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.

FINANCIAL SERVICES MANAGER

(ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES OFFICER IV)

Job Location:

Address:

Financial Services
701 East Jefferson Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85034
https://corrections.az.gov

Posting Details:

Salary:  $72,000.00

Grade: 23

Closing Date: 11/28/2024

Job Summary:

Are you an expert in accounting? Do have significant experience in supervising in the financial field? Join our team of Financial experts. Apply today!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking an experienced financial problem-solver to join our team as a Financial Services Manager. This position is responsible for the financial operations of the Central Office Account Payables section ensuring the work activities comply with the State of Arizona Accounting Manual (SAAM), agency policies and procedures, and implements and maintains internal control of the section. This position is responsible for providing accurate analysis and interpretation of records of financial activities for an agency providing expert technical guidance and direction on accounting-related issues.

Job Duties:

- Manages and directs staff in the performance of functions including accounts payables
- Evaluates workloads and determines assignments
- Updates procedures, standards of work, and training for all ADCRR employees involved with the Inmate Trust Account (ITA)
- Implements procedures and new processes to improve the efficiency of the Division
- Provides oversight and support to all institutional Business Managers in the technical aspects of their duties
- Ensures the central office accounts payable unit and complexes are compliant with all financial activities and reporting requirements
- Reviews for accuracy and approves transactions processed by the accounts payable staff
- Analyzes the financial transactions and corrects as needed
- Designs procedures, streamlines processes, creates data queries, and downloads data to reconcile transactions in the Statewide Accounting System (AZ360FIN)
- Reviews daily and monthly reconciliations
- Develops program directives, policies and procedures affecting the entire agency as well as enforces standards
- Ensures that effective internal control structures are in place and that adherence to those structures exists
- Explains accounting practices and procedures to central office and complex staff
- Drives on State business that may include overnight stays
- Perform other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Generally accepted accounting, financial and managerial principles and fund accounting
- State of Arizona accounting statutes, rules, regulations and methods
- Management and planning practices
- Legislative processes
- Management design and administrative structure
- State and Federal laws, rules and regulations
- Effective supervision principles

Skill in:
- Establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships
- Verbal and written communications
- Public speaking
- Planning
- Calculating
- Problem-solving, analysis and resolution

Ability to:
- Manage and supervise with consistency and impartiality
- Establish priorities and meet deadlines and objectives
- Effectively use equipment and personnel resources
- Influence and stimulate the work product of subordinate employees through team leadership techniques
- Communicate effectively with a wide variety of individuals at all organizational levels
- Apply and interpret Federal and State laws
- Learn and interpret Departmental policies, procedures, rules and regulations
- Learn and apply principles and utilize the Arizona Manageme