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.

ASSISTANT CONTROLLER 

Job Location:

Address:

Arizona Correctional Industries (ACI)
4441 East McDowell Road
Phoenix, AZ 85008
https://corrections.az.gov/

Posting Details:

Salary: $72,000.00 

Grade: 21

Closing Date: 03/08/2026

Job Summary:

Are you an Accountant? Do you have a degree in accounting? Come join our fun and energetic ACI finance team. Apply now!

The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) is seeking to hire an Assistant Controller to join the Arizona Correction Industries (ACI) team. This position is responsible for the majority of ACI’s day-to-day accounting management and will act as the Chief Financial Officer when appropriate.

For further information about the Arizona Correctional Industries visit: https://aci.az.gov/

Job Duties:

- Prepares monthly and annual General Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) financial statements, including preparation of data for the external auditors regarding their certified audit of the ACI financial statements
- Prepares financial statements for the ACI Annual Report and Comprehensive Annual Financial Report (CAFR) preparations
- Accumulates, reviews, and adjusts all incoming data from areas of accounts receivable, accounts payable, inventory, cost accounting, fixed assets, and payroll (staff and inmates), which includes month-end accruals as well as a sophisticated analysis of accounting data and results
- Acts as signature authority over claims, packets, warrants and purchase orders up to $5000
- Supervises, motivates, guides, directs, responds to, and trains members of the accounting staff and inmates
- Trains other departments with respect to implementing and maintaining appropriate financial controls
- Reviews and edits month-end accruals, Requests for Cost of Materials (RCOM), and general journals
- Reviews, troubleshoots, and improves the accounting systems, procedures, controls, and reporting
- Investigates, responds, and reports to queries from executive/senior management and operations as required
- Visits work sites, attends training seminars, meetings, and prepares employee evaluations
- Drives on State business
- Performs other duties appropriate to the assignment

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities (KSAs):

Knowledge of:
- Generally accepted accounting principles and how they apply to the correctional industry environment
- Procurement and how it is utilized within the State environment and its mission regarding effective manufacturing processes

Skill in:
- Financial management
- Business (technical expertise)
- Cost accounting
- Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) management

Ability to:
- Work well with management and subordinates at the lowest level to cohesively organize and develop accurate financial data
- Respond appropriately to processing accounting data
- Motivate staff to accomplish a variety of complex tasks
- Learn and adhere to ADCRR policies and procedures
- Work in a correctional environment with inmates

Selective Preference(s):

- Certified Public Accountant (CPA)
- Experience working with an ERP system
- Degree in finance and/or accounting

Pre-Employment Requirements:

Employment is contingent on the selected applicant passing a background investigation and a drug test.

If this position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, then the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, an