing/verifying Budget Reports and Transaction Exception Reports; and performing various reconciliations. This position will also research late payments and vendor issues for resolution.  The position provides operational direction to the Sr Accounting Assistant positions to ensure even workflows and minimize delays in processing client agency transactions.

Accountant Technicians reconcile and monitor specific accounting and fiscal functions or activities within a department establishing or using established procedures and guidelines that are not limited to the State Administrative Manual. Reconciliation includes balancing departmental records with reports generated by the State’s central accounting system as well as federal and other accounting systems. Monitoring includes ensuring accounting functions and activities are in compliance with reporting requirements and grant specifications.

Examples of duties

Graduation from high school and three years of financial records maintenance experience which included duties such as designing, implementing and interpreting narrative and data reports; applying principles of accounting to analyze financial information; preparing entries to accounts; analyzing assets and liabilities and preparing balance sheets; auditing contracts, vouchers and other documents and preparing summary transaction reports; implementing accounting control procedures; and overseeing the work of accounting clerical staff; OR one year of experience as an Accountant Technician I in Nevada State service; OR an equivalent combination of education and experience as described above.

Qualifications

Control complex accounts payable functions for agencies with multiple cost/project centers, by establishing guidelines for allocating general costs to the appropriate cost centers, and ensuring procedures are followed prior to submitting documents for payment or grant draws. 

Control complex accounts receivable functions to include determining the billing amount using cost accounting procedures; make determinations regarding referral of delinquent accounts. 

Assist management in preparation of complex budgets by coordinating with various sections to ensure budget requests are received and reviewed in a timely manner; developing narratives for each category and general ledger account to provide justification for proposed budget request; analyzing information on past expenditures and projecting trends; making recommendations for budget adjustments as needed; and preparing special budget analysis reports to highlight problems on own initiative or as requested. 

Provide fiscal management and auditing of federal or other grant monies by monitoring expenditures to ensure compliance with multiple grant specifications and complex reporting requirements; auditing records and reports of sub-grantees for compliance with grant requirements; and preparing complex financial reports in compliance with federal, grant, contractual, or other external requirements. 

Manage federal draw downs in conformity with the Cash Management Improvement Act of 1990 and grant requirements; provide fiscal management and auditing of federal grant monies; track costs billable to the federal government; prepare vouchers and monitor and report status of federal funds. 

Prepare monthly and quarterly financial reports including trial balances, adjustments and balance sheets; establish and maintain automated billing systems including account analysis, reconciliations and processing adjustments. 

Complete fiscal year openings and closings for assigned accounts; develop internal controls on revenues and expenses; reconcile federal to State fiscal year closings; prepare annual Single Audit Reporting Form (SARF) reporting requirements for submission. 

May train, supervise and evaluate the performance of assigned clerical and technical support staff; develop work performance standards and accounting policies and procedures. 

Perform related duties as assigned.