ACCOUNTANT 3

Posting number: 2026-03515

Department: ADMIN - DIVISION OF HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

Job classification: ACCOUNTANT 3

Posting type: Open Competitive

Categories: Accounting and Finance

Summary

The State of Nevada, Division of Human Resource Management (DHRM) is seeking an experienced and highly skilled Accountant 3, in Las Vegas or Carson City, to join Central Payroll and serve as a key financial resource supporting the Central Payroll team. The Accountant 3 will function as a technical financial and accounting expert, providing direct support on complex statewide payroll matters, reconciliation activities, financial analysis, and fiscal reporting. The position plays a critical role in ensuring payroll-related financial activity is accurately recorded, properly reconciled, and effectively reported. This position requires strong initiative, the ability to thoroughly review existing workflows, and the skill to create, enhance, and implement effective financial processes and procedures. The successful candidate must demonstrate proactive leadership, a collaborative approach, and the ability to support peers and stakeholders through positive, solution focused interactions. The incumbent will work closely with Central Payroll staff, DHRM leadership, accounting and budget personnel, benefits staff, and other State agencies to research and resolve payroll-related financial issues and strengthen financial operations statewide.

Accountants are responsible for preparing financial statements in accordance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and the standards of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB). General purpose financial statements may be audited and include balance sheets; statements of revenue, expenditures/expenses, and changes in fund equity/balances; and statements of cash flow. Financial statements are typically combined statements which present information by fund type, account group, and discretely presented component units. Fund types include general fund, special revenue funds, debt service funds, capital project funds, enterprise funds, internal service funds, and trust and agency funds. Accountants are also responsible for preparing various other financial reports which include reports for federal, private grant, or national repository purposes, and ad hoc reports for use by outside entities such as internal/external auditors, legislative bodies, and the public.

Examples of duties

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in accounting, finance, or closely related field and two years of experience performing professional accounting work; OR Bachelor's degree in business administration and three years of experience performing professional accounting work; OR one year of experience as an Accountant II in Nevada State service.

Qualifications

The Accountant series is distinguished from the Accountant Technician series in that Accountants are called upon to make decisions based upon a formal body of knowledge obtained through extensive post-secondary accounting education. Accountants must understand and regularly use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and must have knowledge of governmental financial reporting standards. They must be able to compile and analyze information needed to develop complex and specialized financial statements normally found in year-end audit statements of financial position which are distributed to the public. 

Establish and maintain accounting systems and procedures which provide necessary documentation and audit trails for fiscal transactions, classification of expenditures, current fund balances.

Prepare and analyze working trial balances, identify, and correct errors, and prepare journal entries in order to prepare reliable and accurate balance sheets and statements of revenues, expenditures/expenses, and changes in fund equity/balances. 

Prepare balance sheets, income statements, and changes in fund balance statements from working trial balances to provide reliable and accurate financial information. 

Use internally generated data and external source material to prepare notes to financial statements with supporting workpapers, tying in all amounts to the basic financial statements. 

Establish internal accounting procedures for preparing financial statements and managing workflow to ensure compliance with governmental accounting statutes, regulations, policies, and principles. 

Provide overall support to agencies and divisions regarding accounting problems and management information systems; provide advice, consultation, direction, and training to agency staff; manage agency accounting functions by developing work plans, assigning work, establishing work performance standards and evaluating work performance.